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An LGBT community led collective in Pakistan which is promoting 'Queer Art, Culture & Activism' in order to create greater understanding and dialogue.
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So happy to see
@QueeristanBlog
being featured at
#TheGuardian
@guardian
& our founder
#SalmanKhan
@ImGreenGuru
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"Two lesbian couple Sundas Malik, a Muslim artist from
#Pakistan
🇵🇰 & Anjali Chakra, a Hindu originally from
#India
🇮🇳, released pictures from a photoshoot on
@Twitter
recently. The photos were posted by their photographer
@Sarowarrrr
. 🏳️🌈
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Lesbian lovers Sundas Malik from
#Pakistan
🇵🇰 & Anjali Chakra from
#India
🇮🇳 in
#NewYork
, USA 🇺🇲 celebrating their love ♥️, celebrating their pride. 🏳️🌈
#LoveIsLove
#DesiPride
#LoveWins
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“Under the cool shade of the neem tree,
Safe from the scorching sun above our heads,
Hidden away from plain sight of the passersby,
You’re below me, I’m above you, our passions flow through,
I kiss u on ur lips, u kiss me too.
This is how we make love in our village Chak no 69”
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Congratulations
@mad_adiyoo
&
@Amit_AATMA
for their incredible wedding, wish them both a very blessed and joyous journey ahead! 🌈❤️🌈
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Absolutely, brilliant queer art by
@artqueerjalebi
depicting queer art, culture & stories from
#Pakistan
. Support more of your local queer & trans artists, writers & activists. That’s what we at
@QueeristanPK
are doing, stay tuned for more amazing work headed your way! 🇵🇰❤️🏳️🌈
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"Bianca Maieli, a Colombian-Indian Christian woman met Pakistani Muslim Saima at an event in America and that's how cupid struck. And when the lesbian couple decided to tie the knot they made it grand by fusing their respective cultures."
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So proud of all the LGBTQ slogans and pride flags 🏳️🌈 raised at Aurat March 2021... azaaadi azaaadi (freedom, freedom) for queers and trans folks in Pakistan 🏳️🌈❤️🏳️⚧️
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Till the day we queers are not free, we shall question those who spread wars not love. I wish a queer independence day to all in
#Pakistan
, call on all queer folks and allies to be radical & fight those who oppress you.
#QueerAzadiZindabad
✊🏽🇵🇰🏳️🌈🥰 quote by
@ImGreenGuru
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Today is May 17, the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia will be breaking some of that silence. This year again, tens of thousands of us will speak up. We will take the space that is rightfully ours, because our voices, our stories, our lived realities
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Beautiful couple - Faiz & Justin, we wish them a happily ever after. ♥️🏳️🌈💐
Photography:
@sojournersociety
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In light of the recent rise in homophobic rhetoric in
#Pakistan
particularly surrounding removal of
#LGBT
+ theme books by the country's largest bookstore chain,
@LibertyBooks_
.We've decided to showcase Pakistan's very own
#LGBTQ
icons worth celebrating from across the world.
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IG Sindh announces to enroll transgender persons in Sindh Police. The newly enrolled police officials will be working in different departments of Police.
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This is big news, Transman visibility matters. 🏳️⚧️❤️🙏🏽
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“
@shahmiruk
explains how the only way Muslims can defeat the far-right who demonise them is by joining forces with the LGTBQ community.”
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//Sarah Hegazi, an Egyptian communist and human rights activist known for defending the LGBT rights, is believed to have taken her own life in Canada. She left a handwritten message saying “I tried to survive and I failed.” //
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Beautiful news coming out of
#Taiwan
's parliament as it become the first in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage following a vote on Friday. 😍✊🌈
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‘Love in Basant’
Spring is here, it is when the birds sing for love. It was love at first sight, I wasn’t able to take my eyes off u ...when I first saw u, my heart went racing like the kites up in the sky. This rose in my hand you see, its a symbol of my love for you. 🌹❤️😘🪁
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While
#India
celebrates its queer liberation in
#Pakistan
a self-proclaimed social worker, Omar Mateen Allahwala associated with Orange Tree Foundation and
@TCFPak
had earlier requested
@LibertyBooks_
(
#Pakistan
's largest chain of bookstores) to bring down LGBT+ theme books ...
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“You’re naked for me,
I’m naked for you,
I shed my clothes in love,
the piercing skyscraper behind us,
sun setting at the back pure gold,
its my body, my choice to be naked,
at the top of the terrace,
I‘ll be in your arms forever,
as I’m in love with you fool,” ❤️🏳️🌈😘
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Sad to see a British Pakistani gay man Fahad being tortured & psychologically manipulated into committing suicide in Birmingham, UK b/c of his family. Where is the British government here, why aren't LGBTQ+ folks being protected?
