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– "Traditional values": A potent weapon against LGBT rights (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News November 9, 2017

In April, news broke of a widespread anti-gay purge in Chechnya; in September, gay men and transgender women were rounded up in Azerbaijan; and in October reports emerged of a registry of gay men and lesbians compiled by authorities in Tajikistan. How might we understand these disparate events as part of a trend in these three former Soviet Union countries?
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