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Saudi Arabia will “welcome” LGBTQ+ people during 2034 World Cup, despite penalties, including capital punishment, for gays in the country

Graham Robson September 25, 2024

Hammad Albalawi, head of Saudi Arabia‘s 2034 World Cup bid unit, said his country welcomes all visitors, including LGBTQ+ people as the country bids to host the football tournament. There are currently no legal protections for LGBTQ+ rights in Saudi Arabia. Homosexuality and transgender status or gender non-conformity are widely seen as immoral and indecent, […]

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International News

Mauritius Supreme Court legalises homosexuality

Graham Robson October 5, 2023

Lead Pic: Pliny Soocoormanee, Executive Officer of Peter Tatchell Foundation, at Mauritius Pride In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court of Mauritius has declared the country’s ban on same-sex intimacy ‘discriminatory’ and ‘unconstitutional’. The case was brought by Abdool Ridwan Firaas Ah Seek, the president of the local LGBTQ+ organisation Collectif Arc-en-Ciel, with support from the […]

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General News

Historic court ruling for LGBTQ+ rights in Jamaica

Rachel Badham February 20, 2021

A human rights advocacy court has ruled that Jamaica’s criminalisation of same-sex relations violates the rights of its LGBTQ+ citizens

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