@AmnestyUK
@UKLabour
@ukinpakistan
@TomDrewUK
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Know your history, Pakistani LGBTQ+ community. Ifti Nasim was one of the first & by far the only openly gay poet of Urdu literature. He was born & raised in Faisalabad, Pakistan but due to homophobic discrimination had to leave & sort asylum in the US. (Cont)
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Preparing a list of homophobic/ transphobic articles/ videos published on Pakistani publications of English, Urdu or any other regional languages. If you come across anything or are aware of such articles/ videos please share below or email at queeristanpk
@gmail
.com
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"An LGBT campaigner
@KhakanQureshi
is calling for collaborations with creatives to support South Asian members of the community in becoming more visible."
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So we've been able to get in touch with a prominent progressive Pakistani Muslim theologian
@JavedGhamidi
who is known internationally for his modernist and non-traditional interpretation of Islamic laws.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina, a tiny multicultural nation in the Balkans had their first pride in midst of heavy security. You'd be surprised to know that they're a majority Muslim country with small Orthodox and Catholic Christian minority but despite a small group of ...
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.
@QueeristanPK
's editor
@ImGreenGuru
writes about a secret and coded language of the South Asian queer and trans communities that remains concealed and unspoken by the wider society.
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More power to all queer and trans folks of Pakistan 🏳️🌈❤️🏳️⚧️
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"Pakistani filmmaker Saim Sadiq said his film about love between a
#transgender
girl & a young boy, which won Orizzonti Award for Best Short Film at 76th Venice Film Festival last week, was “a protest about what we can & cannot talk about in
#Pakistan
.”
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Religious extremists in
#Lahore
are organizing a rally this 3rd June against community based organizations (CBOs) working hard to combat HIV/ AIDs amongst the sexual and gender minorities of the city. Where is the state, why is this extremism being promoted?
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”This powerful photo of two gay dads with one of their children from 1993 was the first time same-sex parents were represented positively in the mainstream media,”
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.
@QueeristanPK
's founder Salman Khan
@ImGreenGuru
has just published his research paper on "LGBTQ Activism and Human Rights in
#Pakistan
, its History & Progress" in the Indian Journal of Health, Sexuality & Culture. Do read about it on the link below!
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as they've immediately removed all the 'bad' books within the last 24 hours. We demand that the
@LibertyBooks_
reinstate those books and release an apology that it does not discriminate its clientele based on their gender or sexual orientation.
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“Tamil Nadu in
#India
is set to become the first region in the country to outlaw conversion therapy after a High Court issued a sweeping ruling on LGBT+ rights,”
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Today (March 31) is the International Day of Trans Visibility, we wish you a very happy
#TransDayOfVisibility
! To all our trans friends & family in
#Pakistan
& rest of the world: you are valuable, valid & important, whether you choose to be seen or not, on this day & every
#TDOV
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“The Republic of
#Tunisia
has become the first Arab state to recognise a same-sex marriage, a Tunisian LGBT+ rights organisation has announced,”
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“A Malaysian man has won a landmark court challenge against an Islamic ban on sex “against the order of nature”, raising hopes for greater acceptance of gay rights in the mostly Muslim country.”
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from their bookstores because it violates his 'religious liberty' but what about the
#LGBTQ
+ kids and their sense of existence why aren't we able to protect them from such acts of discrimination?
We're appalled to see that
@LibertyBooks_
has agreed to his bigoted request, ...
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@LibertyBooks_
@tyleroakley
Second:
#NergisMavalvala
,
#Karachi
born Pakistani American astrophysicist & professor of physics at
@MIT
is openly lesbian of Parsi descent who made history in 2016 for her research in the direct detection of gravitational waves from colliding black holes.
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”Who’s Afraid of Ifti Nasim?” //A brilliant piece on the unknown life of Pakistani American queer activist & poet Ifti Nasim//
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Roses are red.
Violets are blue.
We support LGBT+ rights.
So should you.
#ValentinesDay
#LoveisLove
🌈❤️✊🏽
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"A majority in
#Brazil
's Supreme Court has voted in favour of making homophobia and transphobia crimes,"
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A reminder that we the LGBT+ community have always been there in the Arab and Muslim world. The Islamic history is full of queer people. Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Muslims have always existed in every Islamic period.
Here are some stories:
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“Lawmakers in
#Gabon
’s lower house of parliament on Tuesday voted to decriminalise homosexuality, becoming one of the few countries in sub-Saharan Africa to reverse a law that punishes sexual relations between people of the same sex.”
