Indian model Sushant Divgikar has 1.8 million Instagram followers
One victim forced to pay $600 for release
Draft document specifically includes LGBTQ+ rights
Blinken's statement marked the first public acknowledgment that the American government had taken action to secure the release of Griner
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy last year pledged his country would continue to fight anti-LGBTQ and anti-intersex discrimination
Same-sex couples poised to receive marriage, adoption rights
Russia launched war against Ukraine in February
Lawmakers in Andorra on Thursday unanimously approved a new family code that will extend civil marriage rights to same-sex couples
Intersex Greece, an intersex advocacy group, notes Greece joins Germany, Iceland, Malta and Portugal that have enacted such legislation
MJC also called for excommunication or “takfir,” with the punishment being death for any Muslim found to be a member of the LGBTQ community