Counting the economic cost of anti-LGBTQ laws
Al Jazeera
Studies suggest countries that are more inclusive of LGBTQ people have stronger economies and more productive workers.
While on a trip to the United States in 2018, Rikki Nathanson learned secret police were looking for her at her home and office in Zimbabwe. It was then the prominent transgender activist knew she couldn’t go back. More than four years earlier Nathanson was arrested by Zimbabwean police at gunpoint for using a women’s bathroom. She was forced to remove all her clothing to “verify her gender”, thrown in jail and repeatedly beaten, she told Al Jazeera. But when a magistrate judge asked the prosecutor how Nathanson had created a “public nuisance” – the charge she faced – the case was dismissed. “The arrest and the events after it were extremely traumatic, degrading and humiliating,” Nathanson said.
World Health Organization says 226 health workers, patients killed in Lebanon since start of Israel’s war on Hezbollah.
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In a new interview, the scandal-plagued Gaetz reaffirmed his commitment to being a member of Trump’s ‘America First army’.
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Pep Guardiola leads Man City out for the first time since signing a two-year extension when Tottenham visit on Saturday.
Five healthcare workers killed in Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon, Ministry of Public Health says.
Vulnerable nations are seeking $1.3 trillion annually to deal with the damage caused by climate change and to adapt.
The city’s southern suburbs have been hit repeatedly in recent months
New York judge cancels a sentencing hearing previously scheduled for November 26 without setting a new date.
Many Haitian children face the stark choice of joining a gang or suffering from violence, poverty and hunger engulfing them.