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A lot of LGBT+ folk in Pakistan are familiar with social distancing & self-isolation,many of us have grown in a society that rejects us,hates us & osctracises us.This quarantine isn’t new to our kind,but it is important for us all to take the issue of
#COVID19
seriously. 🏳️🌈🙏🏽 🇵🇰
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“This year’s Miss Universe pageant will include the first openly gay contestant in the competition’s 67-year history, who bravely came out despite homosexuality being illegal in her home country.
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“Sukhwinder Singh Goraya alias Sam shares his struggle of coming out to his parents, finding acceptance, love and his happily ever after in a traditionally socially conservative Indian society,”
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// "I am openly
#gay
,”
@mounirbaatour
says. “I came out 20 years ago. I was jailed for three months for sodomy in 2013. There’s no shame for me. There’s no shame for any of us.” //
#Tunisia
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“In the warm waters of Indus, I embrace myself in my lovers arms.
As the sun goes down at dawn,the silence around us syncs our hearts searching for love.
Love should never mean having to live in fear. Why should we fear for our love isn’t a sin,it’s as pure as our existence”
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The story of our founder Salman Khan
@ImGreenGuru
has been published in
@QueerMajority
, featuring his story of how he was able to come to terms with his sexuality & navigate a society where one’s queerness is frowned up. Pls RT & support
@QueeristanPK
! 🏳️🌈🙏🏽
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We urge everyone to stand in solidarity with
@ImaanZHazir
who's been threatened by an Islamist extremist named Shaheer Sialvi. She together with
@Gulalai_Ismail
is being accused of promoting "homosexuality",which is completely preposterous as u can't promote something that's ....
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We urge Duke & Duchess of Cambridge William & Kate
@KensingtonRoyal
, visiting Islamic republic of
#Pakistan
🇵🇰 to shed light on the neglected issue of
#LGBT
+ equality in our country. Being gay & lesbian is criminalized with a death penalty, pls highlight our issues too! 🏳️🌈
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“In a first for Tunisia & Arab world, Shams, an association founded in early 2015 to defend LGBTQ rights, was granted legal protection in a ruling handed down Feb. 21 by Tunisia's Court of Cassation following the state's attempts to shut down the NGO,”
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@LibertyBooks_
First: Late
#IftiNasim
, Faisalabad born Pakistani American, had written gay-related poetry in Urdu said to be the first direct statement of “gay longings and desires” ever published in Urdu language which inspired a generation of Pakistani queer poets.
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& its faculty member banned from travelling to certain countries. Global psychiatry & psychologist community has unanimously declared "homosexuality" to not be a mental disorder thus removing the stigma attached in being gay since 1973. Increasingly there is significant support..
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Love is love, no matter what your culture, language, race, religion or nationality is.
الحب هو الحب، مهما كانت ثقافتك، لغتك، ديانتك، أو قوميتك.
پیار پیار ہوتا ہے. اس سے قطع نظر کہ آپ کی ثقافت ، زبان ، نسل ، مذہب یا قومیت کیا ہے۔
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We here at
@QueeristanPK
are planning to organize
#Pakistan
’s first online Pride event for this
#PrideMonth
. It would be virtual, safe & you can participate anonymously through Zoom. If you wish to volunteer or have ideas to share, kindly DM us ASAP & be part of history. 🏳️🌈✊🏽❤️
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It’s heartbreaking to see two gay lovers commit suicide (murder) in Vehari,
#Punjab
in
#Pakistan
earlier the day, out of desperation as their families didn’t accept their friendship (relationship),
@QueeristanPK
condemns this act of violence against these gay lovers.
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"International
#Transgender
Day of Visibility is honored every year on March 31 & is a time to celebrate trans people around the globe & the courage it takes to live openly & authentically, while also raising awareness around the discrimination they face"
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Not only
#India
but the whole world is proud of
#ArundhatiKatju
and
@MenakaGuruswamy
, thank you for all the assistance against repealing the dreaded
#Section377
, also more love for
@PriyankaChopra
who nominated these brave LGBT+ warriors for the
#TIME100
♥️🌈😍
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”Don't tell me, a gay man, just to accept that some people want me dead,”
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Looking for an American professor who’s an expert on human rights of sexual and gender minorities in Pakistan that just testify for a LGBTQ+ asylum seeker from the country to US. An expert opinion affidavit is required prior to their asylum interview,it’s important of their case.
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So a female journalist is looking for gay men in/of
#Pakistan
to interview on a story about their lives of being gay there, it could be anonymous too. Pls come forward especially if you've or do experience homophobic bullying, the pressure of marriage & depression for being gay.
