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Evangelicals sue to allow conversion therapy in Florida.

A US federal magistrate judge has said that a ban on gay cure therapy should be blocked because it violates constitutional free speech protections. Evangelical law firm Liberty Counsel had brought a legal challenge against a 2017 ordinance passed in Tampa…

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Iran publicly hangs man found guilty of homosexuality.

A man was publicly hanged in the Islamic Republic of Iran after being found guilty of homosexuality charges, according to the Jerusalem Post. The 31-year-old Iranian man reportedly violated Iran’s strict anti-gay laws, according to the state-controlled Iranian Students’ News Agency…

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Chechnya detains people for being gay, renewing purge fears.

Several people have reportedly been detained in the Russian region of Chechnya on suspicion of being gay. The Russian LGBT Network board member Igor Kochetkov, quoted in the Associated Press on January 11, would not say how many people have been…