Fear and Loathing

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Indonesia Says It Safeguards Rights of All, Including LGBT Citizens

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Faced with growing criticism over recent anti-LGBT actions in Indonesia, the Jakarta government has told VOA it will safeguard the rights of all minority groups while taking into account "religious and cultural values that must be upheld."

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US: 5th Circuit rules for Mississippi anti-LGBT ‘religious freedom’ law

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The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has lifted a court order against a “religious freedom” law in Mississippi that would enable sweeping anti-LGBT discrimination, citing a lack of standing for plaintiffs in litigation against the statute.

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Nepal: Understanding the potential power of marginalization (with the help of a buddhist story)

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Sunil Babu Pant is the founder of the Blue Diamond Society, a Nepalese LGBTIQ organization. He is also the first openly gay member of the Nepalese Parliament who served from 2008-2012.

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Iraq: LGBT community struggles for recognition, rights in Iraqi Kurdistan

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"My mother left the can of petrol in the room and gave me a lighter. As she stepped out, she said with a stern face, ‘I want to see flames coming from your body when you come out of this room.'" For 13-year-old Hawre, this was heartbreaking, as his only “crime” was being gay.