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”Bhutan parliament decriminalizes homosexuality and LGBT activists around the world rejoice.”
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@LibertyBooks_
#IftiNasim
had gotten in trouble for his writing ever since he was growing up in Lyallpur (now Faisalabad),
#Pakistan
. It started when he was 16, at a protest against martial law. He was standing at the lectern, reading a politically charged poem.
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Proud of all the
#LGBT
+ women who’ve been selected as
@BBCWorld
’s 100 Women of 2019. LGBT women visibility matters from Philippines journalist
@mariaressa
& US soccer player
@mPinoe
(lesbian), Malaysian Nisha Ayub & Iceland’s
@UglaStefania
(trans activist)
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Such a beautiful and inspiring gay love story, thank you for sharing it with the world, Sunil Gupta. 🌈❤️🙏🏽
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Need to know about some of the updates on
@LGMonster95
, really concerned about a Pakistani gay teenager under threat!
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Looking for digital rights organizations in Pakistan who can help Pakistani gays and lesbians who get harassed, threatened and extorted for money on gay dating apps, are the digital rights organizations in the country capable for helping those LGBTQI+ in trouble?
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.
@elkdtalfilm
was not released in cinemas in
#Pakistan
but is now available on
@Netflix
, thank you for this piece
@CUTACUTOfficial
but you forgot to mention why this movie was censored & that is b/c it's a lesbian love story. 🌈👏
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We’ve received a report from a source which remains to be anonymous that a gay man was robbed by 7-8 men at AA block, Bahria Town, Lahore in through a popular gay dating app. Please be safe & don’t take risks.
@ShireenMazari1
are they no human rights for gay men in
#Pakistan
?
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Who here is queer/ trans or non-binary & wish to build an online community of Pakistani
#LGBTQ
+ to create safe spaces for advancement of Desi (indigenous) LGBTQ+ narrative, culture & art this
#PrideMonth
?
* Just DM us 🌈♥️😍
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They’re electing gays and lesbians in Central and South America. Love you Colombia 🇨🇴!
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#Repost
art by
@stormzebastille
A reminder that Pride is for every body— muscular/White/cis male is just tip of the iceberg. There r as many ways to be beautiful as there are souls in the world. If u r in a position of privilege, use it as a weapon against oppression & erasure.
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Some good news coming out of Costa Rica 🇨🇷, love is love .. marriage equality wins. 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
In a few hours my country,
#CostaRica
, will recognise equal marriage. An extraordinary moment of celebration and gratitude to the work of so many activists, and of quiet reflection of the lives of those who lived without seeing this moment.
#siaceptoCR
#IESOGI
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@LibertyBooks_
Suddenly the auditorium doors flew open, and a soldier shot him in the leg. Someone pulled him out of the way before he caught another bullet. Growing up in
#Pakistan
, he'd read an article that showed "gay people living happily ever after in the U.S.".
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#HappyPrideMonth
everyone, don’t forget pride started as a protest at Stonewall Inn. Police brutality got us organized & provoked us to riot for our rights. As queer people we are obliged towards amplifying the voices & concerns of Black people now.
#BlackLivesMatter
. ✊🏽✊🏼✊🏿
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“A regular compliment I get, often said with sincere astonishment, is that I don’t ‘look
#transgender
’.
My response is usually that of course I look transgender, because I am. This is what a transgender person looks like,”
@UglaStefania
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@LibertyBooks_
@tyleroakley
@MIT
@Caltech
Third: British Pakistani fashion guru
@tanfrance
is best known around the world from the hit
@netflix
show
@queereye
and is currently the only out gay Muslim man on western television.
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An Anti-LGBTQI+ conference is being organized by the controversial Pakistani American Islamic cleric
@YasirQadhi
at the
@epicmasjid
, Texas (US) with many anti-LGBT Muslim preachers, lawyers & advocates from across the US & even Germany.
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Haha only gays (or gay friendly people) would understand this one! 😅😅😅
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“In India, a Gay Prince’s Coming Out Earns Accolades, and Enemies”
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Today is International
#PronounsDay
, and it's time we start referring to people by their pronouns and respect their human dignity!
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@LibertyBooks_
@tyleroakley
@MIT
Mavalvala's primary research has been in instrument development for interferometric gravitational-wave detectors. She also received the prestigious MacArthur Foundation Award in 2010. In 2017, she was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
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We are receiving news of how a faculty member from Bahria Medical & Dental University in
#Karachi
is promoting bigotry & hatred against LGBTQ+ community. If the university doesn't put an end to such homophobia, it will be shamed internationally ...
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