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LGBTQ+ users in Egypt beware! Police are using Grindr to conduct sting operations and arrest queer men. Grindr warns users to be vigilant and stay safe. #Grindr #Egypt #LGBTQ
Members of the Nassau County Republican Committee in New York, along with local elected Republicans and sitting members of Congress, have called for the resignation of gay Republican Rep. George Santos. The call for res…
YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — On the outskirts of Yogyakarta, an Indonesian city that’s home to many universities, is a small boarding school with a mission that seems out of place in a nation with more Muslim citizens t…
(Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Middle Eastern indie rock band Mashrou’ Leila has announced it will disband following online abuse, drawing tributes from fans and rights activists who said it will result in the loss of a…
BEIRUT/LOS ANGELES (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Before Omar leaves home in the morning, he carefully uninstalls the apps on his phone one by one - no WhatsApp, no Facebook, no Grindr. "The paranoia is constant," said…
BEIRUT (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A Lebanese director who has just scooped up an award at Sundance Film Festival says she wants her short to “break the norms” on sexuality and gender in the Middle East. “Warsha” is…
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Doctors once prescribed long, hard bike rides and testicular transplants to cure gay men of their “sexual abnormality”. More than a century on, fear and controversy still dog the se…
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