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News

From Afghanistan to Malaysia, these are the 61 countries that still criminalize homosexuality

Today, over five dozen countries still have laws making same-sex sexual relations illegal. Many of these laws stem from colonial rule.

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Former Denmark Ambassador Rufus Gifford responds to VP Vance's 'not a good ally' comments

Gifford said the country has “always been there for us” with an “unequivocally and quick yes."

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Politics

Trump picks anti-LGBTQ+ former Democrat Tulsi Gabbard for director of national intelligence

Gabbard, a former congresswoman, once apologized for her anti-LGBTQ+ past but has done an about-face yet again.
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Crime

Teen boy charged for making bombs to attack LGBTQ+ Pride parade, authorities say

Muhyyee-ud-din Abdul-Rahman, 18, was planning to move to Syria and join a group affiliated with Al-Qaeda.

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Letter From Syria

Life for gay men in Syria, like Subhi Nahas, has become unendurable with the rise of ISIS, but things were bad long before the militants took power. 

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Lesbian Blogger Kidnapped in Syria

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How 'Mr. Gay Syria' Came to Be

Mr. Gay Syria is a new film about the dream of two gay Syrian refugees to participate in an international beauty contest. Director Ayse Toprak and activist Mahmoud talked about this journey to capture the community. 

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Voices

Op-ed: Taking Syria Seriously

The U.S. considers bombing Syria as it marks the 12th anniversary of September 11, 2001.

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World

Lesbian Blogger Still Missing in Syria

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Comedy

WATCH: Stephen Colbert Orders a Lesbian Strike on Syria

In reaction to remarks by Russia's Vladimir Putin, an ally of Syria, Colbert has his own special strategy for military action.
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ISIS Murders Teenage Boy for Being 'Gay' in Syria

The 15-year-old was reportedly found 'in the house of an ISIS leader,' though that leader was spared the brutal death sentence meted out to the teenager. 

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Voices

Op-ed: Why Syria Matters for LGBT People

If you still don't know or care about what's going on in Syria, here's why you should.

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Anti-War Demonstrators Gather in Hollywood to Protest Trump's Bombing of Syria

Dozens assembled Sunday at the iconic intersection of Hollywood Blvd. and Highland Ave. to speak out against Trump's order to bomb Syrian military targets.
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Crime

Man Claims Gay Couple's Murder Was 'Vengeance' for Syria

Ali Muhammad Brown has taken responsibility for the June murder of same-sex couple Ahmed Said and Dwone Anderson-Young, as well as two other killings police have labeled 'executions.'

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Horrific Sexual Abuse of Gay and Bi Men, Trans Women Reported in Syria

Survivors of sexual violence during Syria's civil war detail their sufferings in a new Human Rights Watch report.

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Graphic Photos: ISIS Stones 'Gay' Men to Death in Syria

A terrorism watchdog group published photographs — some of which are very graphic — that it says show the stoning of two men believed to be gay.

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Comedy

Daily Show Host Trevor Noah Rips Donald Trump to Shreds

"You know who came from Syria? The iPhone came from Syria Mr. Donald Trump."

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Syrian Refugee Subhi Nahas Represents the Best of America

Subhi Nahas fled antigay persecution in Syria to become an advocate for refugees everywhere.

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Three New Films Capture LGBT Life in the Middle East

These documentaries reveal precarious, uncertain, and inscrutable queer existence in Syria, Israel, and Saudi Arabia.
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ISIS Claims to Have Executed Another Gay Man

The execution, in which the man was thrown off a building and then stoned, reportedly took place in Aleppo, Syria.

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Surprise: ISIS Is Also Antigay

A propaganda video hoping to recruit new fighters for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria warns about the dangers of gay teachers in 'infidel' schools.