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Homosexuals are now being blamed for the blast in Lebanon.

Qatari sociologist Abd al-Zaziz al-Khazraj al-Ansari blamed last week’s Beirut Port explosion on Lebanese girls, homosexuals and plastic surgery in the Eastern Mediterranean country.In a video that Ansari uploaded on August 6, he cites as one of the causes for the…

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Concern over mass arrest of LGBT activists in Poland.

The LGBT+ advocacy group, ILGA Europe, are calling for international human rights institutions to make official complaints following the mass arrest of over 50 pro-LGBT+ activists in Poland. In protest against the openly homophobic leanings of the government, activists had…

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Students must sign a contract with a clause against homosexuality.

A Catholic school here has drawn criticism for writing into its student enrollment contract a prohibition against homosexuality. Various groups have denounced the clause in Assumption Iloilo’s contract as discriminatory and homophobic, and the Commission on Human Rights…

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Anti-LGBT Falwell on leave of absence in wake of new scandal.

Jerry Falwell Jr., the infamously anti-LGBTQ+ president of Liberty University, is taking an indefinite leave of absence after sharing a racy photo on Instagram and engaging in other eyebrow-raising behavior. “The Executive Committee of Liberty University’s Board of Trustees, acting…