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- Andy Kopsa on Cameroon
- Report: 4 lesbians arrested in Cameroon March 7, 2014
- My latest at The Nation: dispatches from Yaounde prison in Cameroon – outlawing homosexuality March 4, 2014
- UPDATE: 2/24 Bill Signed – Ugandan President Says He’ll Sign Harsh Anti-Gay Bill | The Investigative Fund February 23, 2014
- Museveni may sign AHB today – need solidarity for Nigeria and Cameroon February 21, 2014
- “Not in Africa” February 20, 2014
- Youth Day Holiday Parade: Marching against Homosexuality February 18, 2014
- UPDATE: LGBT Activist Arrested in Douala Cameroon February 17, 2014
- Yaounde Prison Part IV: The Catholics February 13, 2014
- Discrimination against LGBT people and health risks February 13, 2014
- Yaounde, Douala and a few notes moving forward with these posts February 12, 2014
Personal stories
- Elsewhere: BuzzFeed
- Nine LGBT Activists Arrested While Protesting Nigerian Consulate in NYC March 7, 2014
- U.S. Conservatives To Go Ahead With "Pro-Life Olympics" In Moscow Despite Ukraine Crisis March 7, 2014
- U.S. Funding Choices Are Challenged In The Wake Of Uganda's Anti-Gay Law March 6, 2014
- Pope's Comments Hint At The Fight Over LGBT Rights Inside Vatican March 6, 2014
- World Bank President Withdraws From Panel On "Economic Cost Of Homophobia" March 6, 2014
- Elsewhere: India (Orinam)
- Statement by Indian groups and individuals on Nigeria’s Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act, 2013 March 9, 2014
- Tamil Scholar Solomon Pappaiya’s Sexism and Homophobia March 5, 2014
- Gay man from India bravely handles blackmailers he met on a dating website March 4, 2014
- Breaking Barriers: India’s first high school LGBTQI initiative March 3, 2014
- Reflections on Koushal vs. Naz: videos of CPR discussion March 3, 2014
- Statement by Indian groups and individuals on Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2014 February 26, 2014
- Thirunangai Sudha awarded honorary doctorate February 21, 2014
- Desi-Queering Harvard: Apphia Kumar on building youth leadership February 18, 2014
- IITs against 377 February 17, 2014
- Sampoorna National Trans Masculine Meet, 2014 February 16, 2014
- Elsewhere: O-blog-dee
- Calling on State Department to Stop Skinners Anti-Gay Watoto Church Uganda Performing in the U.S.A March 8, 2014
- Arrests, Rallies and Speakers Mark Global Day of Action in Support of Nigeria’s LGBT Community March 7, 2014
- Global Day of Action Against Uganda’s Anti-Gay Law March 5, 2014
- Ambassador DeLisi clarifies rumors of Kampala Embassy closure March 5, 2014
- Pussy Riot Disrupts Russian Orchestra in San Francisco March 4, 2014
- Elsewhere: Gay Star News
- 4 men whipped in Nigeria court for having gay sex March 9, 2014
- New York Cardinal Dolan speaks highly of gay National Football League draft prospect March 8, 2014
- Expert in gay marriage trial testifies gays are bound for hell March 8, 2014
- US student tennis star comes out as gay and reveals former suicide attempt March 8, 2014
- British lesbian couple to have marriage recognized after 11-year battle March 8, 2014
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- From Uganda: Guidelines for action against the Anti-Homosexuality Bill March 5, 2014
- Iran: How assaulting eight women and girls can make you a “gay man” (updated) March 4, 2014
- On not being well February 19, 2014
- Iran bans online chats between men and women: True? Or false? January 12, 2014
- White Savior Cat explains the Nordic Model January 6, 2014
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Category Archives: Asia
Anti-gay court action in Malaysia, Nigeria, Zambia
Three countries, three courts, three anti-gay moves: Malaysia: Opposition leader guilty of sodomy KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A Malaysian court on [March 7] sentenced opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim to five years in jail on sodomy charges, overturning an earlier … Continue reading
Posted in Africa (Sub Saharan), Asia, Trials / punishments
Tagged Anwar Ibrahim, Lusaka Times, Malaysia, Nigeria, Paul Kasonkomona, Zambia
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13 arrests in crackdown as India revives anti-gay law
Police in the town of Hassan, near Bangalore, in southern India arrested 13 people on homosexuality charges in November, and they now face criminal charges under Section 377, the colonial-era anti-sodomy law that the Indian Supreme Court reinstated in December. … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Harassment / murders, Trials / punishments
Tagged Bangalore, BuzzFeed, Delhi High Court, Hassan, India, Section 377
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Plea to Malaysia: Drop anti-gay law, political prosecution
From Human Rights Watch: Malaysia: Drop ‘Political’ Case Against Anwar Revoke Law Criminalizing Homosexual Acts (Bangkok, February 12, 2014) – The Malaysian government should drop its politically motivated prosecution of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim for alleged consensual homosexual relations, … Continue reading
LGBT Cambodian activist, slain Cameroonian honored
The David Kato Vision & Voice Award announced today: Cambodian Transgender Activist Sou Sotheavy Wins 2014 David Kato Vision & Voice Award Renowned Ugandan activist Frank Mugisha will present Sou Sotheavy with the award on stage at the prestigious Teddy … Continue reading
Posted in Africa (Sub Saharan), Asia, International pressure for LGBT rights
Tagged Cambodia, Cambodian Network for Men Women Development, Cameroon, Camfaids, CMWD, David Kato, David Kato Award, Eric Lembembe, Eric O. Lembembe, Eric Ohena Lembembe, Frank Mugisha, George Ayala, Global Forum on MSM & HIV, MSMGF
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India court keeps anti-gay law; next hope, parliament
The Supreme Court of India today refused to reconsider its Dec. 11 ruling that reinstated Section 377, the country’s colonial-era law against homosexual activity. The decision means that efforts to change Section 377 through legislation will take priority, unless opponents … Continue reading
Change.org nixes anti-gay petition to India leaders
In response to repeated complaints, the online petition site Change.org apparently has agreed to take down a hate-filled anti-gay petition to the Indian government. The site, which in the past has hosted many progressive campaigns, states that that it does not … Continue reading
India: Upsurge in hate speech after anti-gay ruling
AIDS activist L. Ramakrishnan reports on a resurgence of homophobia in India in the wake of last month’s Supreme Court decision that reinstated a colonial-era law against homosexual activity. By L. RAMAKRISHNAN On December 11, 2013, India’s Supreme Court overturned … Continue reading
Roman Catholic leaders in India support LGBT rights
The compassion and acceptance that Pope Francis has expressed for LGBT people has spread to India, as evidenced in Roman Catholic responses to a recent Supreme Court decision that reinstated a 1860s Indian law against homosexuality. Most religious groups in … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Faith and religion
Tagged Catholic Church, Catholic Herald, India, Mumbai, New Ways Ministry, Oswald Gracias, Roman Catholic
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Global outcry against anti-gay Indian court ruling
India’s attorney general, Goolam E. Vahanvati, says it was a “tragedy” that the country’s Supreme Court ruled Dec. 11 to reimpose an anti-homosexuality law on 17 percent of the world’s population. He is not alone. India’s law minister, Kapil Sibal, … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-LGBT laws and legislation, Asia, International pressure for LGBT rights
Tagged India
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India turns back the clock, restores anti-gay law
“The Supreme Court of India made gay sex illegal again, taking the country and its people back a hundred years.” That was an LGBT rights supporter’s response to today’s ruling in India’s Supreme Court, which overturned a lower court decision … Continue reading
