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fromsfist.com
3 weeks ago

Latinx Drag Queens to Put on Anti-ICE Show at Oakland's White Horse Friday

Latinx drag performers stage an Oakland protest against ICE; Hilary Rivers was detained for three months after attending her immigration hearing and was later granted asylum.
SF LGBT
from48 hills
1 month ago

Drag queen snatched by ICE released with asylum: 'It was terrible' - 48 hills

Hilary Rivers, a San Francisco drag queen and asylum seeker, was granted asylum and released from ICE custody after experiencing violence and a lengthy legal battle.
LGBT
fromAdvocate.com
1 month ago

After forcing gender surgery for decades, Iran now touts its expertise to pursue medical tourism goal

Iran markets inexpensive gender-affirming surgeries to medical tourists while criminalizing homosexuality and pressuring some gay Iranians into transition to avoid punishment.
LGBT
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Torture, blackmail, extortion: the dangers of queer online dating in Ghana

Criminal gangs in Ghana exploit dating apps to lure, assault, blackmail and expose LGBTQ+ individuals amid widespread homophobia and transphobia.
LGBT
fromAdvocate.com
2 months ago

Andry Jose Hernandez Romero tells his story of horrific prison abuse to Rep. Mark Takano

Andry José Hernández Romero, a gay Venezuelan wrongfully deported to El Salvador's CECOT prison, was detained 125 days, released, and met Rep. Takano.
fromAdvocate.com
3 months ago

While John MacArthur and Jimmy Swaggart welcome James Dobson to hell, their bigoted legacy on Earth lives on

These warped "preachers" really do think that Trump is akin to the second coming. What the documentary reveals is staggering. These amoral white men who claim to follow Christ, instead mirror Satan, or Trump. They sneer at the Ten Commandments, they discard compassion for cruelty, and they use their pulpits not to preach love or salvation, but to consolidate power, wealth, and dominion.
LGBT
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