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Bangladeshi repression extends far beyond LGBTQ community

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Cameroon police arrest and imprison 5 men for suspected homosexuality
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Transgender victims of hate speech deserve protection, not more hate

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Ukraine moves closer to enacting a law against anti-LGBTI bias
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Bob doing construction work shortly after his release. (Photo by Steeves Winner)
Betrayed by gay lover, then imprisoned, Bob has finally been set free
Here’s how a lesbian couple regained their dignity in Cameroon
From fear to freedom: A quiet rebellion on Qtalk
Six months later, 4 Muslim men are still in prison without trial for watching a gay video

Africa

Entrance of the Central Prison in the Kondengui section of Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Cameroon police arrest and imprison 5 men for suspected homosexuality
Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum legal aid clinic in the Bidi Bidi refugee settlement in Uganda in 2020.
Anti-LGBTIQ violence in Uganda continues to worsen, report says
Anglophone regions of Cameroon. (Map courtesy of AFP)
As Cameroon election approaches, LGBTQ+ people face increasing violence
Location of Burkina Faso in West Africa. (Map courtesy of Google)
Burkina Faso’s LGBTQ community fears ‘witch hunt’

Caribbean

Lovonova’s unique Pride products are a Guadeloupean dream come true

Self-portrait by Adeline Rapon (Instagram: @adelinerapon).

Martinique: Photographer Adeline Rapon celebrates Afro-Caribbean queer visibility

Whipped and held captive in Haiti: Ovide’s ordeal

Europe

Graham Linehan (Photo courtesy of the BBC)
Transgender victims of hate speech deserve protection, not more hate
Anti-LGBTQ+ activists clash with police as they try to interfere with a gathering of the LGBTQ+ community for the Tbilisi Pride Festival in Tbilisi in July 2023. (Photo courtesy of AFP via Getty Images)
Pro-Russia government in nation of Georgia peddles LGBT conspiracy theories
Ukrainian flag
Ukraine moves closer to enacting a law against anti-LGBTI bias
Lovonova’s unique Pride products are a Guadeloupean dream come true

Asia

Location of Bangladesh in South Asia. (Map courtesy of GISgeography)
Bangladeshi repression extends far beyond LGBTQ community
A scene from last month's Euro-Mediterranean Summer Universities of Homosexualities (UEEH) human rights gathering in Vic-en-Bigorre, France. (Photo courtesy of JMBF)
In Bangladesh, anti-gay intimidation, violence and persecution are escalating
Sahara Chowdhury (Photo illustration courtesy of X)
Bangladesh academics protest expulsion of transgender student
Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)
Bangladesh university students tortured, expelled over alleged sexuality

Middle East/North Africa

Image from Mawaleh in 2012
Supporters of LGBTQ Syrians aim to revive Mawaleh, ‘a defiant glitterbomb of resistance’
Map of Middle East and North Africa
Trans people face violence across Middle East and North Africa, new report finds
Shams vs. Shams: Rupture in Tunisian gay rights advocacy group
Tunisian LGBTQ rights protest.
Tunisia and Malaysia arrest dozens of queer people in escalating crackdowns

Americas

Graham Linehan (Photo courtesy of the BBC)

Transgender victims of hate speech deserve protection, not more hate

Commentary from Barbados: Freedom of speech is no excuse for violent anti-transgender threats

Pastor Martin Ssempa (Photo courtesy of the Monitor)
Ugandan anti-LGBTQ pastor uses Charlie Kirk murder to sell books
Lovonova’s unique Pride products are a Guadeloupean dream come true
Self-portrait by Adeline Rapon (Instagram: @adelinerapon).
Martinique: Photographer Adeline Rapon celebrates Afro-Caribbean queer visibility

Oceania

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Outright launches important reports on LGBTQ rights in every country

Pride marcher in New Zealand poses with the flag of the tiny island nation Niue. (Claire-Eastham-Farrelly photo courtesy of NZTV)

Niue: Tally of nations with anti-homosexuality laws drops to 65

WorldPride is happening in Washington, D.C., from May 17 to June 8. (Photo courtesy of CBS and Getty)

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