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Two gay men publicly caned in Indonesia after being caught kissing

Two men were caned under Aceh's law prohibiting same-sex sexual relations even though they weren't caught having sex.

Inside the movement that freed gay makeup artist Andry Hernández Romero from a hellhole

The U.S. government under Trump tried to disappear a gay Venezuelan man seeking asylum to a torture prison in El Salvador indefinitely. A coalition of Americans didn’t let them.

Botswana’s queer lifelines are vanishing

Opinon: Global funding cuts are threatening the survival of LGBTQ+ health centers in Botswana—putting lives, safety, and progress at risk.

Gay couple in South Korea receives state benefits, marking huge step towards LGBTQ+ equality

A gay couple in South Korea is the first to be granted spousal benefits from state health insurance.

Gay man ‘tortured’ in Qatar for his sexuality is sentenced: 'This is a breach of my human rights'

Forty-four-year-old Manuel Guerrero Aviña was detained in February after being entrapped by law enforcement through a fake Grindr profile, his family says.

Police arrest Russian nightclub employees over drag show

Performers were stripped half-naked and forced to lie on the ground with patrons during the raid, which was caught on video.

Lesbian Artist Receives Multi-Year Prison Sentence for Criticizing Putin, Military

The judge handed down a harsh sentence for Alexandra Skochilenko, who switched out price tags with antiwar messages in a supermarket protest last year.