Alarming new research reveals multiple terrorist groups are targeting LGBTQ+ communities

A new study has shown that a number of terrorist groups are targeting LGBTQ+ communities. 

The research, published in PS: Political Science & Politics, and led by extremism expert Dr Jared Dmello from the University of Adelaide’s School of Social Sciences, showed that extremist groups with contrasting ideologies overlapped in their hatred of LGBTQ+ people. 

“We found a wide variety of extremist groups, which on the surface have nothing in common, are actually engaging in similar attacks on the same marginalised communities, Dmello was quoted as saying by Cosmos magazine.

“Both Islamic extremist groups and far-right terrorist groups actively target the queer community through propaganda and violence.

‘Similar tactics and propaganda used to justify attacks’

“It was quite surprising to me

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