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‘A significant milestone in the journey towards equality, dignity, and freedom’

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Bangladesh: 5 trans women arrested for begging
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Attorney Cara Shillingford won the case for the plaintiffs. (Photo courtesy of DominicaNewsOnline)
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Help for LGBT youths in Benin, where anti-gay lynchings are commonplace
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Africa

Tanzanian LGBTQ+ activists map the road ahead
Cover of the book Feel Good
Move over, queer suffering. It’s time for queer joy.
Qtalk: Gay man, resisting pressure to marry, risks losing his family
Back to School Initiative seeks improved education for LGBTI Cameroonians

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Attorney Cara Shillingford won the case for the plaintiffs. (Photo courtesy of DominicaNewsOnline)

Dominica court overturns anti-sodomy law

Ariel Henry, Haitian prime minister, announced his resignation on March 12.

Haiti: Anarchy, risk of famine, difficulty accessing HIV drugs

The Haitian gang leader known as "Barbecue".

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Europe

A protester holds a sign saying “Don’t scare everyone” during a rally for freedom of speech and freedom for political prisoners in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan in 2022. (Vyacheslav Oseledko photo courtesy of AFP/ Getty Images / HRW)
Russia-style NGO crackdowns spread as Europe dithers
The West fiddles while Uganda prepares a future of anti-LGBTQ horrors
Georgia’s ruling party unveils bill to take away LGBT citizens’ rights
2 Russian drag show arrests; the charge is ‘LGBT extremism’

Asia

Five trans hijras in custody, with police officer at left. (Photo courtesy of JMBF)
Bangladesh: 5 trans women arrested for begging
A protester holds a sign saying “Don’t scare everyone” during a rally for freedom of speech and freedom for political prisoners in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan in 2022. (Vyacheslav Oseledko photo courtesy of AFP/ Getty Images / HRW)
Russia-style NGO crackdowns spread as Europe dithers
Reshma Khatun (Photo courtesy of JusticeMakers Bangadesh in France)
Bangladesh activists demand action after trans person murdered
Lesbian couple detained by police in Bangladesh
LGBTQ rights activists denounce detention of 4 lesbians in Bangladesh

Middle East/North Africa

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani (Photo courtesy of The Hill)
Iraq postpones vote on bill to impose death penalty for same-sex acts
Naledi Pandor, South Africa's international relations and cooperation minister (Photo courtesy of BusinessLive.co.za)
Open letter: S. Africa must demand human rights in Uganda and Ghana, not just in Gaza
Under pressure. Qatar grants (provisional) freedom to man imprisoned for being gay
Security forces stand guard outside a court in Sanaa, Yemen, in 2015. (Mohammed Huwais photo courtesy of AFP)
Yemeni court sentences 9 to death for alleged sodomy

Americas

Attorney Cara Shillingford won the case for the plaintiffs. (Photo courtesy of DominicaNewsOnline)

Dominica court overturns anti-sodomy law

‘A significant milestone in the journey towards equality, dignity, and freedom’

U.S. Supreme Court in May 2022
U.S. Supreme Court laid foundation for Ugandan ‘Kill the Gays’ ruling
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. (Jose Luis Magana photo courtesy of AP)
Ugandan court widely condemned for upholding harsh anti-LGBTQ law
The West fiddles while Uganda prepares a future of anti-LGBTQ horrors

Oceania

2023 World Same-Sex Marriage and LGBT Rights Progress – Part 4: Africa and Oceania

31 Commonwealth nations still have laws against gay sex

Same-sex couple Karla Eggleton and Lara Sadaraka are mothers of Kayla Pouana Ngaroa Ki Ivanui Pafuti Sadaraka-Eggelton.. Eggleton is the CEO of Destination Cook Islands. (Photo courtesy of Hannah Maule-ffinch / Pink News)

How the Cook Islands freed its LGBTQ+ community