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WhereIsGay @whereisgay.bsky.social · Jul 20
📢 This week’s #gay news:

🇲🇾 20+ arrested at ‘gay party’ in Malaysia
🇺🇸 Trump shuts down LGBTQ youth hotline option
🇬🇧 UK man wins payout after church-led gay exorcism
🇮🇳 Grindr blackmail in India
🇭🇰 Hong Kong’s LGBTQ+ proposal slammed as unequal

🔗 whereis.gay/news
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Berlin’s oldest gay club, SchwuZ, files for insolvency after 47 years 🇩🇪🏳️‍🌈💔 Rising costs and a failed crowdfunding drive leave future uncertain.

📲 Read more: whereis.gay/berlins-beloved-queer-club-schwuz-files-for-insolvency

#SchwuZ #Berlin #LGBTQ+ #SaveOurGayVenues
August 2, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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🇭🇺 Budapest mayor questioned over defiant, banned Pride march 🏳️‍🌈

Police target Mayor Karácsony after 100k+ defy Hungary’s LGBTQ+ ban in massive protest

Read more: whereis.gay/budapest...\

#BudapestPride  #LGBTQRights  #PrideIsProtest
August 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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🌈 Hong Kong’s largest annual LGBTQ carnival cancelled after host venue backs out 🇭🇰

West Kowloon backs out as venue with no reason given. Organisers say: "Deeply disappointed, but we’ll be back."

More at whereis.gay/hong-kon...

#PinkDotHK #LGBTQ #HongKong #QueerAsia #Pride
July 31, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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St. Lucia ends anti-gay laws. Colonial-era ban on gay sex struck down by top Caribbean court in landmark win for LGBTQ+ rights in the Eastern Caribbean. 🏳️‍🌈⚖️

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#StLucia #LGBTQrights #CaribbeanJustice
July 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Over 100,000 join world's biggest Trans+ Pride 🌍🏳️‍⚧️🔥

London march sets global record in defiant show of solidarity

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July 29, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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🧳🔪 Colombian porn actor Yostin Mosquera has been found guilty of murdering two men in London in July 2024. Their dismembered bodies were discovered in suitcases. He was arrested while trying to flee. Sentencing set for October.

More: whereis.gay/colombia...

#UKNews #LGBTQ
July 24, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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🚨 LGBTQ+ Crisis Hotline Shut Down 🏳️‍🌈📞 The Trump administration has officially ended the LGBTQ youth–specific option on the 988 suicide hotline. Experts warn the move could cost lives.

🔗 Read more: whereis.gay/news

#LGBTQ #988Hotline #Trump #MentalHealth

July 23, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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🏳️‍🌈 🇮🇳 #Grindr used in Pune, #India extortion

27-year-old man has been arrested after allegedly using Grindr to lure and blackmail a #gay man. The victim was filmed without consent and forced to pay ₹8,000 under threat of exposure.

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July 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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🇭🇰🏳️‍🌈 Hong Kong’s new bill offers limited rights to same-sex couples - but only if they’re married abroad. Local LGBTQ+ advocates call it a “two-tier” system that leaves HK couples behind. 💔✊

Read more: whereis.gay/news

#LGBTQ #gay #HongKong #Equality
July 21, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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📢 This week’s #gay news:

🇲🇾 20+ arrested at ‘gay party’ in Malaysia
🇺🇸 Trump shuts down LGBTQ youth hotline option
🇬🇧 UK man wins payout after church-led gay exorcism
🇮🇳 Grindr blackmail in India
🇭🇰 Hong Kong’s LGBTQ+ proposal slammed as unequal

🔗 whereis.gay/news
July 20, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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🇲🇾 Malaysian police raid private event. 20+ men detained; condoms and HIV meds seized. Authorities called it a “gay party” - but activists say it was an HIV outreach programme.

Read more: whereis.gay/news

#LGBTQ #Malaysia
July 19, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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🏳️‍🌈✝️ A UK man has received a five-figure payout after a church tried to “exorcise” his homosexuality. This is the first known compensation for church-led conversion abuse.

📰 Read more at whereis.gay/news
#LGBTQ #ConversionTherapy #HumanRights #Exorcism #UKNews
July 18, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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🇺🇸 Baylor University returned a $643K grant for an LGBTQ+ church inclusion study—just 9 days after accepting it. Critics say the move caves to anti-LGBTQ+ pressure.

🔗 Full story: whereis.gay/news

#LGBTQ #Baylor #QueerFaith #GayNews #whereisgay
July 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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🇮🇷 An Israeli airstrike reportedly hit the transgender ward at Evin Prison in Tehran. Over 100 trans inmates are missing. International groups are calling for an investigation.

🔗 Full story: whereis.gay/news
#TransRights #Iran #Israel #LGBTQ #QueerNews #whereisgay
July 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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🇦🇺 World first: Australia just scrapped most plasma donation bans! 625,000+ more people — incl. LGB+ folks, sex workers & PrEP users — can now give plasma. 🩸❤️ More: whereis.gay/news #LGBTQ #BloodBan #GayNews #Australia
July 15, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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🌈 Vatican confirms: Gay blessings stay under Pope Leo XIV.
No rollback on Pope Francis’s policy. Not marriage—but not nothing. 🙏

🔗 Full story: whereis.gay/news
#LGBTQ #PopeLeo #gaynews #Vatican #whereisgay
July 14, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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📢 This week’s #gay news:

🇪🇸 Spain PM + gay saunas
✝️ Vatican backs gay blessings
🇮🇷 100+ trans prisoners dead?
🇺🇸 Baylor drops LGBTQ+ grant
⚖️ Taliban charged over queer abuse

🔗 whereis.gay/news
#LGBTQ #gaynews #whereisgay
July 13, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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🚨 Spain’s PM accused of “living off gay brothels” - but here’s what’s actually true. Legal saunas, no wrongdoing, and a whole lot of political homophobia.

🏳️‍🌈 Full story: whereis.gay/news

#LGBTQ #PedroSanchez #Spain #GayNews #whereisgay #QueerPolitics
July 11, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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📢 Your #gay news this week is here! 🌈🗞️

🐧 Gay penguin dads hatch a chick
🧑‍🎤 ICE detains queer drag queen in San Francisco
🇭🇺 Record crowds defy Pride ban in Budapest
🚓 LGBTQ cops still banned from NYC Pride
🇩🇪 Germany’s far right targets Pride parades

👇 Read more at whereis.gay/news
July 6, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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🚨 RAIDED FOR BEING GAY?

🇮🇩 Indonesian police stormed a private #gay party in Bogor, arresting 75 people under vague “pornography” laws. Condoms, sex toys & even a dance sword were seized as "evidence." 😳

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#LGBTQ #Indonesia #QueerRights #Amnesty #GayNews
June 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM