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The Erasing 76 Crimes news site covers the human toll of 64+ countries’ anti-gay laws and the struggle to repeal them.
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Hunting for gays, Russian police find clowns instead; raid of costume party falls flat.

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#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTrights #humanrights #LGBTQrights #gays #clowns #Russia
November 21, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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President of Ghana backs bill to imprison every LGBTQ citizen

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#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTrights #humanrights #LGBTQrights #Ghana
Ghana president pledges to sign repressive anti-LGBTQ bill
Ghana bill calls for three years in prison for every LGBTQ person in the nation.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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More than 70 arrested in Tunisia’s anti-LGBT crackdown

#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTrights #humanrights #LGBTQrights #Tunisia #Damj

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More than 70 arrested in Tunisia's anti-LGBT crackdown
Tunisia has launched a campaign of arrests targeting  the nation's queer citizens.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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Generous readers helped free two innocent LGBTQ truck drivers from African prison

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#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTrights #humanrights #LGBTQrights #Cameroon #ProjectNotAlone #Prison
Generous readers helped free two imprisoned LGBTQ truck drivers
They came to the attention of an Erasing 76 Crimes journalist / LGBTQ rights activist who traveled to Maroua and Bertoua prisons in the spring to deliver food
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November 10, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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Global Black Pride will be held in Paris in 2026

#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTrights #humanrights #LGBTQrights #France #Paris #Pride #GlobalBlackPride

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Global Black Pride will be held in Paris in 2026
Global Black Pride is a cultural, political, artistic, and festive event that, since 2020, has aimed to promote the legacy and visibility of Afroqueer communities, particularly those from diasporas or...
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October 31, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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NYC mayoral front runner under fire over backing from Uganda homophobe. 'Good luck', says ‘Kill the Gays’ leader Rebecca Kadaga to Zohran Mamdani.

#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTrights #humanrights #LGBTQrights #Mamdani #Kadaga #AHA #Uganda

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October 31, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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Russian police raid ‘kissing party‘

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#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTrights #humanrights #LGBTQrights #Russia #KissingClub #Moscow
October 28, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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LGBT people imprisoned amid post-election unrest in Cameroon

#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTrights #humanrights #LGBTQrights #Cameroon

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Cameroon LGBT people detained amid post-election unrest
The tensions following the Oct. 12 presidential election in Cameroon plunged the country into a spiral of repression. Under the guise of maintaining order,
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October 28, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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Women and queer people face violence and discrimination across Lesotho in southern Africa.

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Lesotho project aims to stop gender-based violence
An international commission of lawyers and court officials has kicked off an initiative aimed at reducing violence against women and LGBTQI+ people in the
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October 18, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Supporters of LGBTQ Syrians aim to revive Mawaleh magazine, ‘a defiant glitterbomb of resistance’

#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTrights #humanrights #LGBTQrights #Syria #Mawaleh

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Supporters of LGBTQ Syrians aim to revive Mawaleh, 'a defiant glitterbomb of resistance'
Queer Syrians have survived war, persecution, and exile. Yet their voices remain almost entirely absent from recovery efforts and public dialogue, say
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October 13, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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Anti-LGBTIQ violence in Uganda continues to worsen, report says

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Anti-LGBTIQ violence in Uganda continues to worsen, report says
A new report by the Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF) has revealed a significant increase in the number of cases in Uganda in which
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October 13, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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UN anti-AIDS leader tells off Ugandan homophobes trolling her son online

#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTrights #humanrights #LGBTQrights #UNAIDS #Uganda #Byanyima #homophobia

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UN anti-AIDS leader tells off Ugandan homophobes trolling her son online
Winnie Byanyima tells Ugandan 'weak trolls and bots': 'Stay out of our family affairs.'
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October 4, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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Ugandan anti-LGBTQ pastor uses Charlie Kirk murder to sell books

#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTrights #humanrights #LGBTQrights #CharlieKirk #Uganda #Homophobia #Ssempa

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Ugandan anti-LGBTQ pastor uses Charlie Kirk murder to sell books
Pastor Martin Ssempa, Uganda’s most prominent homophobic cleric, has been using the murder of American right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk to promote
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October 4, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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The world cannot afford to lose UNAIDS

#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTrights #humanrights #LGBTQrights #AIDS #HIV #UNAIDS #Uganda

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The world cannot afford to lose UNAIDS
Over the past two decades, UNAIDS, the United Nations agency that coordinates the fight against AIDS, has seen dramatic reductions in fatalities related to
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September 28, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Trans people face violence across Middle East and North Africa, new report finds.

