Fear and Loathing

Defiant: Landscape survey on violence in East Africa

“Sexuality and gender go hand in hand; both are creatures of culture and society, and both play a central, crucial role in maintaining power relations in our societies. They give each other shape and any enquiry into the former tends to invoke the latter.” — Sylvia Tamale, African Sexualities: A Reader

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The 2010’s – a Major Decade for The LGBTQ Community

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We’ve come a long way in the last 10 years. We’ve made a lot of progress but we’ve also lost some ground internationally when it comes to LGBTQ rights. Here is a review of the last decade.

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The US Hasn't Only Stopped Defending LGBTQ Rights Around The World, Now It's Part Of The Problem

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This was the decade when it became clear that “gay rights are human rights,” but it was also the decade when the very notion that humans have universal rights came under attack.

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Russia: The Attacks on Russia’s LGBTQ Community Continue

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Authorities in Russia continue to persecute Yulia Tsvetkova, charging her with offences relating to pornography and gay propaganda. Tsvetkova, 26, is a prominent activist focusing on feminism, equality for women, and LGBTQ equality.

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Predictors of Attitudes Toward Gay Men and Lesbian Women in 23 Countries

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Dominant accounts of sexual prejudice posit that negative attitudes toward nonheterosexual individuals are stronger for male (vs. female) targets, higher among men (vs. women), and driven, in part, by the perception that gay men and lesbian women violate traditional gender norms.