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This post originally published by LGBTQ Nation. A survivor of the Chechnya prison camp describes his experiences. Screenshot/France 26 gay and bisexual men have been killed in Chechnya because of their sexual orientation, reports Novaya Gazetta, the Russian newspaper that broke the story about the abuses in the region. It has …

This post originally published by Towleroad. Authorities in the Aceh province in Indonesia, the only to practice Sharia law, caned two gay men 83 times in a public square. The two men, both in their 20s, were caught last month by a group of vigilantes who entered the boarding house where …

This post originally published by Towleroad. A gay man says he was stopped and “humiliated” by a Southwest Airlines gate attendant in Buffalo who told him, his spouse and their three kids that they could not board because “it’s for family boarding only.” WGRZ reports: Grant Morse, a husband and father of …

This post originally published by LGBTQ Nation.   Share on Facebook   Share on Twitter Leo Varadkar is a favorite to become Ireland’s next Prime Minister. Independent.ie/YouTube Screenshot Leo Varadkar has emerged as the favorite to become Ireland‘s first gay prime minister. Varadkar, 38, currently serving as Minister for Social Protection, came …

This post originally published by the Advocate.com. At Brighton Beach Pride in Brooklyn, which was organized by RUSA LGBT, out Russian journalist Masha Gessen spoke to atendees and said, “Pride is about going into a place where it can be frightening.” The event was hailed as the first Russian-speaking pride …

This post originally published by the Advocate.com. Crackdowns on gay and bisexual men continue in the Asian archipelago nation of Indonesia, with 141 arrested on Sunday at a Jakarta sauna in what police called a “gay sex party.” Since homosexuality is only explicitly illegal in one Indonesian province, the men …

This post originally published by LGBTQ Nation. Bill Cosby, left, and Andrea Constand AP Photo/Evan Vucci, left, and Ron Bull/Toronto Star/The Canadian Press via AP, right Bill Cosby sat in a Pittsburgh courtroom Monday as his lawyers and prosecutors grilled the first potential jurors to decide whether he drugged and …

This post originally published by LGBTQ Nation. Beatrice Murch via Flickr Why do women experience same-sex attraction? One researcher has a theory, and it’s a doozy. “My argument in the paper is this: A considerable proportion of men desire same-sex attractions in women, and this is one possible reason why many …

This post originally published by Towleroad. On the weekend of the two-year anniversary of Ireland’s marriage equality referendum, the exterior of Dublin’s oldest gay bar The George was discovered to have been defaced with homophobic slurs and swastikas. The chalked messages were promptly washed away by the bar’s owners, and the …

This post originally published by LGBTQ Nation. Cyril Hanouna tricked gay men into sharing their sexual fantasies on live TV. Touche Pas A Mon Poste/Twitter Screenshot A TV presenter in France is under fire for catfishing queer men with a fake online profile, then mocking them live on air by …