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The 7 Biggest Homophobes of 2017

This year was the best of times and the worst of times for the international LGBTQ community. While Austria, Malta, Germany, and Australia legalized same-sex unions, a right-wing backlash put

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Chechnya’s president vows to eliminate all gay men by the end of May

Chechnya’s president has vowed to ‘eliminate’ all gay men by the end of May. Ramzan Kadyrov, head of the Chechen Republic, threatened to rid the area of homosexuality ‘by Ramadan’.

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Celebrities Urge World To Speak Up Over Chechnya’s Persecution Of Gay Men

LGBT stars including Troye Sivan and Ellen DeGeneres have urged the world to speak up and take action over reports that gay men in Chechnya are being systematically persecuted by