#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTrights #humanrights #LGBTQrights  #MENA #NorthAfrica #MiddleEast 

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Trans people face violence across Middle East and North Africa, new report finds
Transgender individuals in the Middle East and North Africa are ensnared in a vicious cycle of state-sponsored criminalization, systemic legal
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September 28, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Our website set free an innocent gay prisoner. Now donations are needed to keep it running.

#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTrights #humanrights #LGBTQrights #Cameroon

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September 23, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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If political promises matter, Guyana is about to repeal its anti-gay laws

#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTrights #humanrights #LGBTQrights #Guyana

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If political promises matter, Guyana is about to repeal its anti-gay laws
With national elections over, LGBTQ+ advocates in Guyana say they are ready to work with the new administration to remove Guyana from its status as the only
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September 17, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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Bisexual U.S. deportee in hiding in homophobic Gambia

#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTrights #humanrights #LGBTQrights #Trump #bisexual #Ghana #Gambia #deportation #deportees

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September 17, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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Shams vs. Shams: Rupture in Tunisian gay rights advocacy group as Shams co-founder and a current leader trade accusations of illegality.

#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTrights #humanrights #LGBTQrights #Tunisia #France

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Shams vs. Shams: Rupture in Tunisian gay rights advocacy group
The Tunisian LGBTQI+ rights group Shams has long been divisive and controversial, not only with conservative Tunisians, but also with other Tunisian human
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September 12, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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Transgender Kenyans win a major court victory

#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTrights #humanrights #LGBTQrights #Kenya #trans #transgender

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Transgender Kenyans win a major court victory
Although transgender rights are under attack in the United States and the United Kingdom, transgender people in Kenya have won a major court victory.
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September 12, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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Here’s how a lesbian couple regained their dignity in Cameroon.

#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTrights #humanrights #LGBTQrights #Cameroon #lesbian #ProjectNotAlone #GrandCampMaisie

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Here's how a lesbian couple regained their dignity in Cameroon
In a country where homosexuality is still criminalized,  Cameroonian lesbians Fleur and Wanda embody the courage and resilience that's needed to survive and
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September 2, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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West African military regime pushes tally of nations with anti-gay laws to 65

#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTrights #humanrights #LGBTQrights #BurkinaFaso #Africa #homophobia

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West Africa pushes tally of nations with anti-gay laws to 65
Burkina Faso's new anti-gay law provides up to 5 years in prison for homosexuality
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September 2, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Deportation to a human rights wasteland? Uganda is not so unlike Trump’s America

#Uganda @RealDonaldTrump #AbregoGarcia #deportation #humanrights #UnitedStates

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Deportation to a human rights wasteland? Uganda is not so unlike Trump's America
Five months after U.S. officials' "administrative error" led to the wrongful deportation of immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador for nearly three
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August 26, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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He fled Jamaica after surviving an anti-gay shooting. U.S. is trying to send him back.
#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTrights #humanrights #LGBTQrights  #Jamaica #asylum #deportatoin
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He fled Jamaica after surviving an anti-gay shooting. U.S. is trying to send him back.
Immigration agents are seeking to deport a 40-year-old Jamaican asylum-seeker who fled to the United States in 2021 after being nearly shot to death in
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August 21, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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Scamsters prey on LGBTQ+ activists from the Global South, inviting them to fake conferences in Canada

#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTrights #humanrights #LGBTQrights #scams #Canada #Ghana #Pakistant #Uganda

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Scamsters prey on LGBTQ+ activists from the Global South, inviting them to fake conferences in Canada
The scamsters offered scholarship aid if activists paid hefty application fees and sent personal data
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August 21, 2025 at 4:06 AM