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Headshots of Doski Azad a trans woman

Trans woman shot dead by her own brother had been in hiding after death threats from family

Vic Parsons - February 23, 2022

Headshots of Doski Azad a trans woman

Trans woman murdered by own brother in Iraqi Kurdistan in suspected ‘honour killing’

Josh Milton - February 5, 2022

A picture of Sareh, a lesbian, who was arrested for 'supporting homosexuality'

Iranian lesbian faces death penalty after being arrested for ‘supporting homosexuality’

Maggie Baska - December 13, 2021

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Refugee fled Iraq after being beaten and thrown in prison for being gay

Brave Iraqi refugee fled to the UK after being brutally beaten and thrown in prison just for being gay

Maggie Baska - May 6, 2021

Darin Zanyar, better known as Darin. (Instagram)

Darin Zanyar, the heartthrob who became Sweden’s king of pop, just came out as gay

Josh Milton - August 4, 2020

Nazi flag Black Lives Matter

Vile bigot who flew Nazi flag to show his ‘total opposition Black Lives Matter and the gays’ says he was attacked by vigilantes

Lily Wakefield - July 10, 2020

Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr coronavirus covid-19 Pride flag

Iraqi leader who blames coronavirus on same-sex marriage demands Islamic flag is raised across UK and EU to counter-protest Pride flag

Lily Wakefield - May 18, 2020

Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr coronavirus covid-19 Pride flag

Iraqis accuse religious leader of ‘weaponising’ coronavirus by blaming the pandemic on same-sex marriage

Patrick Kelleher - March 30, 2020

Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr coronavirus covid-19 Pride flag

Iraqi cleric blames same-sex marriage for the global coronavirus crisis, missing a glaringly obvious point

Lily Wakefield - March 28, 2020

Iraq

Homophobic Iraqi cleric calls on British and US ambassadors to be expelled for supporting LGBT+ rights

Emma Powys Maurice - March 12, 2020

Iranian militia declares Iraq is 'not a country for filthy homosexuals'

Iranian militia declares Iraq is ‘not a country for filthy homosexuals’ in chilling rant

Emma Powys Maurice - January 17, 2020

Gay teen attacked in Switzerland

Man in Switzerland slashes his 17-year-old son’s throat for being gay

Lily Wakefield - November 11, 2019

ISIS news: An Iraqi climbs up the rubble of the destroyed seven-storey Chadirji Building, designed by celebrated Iraqi architect Rifat Chadirji in the 1960s, on January 13, 2019, in the city of Mosul.

Current Affairs

Mosul building used by ISIS to execute gay people demolished

Nick Duffy - January 15, 2019

Horrifying video reportedly shows Iraqi teen stabbed to death for ‘looking gay’

Nick Duffy - October 11, 2018

Austrian citizens and asylum seekers march during a pro-refugee protest called "Let them stay" in Vienna, Austria on November 26, 2016. Austria will hold the postponed second round of the presidential elections on December 4, 2016. / AFP / JOE KLAMAR (Photo credit should read JOE KLAMAR/AFP/Getty Images)

Current Affairs

Gay asylum seeker rejected for being too ‘girlish’ fears for life after being ‘outed’ by immigration control

Ella Braidwood - August 28, 2018

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