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828w, (2362x696:2363x697):format(webp)/ 1080w, (2362x696:2363x697):format(webp)/ 1200w, (2362x696:2363x697):format(webp)/ 1440w, (2362x696:2363x697):format(webp)/ 1920w, (2362x696:2363x697):format(webp)/ 2048w, (2362x696:2363x697):format(webp)/ 2400w" src="(2362x696:2363x697):format(webp)/" dg="async" data-nimg="rponsive" style="posn:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizg:borr-box;paddg:0;borr:none;marg:to;display:block;width:0;height:0;m-width:100%;max-width:100%;m-height:100%;max-height:100%;object-f:ver"/></span><div class="duet--media--ptn pt-6 font-polysans-mono text-12 font-light leadg-130 trackg-1"><figptn class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup le text-gray-13 dark:text-gray-e9 [&>a:hover]:text-black [&>a:hover]:shadow-unrle-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-e9 dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-unrle-gray-63 [&>a]:shadow-unrle-gray-13 dark:[&>a]:shadow-unrle-gray-63"><em>Amazon sponsors LGBTQ issu the US, cludg this Pri float om NYC 2018. </em></figptn> <ce class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup le not-alic text-gray-63 dark:text-gray-bd [&>a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-unrle-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-unrle-gray [&>a]:shadow-unrle-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-unrle-gray">Photo by Rob Kim/Getty Imag</ce></div></figure></div></div></div></div><div class="relative md:mx-to md:flex md:max-w-ntaer-md lg:max-w-none"><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent-ntaer clearfix sm:ml-to md:ml-100 md:max-w-article-body lg:mx-100"><div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent"><p class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leadg-160 -trackg-1 selectn:bg-ankl-20 dark:text-whe dark:selectn:bg-blurple [&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-ankl dark:[&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&_a]:shadow-unrle-black dark:[&_a]:shadow-unrle-whe">Amazon has rtricted search rults and ventory related to LGBTQ topics the Uned Arab Emirat after beg prsured to do so by the ernment, <a href=">reports <em>The New York Tim</em></a>. Same-sex relatnships and sex acts are illegal the UAE, and are punishable by f and imprisonment. </p></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent"><p class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leadg-160 -trackg-1 selectn:bg-ankl-20 dark:text-whe dark:selectn:bg-blurple [&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-ankl dark:[&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&_a]:shadow-unrle-black dark:[&_a]:shadow-unrle-whe">A number of books related to LGBTQ topics were removed om sale the UAE (cludg Roxane Gay’s <em>Bad Femist </em>and Maia Kobabe’s <em>Genr Queer: A Memoir</em>), and search rults have been hidn for more than 150 keywords. The clu broad search terms like “lgbtq” and “pri,” as well as targeted queri like “transgenr flag” and “cht br for lbians.”</p></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent"><p class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leadg-160 -trackg-1 selectn:bg-ankl-20 dark:text-whe dark:selectn:bg-blurple [&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-ankl dark:[&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&_a]:shadow-unrle-black dark:[&_a]:shadow-unrle-whe">The <em>Tim</em> not that ’s not clear what penalti Amazon was threatened wh by the UAE ernment before troduced the rtrictns. </p></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent clear-both block md:float-left md:mr-30 md:w-[320px] lg:-ml-100"><div class="duet--article--article-pullquote mb-20"><div class="mb-10 h-[22px] w-[65px] bg-ankl"></div><p class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup relative bg-repeatg-l-dark bg-[length:1px_1.2em] pb-8 font-polysans text-28 font-medium leadg-120 trackg-1 selectn:bg-ankl-20 dark:bg-repeatg-l-light dark:text-whe dark:selectn:bg-blurple">“we mt also ply wh the lol laws and regulatns of the untri which we operate”</p></div></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent"><p class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leadg-160 -trackg-1 selectn:bg-ankl-20 dark:text-whe dark:selectn:bg-blurple [&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-ankl dark:[&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&_a]:shadow-unrle-black dark:[&_a]:shadow-unrle-whe">Nile Pampe, a spokperson for Amazon, told the <em>Tim</em>: “As a pany, we rema mted to diversy, equy and cln, and we believe that the rights of L.G.B.T.Q.+ people mt be protected. Wh Amazon stor around the world, we mt also ply wh the lol laws and regulatns of the untri which we operate.”</p></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent"><p class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leadg-160 -trackg-1 selectn:bg-ankl-20 dark:text-whe dark:selectn:bg-blurple [&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-ankl dark:[&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&_a]:shadow-unrle-black dark:[&_a]:shadow-unrle-whe">The news days after Amazon’s hometown of Seattle hosted s annual Pri march at the weekend, and highlights the difficulti US tech pani face pog certa ials on their home turf while followg ternatnal laws that clash wh the prcipl. </p></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent"><p class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leadg-160 -trackg-1 selectn:bg-ankl-20 dark:text-whe dark:selectn:bg-blurple [&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-ankl dark:[&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&_a]:shadow-unrle-black dark:[&_a]:shadow-unrle-whe">Amazon, though, has also been cricized for s hypocril approach to LGBTQ issu jt wh the US, too. The nonprof Seattle Pri group that aniz the cy’s Pri march <a href=">recently cut ti wh Amazon</a> over s “support of anti-LGBTQIA+ policians.” The group ced a number of polil activi, cludg Amazon’s <a href=">donatns of more than $450,000</a> to lawmakers who voted agast the Equaly Act 2020. </p></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent"><p class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leadg-160 -trackg-1 selectn:bg-ankl-20 dark:text-whe dark:selectn:bg-blurple [&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-ankl dark:[&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&_a]:shadow-unrle-black dark:[&_a]:shadow-unrle-whe">“We simply nnot partner wh any anizatn actively harmg our muny through the support of discrimatory laws and polics,” said Seattle Pri a statement. The nonprof’s executive director, Krystal Marx, also claimed that Amazon <a href=">offered $100,000 to the group</a> for a number of chang highlightg the pany’s sponsorship, cludg renamg the para to “Seattle Pri Para Prented by Amazon.” </p></div></div><div class="mb-40 mt-30"><button class="duet--article--ments-button group le-flex h-40 w-full ems-center jtify-center round-[2px] borr-[1px] borr-solid borr-blurple font-polysans-mono text-11 font-light upperse trackg-12 text-blurple hover:bg-blurple hover:text-whe md:w-to md:px-30"><svg class="mr-10 le pt-2" width="12" height="14" fill="none" viewBox="0 0 12 12" stroke-width="1px" xmlns="><tle>Comments.