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Egypt sentences TV host to prison for interviewing gay man.

An Egyptian TV host has been sentenced to one year in prison after interviewing a gay man on his talk show. Mohamed al-Gheiti, who previously expressed his stance against homosexuality, invited the man to discuss his lifestyle on air in August 2018…

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Chechen authorities order families to kill LGBT family members.

Russian campaigners have told The Daily Beast that Chechen authorities have ordered people to kill LGBT members of their own families, and have demanded ransoms for the release of detained LGBT relatives. According to reports, at least 40 people have been…

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Public schools caught blocking LGBT advocacy websites.

Public high school students in Montana have been blocked from accessing pro-LGBTQ websites — but not from anti-gay sites. CounterPunch reported Friday that students in Billings, Montana have been blocked from pro-LGBTQ sites since January 14. An email sent to school staff from…