“Mad Sandhu, a popular Punjabi LGBTQ+ influencer and makeup artist, was shot dead this weekend by two motorcycle-borne assailants in the city of Amritsar. Police believe it may have been a planned attack, saying Sandhu was being followed before the perpetrators killed him.”

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Big gay news 🌈 Polish registry offices have recorded 516 same-sex marriages concluded abroad following the EU's top court ruling from November 2025 that Poland must recognize gay and lesbian marriages concluded in other member states.

“Yet Bolsonaro’s win isn’t the only news from Brazil’s vote: also on Sunday, openly trans MP Erika Hilton became the most voted-for woman in the history of Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies with 1,596,472 votes.”

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🇧🇷🏳️‍⚧️ Everyone's talking about Flávio Bolsonaro's win in the first round of Brazil's election, but don't miss the other big news the vote has brought us: Black trans MP Erika Hilton has become the most voted-for woman in the history of Brazil's Chamber of Deputies.

Around 100 people protested today in Taipei after police raided a gay bar, detaining 51 customers and arresting its owner over suspected “offences against public morality.” The crackdown has sparked outrage in Taiwan, which legalised same-sex marriage in 2019 and prides itself on LGBTQ+ tolerance.

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"We are really experiencing ‌a ⁠digital state of emergency. An authority is telling journalists: you can report these stories, but you cannot report those. This really undermines the foundations of our profession." Turkey has blocked an independent news portal over "LGBT propaganda".

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The move follows a broader crackdown on the LGBTQ+ community, including raids on gay bars, nightclubs and the homes of activists and community members. Authorities issued warrants for 162 people.

🚨 Turkey today shut down the website and social media accounts of T24, a leading independent digital news outlet, citing what the Justice Ministry called “LGBT propaganda.”

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“We’re used to a deafening silence from most governments across regions like Africa, the Middle East, Central America, Eastern Europe and Central Asia when it comes to the human rights of LGBTQ+ people, but what’s new is that longtime queer rights advocates are growing quiet.”

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