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Increased access to the internet in authoritarian and nominally democratic countries has been nothing short of transformative. Individuals that care about social justice causes deemed too taboo to exist are no longer forced to silently acquiesce and accept the status quo. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender/non-binary and queer/questioning people in socially conservative, authoritarian regimes in particular have covertly organized online and ultimately formed robust social movements in the last two decades that continue to grow to this day. This book tracks the emergence of new LGBTQ+ movements born online in the Middle East and North Africa in the 2000s and 2010s. This second edition of Catalyze includes a brand new preface about the renewed right-wing war on queer people in the West in the 2020s, and how LGBTQ+ rights-namely trans rights-are under attack.

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Mike Figueredo obtained his Bachelor's and Master's in Political Science from the Mark O. Hatfield School of Government at Portland State University. His focus of study was electoral engineering and social movements within the subfield of comparative politics. He temporarily pursued his Doctorate in Politics & Public Policy at the same institution, but left that program to host The Humanist Report full-time. The Humanist Report has amassed nearly half a million YouTube subscribers and more than 150 million views. Mike has advocated for a plethora of political issues during his time hosting The Humanist Report, but rose to prominence primarily over his coverage of the 2016 and 2020 elections, his advocacy for net neutrality, single-payer healthcare, and LGBTQ+ rights.

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