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Karim meets a nice man. He arranges to meet up and talk. He puts on his best outfit. But when he arrives, the police are there. They arrest him.

This is the reality for LGBTQ+ people in EgyptA country linking northeast Africa with the Middle East. . Journalists have found that the police are using dating apps to find and arrest gay people.

Meanwhile, a new report has found that LGBTQ+ people still face hatred in the USA. Unfortunately, this is true in many countries around the world.

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Humans have often been hateful towards people who are different to themselves. But many point out that this does not have to be true - and it has not always been true in many cultures.

Today is the first day of LGBT history month in the UK.

Yes! Of course we can. Different groups have accepted and respected LGBTQ+ people for hundreds of years. We need to un-learn any learned hatred.

No! Sadly, humans are often hateful towards people who are not like them, or like most other people in the group. There is a long way to go to change this.