LGBTQ equality has been an important topic in the United States for the last several years, and the strides we’ve made to improve our laws and our lives in the last few years have been impressive. We may still have a way to go in changing laws and minds but as bad as it is in the United States, in other parts of the world, it’s much, much worse.
In Chechnya, a southern republic of Russia, it all started with a petition for permits to hold gay pride parades. Not only were the permits denied, but authorities reportedly began a “roundup” of more than 100 gay men. Posing as gay or friends of friends, authorities lured gay Chechen men to apartments where they overpowered them, transported them to “detainment centers” and tortured them for more names. More names meant more roundups.
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