Gay Chechen Singer Killed on Order of Strongman Ramzan Kadyrov: Report
The Putin ally was reportedly insulted he shook hands with a gay man.
July 25, 2023
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Canada to Give $110 Million to 'Gay Purge' Victims
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issued an apology and an unprecedented promise of financial compensation.
November 28, 2017
Russian Christians 'purge' gay cruise waters
More than 200 Orthodox and right-wing Russians sailed an icon-bedecked ship down the Moscow River on Sunday to "cleanse" the waters after a gay cruise took the same route the night before.
June 27, 2007
Ronan Farrow to Present Peabody Award to 'Welcome to Chechnya'
The 2020 HBO documentary documented the horrific state-sponsored gay purge taking place in the Chechen Republic.
June 24, 2021
Women Being Sexually Assaulted in Chechnya's Anti-LGBTQ Purge
Women are being raped with "electric shock sticks," activists say.
January 22, 2019
How the Lavender Scare Created a Gay Work of Art
Secretary of State John Kerry just apologized for the department's 20th-century purge of LGBT employees. Now a new opera brings the lamentable Lavender Scare to life.
January 13, 2017
Chechnya's New Antigay Crackdowns Lead to Two Deaths, 40 Arrests
The Russian LGBT Network on Monday said new waves of persecution started with the arrest of a social media group administrator.
January 14, 2019
Purging the gays McCarthy style
The scapegoating of gay people in light of the scandal surrounding disgraced former congressman Mark Foley is nothing new. It is a tactic honed in the dark days of the Cold War during the McCarthy-led "purge of the perverts."
October 25, 2006
Chechen Man Reportedly Caught in Gay Purge Will Sue for Slander
Bekkhan Yusupov says he's not gay and assertions that he is destroyed his reputation.
February 6, 2019
Trump Hires Bush-Era Official Who Led a Gay Purge
James Renne was a key player in a scandalous 2004 purge of gay employees in the Office of Special Counsel.
April 11, 2017
Russian Investigation Found No LGBT People, Violence in Chechnya
A representative told the United Nations there was no evidence of a "gay purge."
May 15, 2018
Activists Helping Gays Escape Chechnya Face Threats, Home Invasions
Human rights volunteers say Russia has failed to properly investigate these incidents or the continued arrests of gays and bisexuals in Chechnya.
May 29, 2019
A New Gay Crackdown in Chechnya Has Been Confirmed
Men detained in recent months describe torture, including electric shock and being raped with a stick, as police demanded they turn over names of gays, according to the Human Rights Watch.
May 8, 2019
Under Trump, U.S. Is No Refuge for LGBTQ Chechens
The U.S. has not offered asylum to any Chechen fleeing anti-LGBTQ persecution and has become increasingly hostile to those seeking it.
January 29, 2019
'The Fruit Machine' Illuminates Canada's Gay Purge
The new documentary shares the horrifying recent history we need to know.
May 31, 2018
Survivor of Chechen 'Gay Purge' Is Kidnapped by Father in Russia
Zelimkhan Akhmadov was put on a wanted list after he fled for his life.
July 16, 2018
One Year Later, Chechnya's 'Gay Purge' Remains Uninvestigated
Human rights groups are still calling on Russia to act in response to reports of gay concentration camps.
April 6, 2018
Archival Docs Illustrate Feds' 'Obsessive Effort' to Purge Gay Employees
While the federal government no longer discriminates against gay workers, it once went to great lengths to rid itself of them -- and a group is gathering historical materials related to that effort.
May 21, 2014
Gay Chechens Detail Abuse in New Human Rights Watch Report
"The sounds of torture are just there all day," a survivor of detention camps tells Human Rights Watch.
May 26, 2017
Antigay Purge Flares Up in Chechnya, Activists Say
The Russian republic's antigay crackdown has been going on for two years, but there has been a spike in detentions since December.
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