Eric Abetz wins award for homophobic rant about the rainbow flag
The awards were determined by a raucous boo-off to decide the worst comments of the year.
Posts tagged Chechnya
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July 19, 2017 Celebs help draw attention to gay Chechnya crisis
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July 14, 2017 Lesbian, bi, and trans people now in Chechnya’s firing line
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July 11, 2017 Dozens of gay men believed to have been executed in Chechnya
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June 21, 2017 First look inside one of Chechnya’s gay concentration camps
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June 16, 2017 Senators Dean Smith and Penny Wong move Chechnya motion
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Trans woman recalls fleeing Chechnya after attempt on her life
The woman faced harassment when she moved to Moscow and was stabbed in 2015 by a Chechen attacker.
Gay genocide charges filed against Chechnya
French LGBTI organisations have alleged genocide against gay people and blame the state for a ‘wave of persecution’.
Hundreds in Melbourne attend Chechnya vigil
The attendees called on Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to offer refuge to the men whose lives remain in danger.
Janet Rice’s motion on Chechnya shut down in Senate
The motion called on the government to work with other UN nations on a resolution and to be prepared to take queer refugees from Chechnya.
Melbourne calls on Malcolm Turnbull to accept queer refugees from Chechnya
“I keep imagining how it could have been my brother or my friends if they lived in Chechnya”
Australia urges Turnbull for action on Chechnya
Advocacy groups have called on the government to work with the UN to censure Russia and launch an international investigation.
Chechen parents allegedly ordered to kill gay kids
Emerging reports of more camps suggest at least six concentration camps in Chechnya are now holding gay and bi men.
LGBTI activists arrested protesting torture of gay men in Chechnya
A group of roughly ten protesters were arrested while demonstrating in St Petersburg.
Mardi Gras 78ers to protest gay concentration camps in Chechnya
More than 100 men have allegedly been sent to gay concentration camps in Chechnya where they’ve been rounded up and tortured as part of an anti-gay crackdown.