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The men were only attending the birthday party of a gay colleague. Ten men have been arrested in Mauritania for allegedly attending a ‘gay wedding.’ The men were arrested in the country’s capital, Nouakchott, after a video of the event surfaced online. Although the police commissioner of Nouakchott, Mohamed Ould Nejib, confirmed that the men were only attending the birthday party of a gay colleague, attended by gay domestic workers, they will still face charges. A government official said that the men were facing charges of “acts contrary to morality,…

An anti-LGBTQ crackdown was launched in Tanzania in 2018. Paul Christian Makonda, an anti-LGBTQ politician from Tanzania who launched an anti-LGBTQ crackdown in the country, has been barred from entering the United States. Makonda is the governor of Tanzania’s economic capital, Dar es Salaam, and in 2018 ordered a rounding-up of all suspected LGBTQ citizens in the region, claiming that he was trying to ‘cure’ them. Due to the crackdown, Denmark withdrew £7.5 million of funds of aid. Ulla Tørnæs, the Development Cooperation Minister said: “I am very concerned about…

She got the tattoo the day before Virginia ratified the legislation. Trans politician Danica Roem, who became the first trans state legislator in 2017, has gotten the first 24 words of the Equal Right Amendment tattooed on her arm. The tattoo was inked on her left arm the day before Virginia became the 38th state to ratify the amendment. Speaking about the tattoo, Danica said: “It is a values statement I’m proud to carry with me for the rest of my life.” Danica had the tattoo done at the Body…

Stonewall have revealed the top 10 most LGBTQ-inclusive employers to work for. Newcastle City Council is the most LGBTQ-inclusive employer in the UK according to the annual list of top 100 employers by the Stonewall Workplace Equality Index.  Since the annual list was first published 16 years ago, Newcastle City Council is the first local authority to be at the top. Stonewall analyse companies in many areas of their policies and practices, as well as ask employees to fill out an anonymous form about their experiences, to decide on the…

“I have zero interest in whatever transphobic neuroses you fill your days with.” Scottish comedian Frankie Boyle has voiced his support for the trans community in a pair of tweets that epically take down the privilege of people who refuse to learn about terminology or pronouns that trans and non-binary people use. “Some people are so marginalised they have to create the language that describes their oppression, but the real victim is me, who has to learn a new word every 6 months,” he wrote with sarcasm. Some people are…