Homophobia

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• UK: Gay and bisexual men barred from donating blood plasma in UK coronavirus trials
  8 May 2020, by siawi3

  The restrictions follow current Department of Health guidelines on blood donation, which state that men who have sex with men are ineligible to donate blood unless they remain celibate for three months.

• Indonesia: LGBTQ People Would Face Forced Exorcisms Under Proposed Indonesian Law
  10 May 2020, by siawi3

  Maybe this bill won’t go anywhere. But the fact that it’s being considered at all sends a clear message: If you’re LGBTQ, they may come after you and torture you. You’re not safe.

• Atheists Urge N. Ireland to Revoke Charity Label from “Conversion Therapy” Group
  15 May 2020, by siawi3

  Given that this practice [conversion therapy] can cause individuals significant mental health issues and harms society by reinforcing stigmas against LGBT+ people, we believe a clear tension exists between the public benefit requirement and the promotion of ‘conversion therapy’. National Secular Society.

• In the Shadow of Bangladesh’s Digital Blasphemy Laws
  16 May 2020, by siawi3

  Coded into the Digital Security Act are sections that criminalize digital content that may offend popular sacred sensibilities, whether religious or nationalist. These vaguely-worded sections operate as ‘de facto blasphemy laws’ in Bangladesh.

• The UK was once ranked the most LGBT-friendly nation in Europe. This year, it’s not even close
  31 May 2020, by siawi3

  The annual Rainbow Map ranking has named Poland, Russia, Turkey and Azerbaijan as some of the worst countries to be LGBT+ in Europe, while the UK continues to slide down the rankings.

• UK: Peter Tatchell: “I was violently assaulted almost every week”
  31 May 2020, by siawi3

  Zak Coleman speaks to lifelong LGBT+ rights activist Peter Tatchell about homophobic policing, the importance of international solidarity and “rainbow-branded capitalism” in queer politics today.

• Queer feminists organizing offline in Ghana
  14 June 2020, by siawi3

  LBQ Gathering, a collective of LGBTQIA+ activists from Ghana seeks to build a community of queer Ghanaian women and non-binary people.

• UK: Fighting for gay asylum seekers
  30 June 2020, by siawi3

  24-year-old Afraz, a gay asylum seeker who marched with us at Pride last year, was told he could stay in the UK.

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