Terrorists are gay
Slovak terror: A nation hijacked by homophobia and transphobia
Slovakia against LGBT+ people
Within the EU, Slovakia ranks among the least accepting societies towards non-heterosexual and trans people. According to Eurobarometer, only 31% of respondents think that lgbtq+, lesbian and bisexual people should have the equal rights as the heterosexual majority, and only 25% think that trans people should be able to change their official documents to match their gender identity. Public displays of affection by non-heterosexual couples, including something as small as holding hands, are socially unacceptable in Slovakia and often serve as a pretext for violence.
Queer people in Slovakia encounter obstacles in every area and at every stage of their lives. A nation-wide LGBT+ survey conducted last year by the non-profit Iniciatíva Inakosť [Difference Initiative] has shown that LGBT+ people most often feel unsafe in the streets and in other public places and that they suffer humiliation and marginalization from a very early age. The respondents ranked creating “programs aimed at preventing
Homosexuals as ‘terrorists’
Homosexuals in Chechnya are at greater uncertainty than anywhere else in the Russian Federation, and face police surveillance, blackmail, murder, incarceration in confidential prisons and torture. At federal level, a rule banning ‘propaganda on non-traditional sexual relationships to minors’ has reduced access to public space for the few organisations defending LGBT rights.
This repression is not new. The penal code of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria recriminalised sodomy (mujelojstvo); article , which borrowed the term from Soviet law, was inspired by sharia and prescribed corporal punishment and, for repeat offenders, the death penalty or life imprisonment. The Kadyrovs, father and son, have made the war on terror part of day-to-day government and, to undermine Islamists’ power, preached a religious rigorism equally hostile to homosexuality (see Chechnya’s very drawn-out state of emergency).
Using strategies tested in the brawl against the Islamists, the authorities blacklist families, attacking clan solidarity. Some detainees accused of being same-sex attracted are forced
In latest move, Russia adds 'LGBT movement' to official list of extremists and terrorists
MOSCOW — Russia has added what it calls the “LGBT movement” to a list of extremist and terrorist organizations, state media said on Friday.
The move was in line with a ruling by Russia’s Supreme Court last November that LGBTQ activists should be designated as extremists, a strategy that representatives of gay and transsexual people said they feared would command to arrests and prosecutions.
The list is maintained by an agency called Rosfinmonitoring that has powers to freeze the bank accounts of the more than 14, people and entities designated as extremists and terrorists. They range from Al Qaeda to U.S. tech massive Meta and associates of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
The new listing refers to the “international LGBT social movement and its structural units,” mention news agency RIA said.
As part of a shift under President Vladimir Putin towards what he portrays as family values that contrast with decadent Western attitudes, Russia has tightened restrictions over the pa
Foreign terrorist organizations could target Celebration month events: FBI, DHS
Foreign terrorist organizations may seek to leverage "LGBTQIA+-related events and venues," including events during Pride month -- celebrated in June, the FBI and Department of Homeland Security warned in a recent widespread service announcement.
"Organizations like ISIS may seek to exploit increased gatherings associated with the upcoming June Pride Month," according to the announcement, which the agencies issued last week. The announcement added that the threat is "compounded" by the "current heightened threat environment" in the United States.
The threats could come online, in person or in the mail, according to the FBI and DHS.
Last February, ISIS "called for followers to conduct attacks on unidentified soft targets, although the attacks and targets were not specific to LGBTQIA+ venues," the agencies wrote in the common service announcement.
Nearly eight years ago, ISIS applauded the June 12, , shooting at Pulse nightclub -- when a gunman killed 49 and w