‘400 million LGBT people in jeopardy worldwide’
In a world where 400 million LGBTQI people are in legal jeopardy, Canada’s refugee screening system needs reform…
What's at stake in U.N. Human Rights Council election
U.N. Human Rights Council elections: Why they are important to the international LGBT movement
Anti-gay nations exclude LGBT communities from U.N. cities plan
LONDON – A group of up to 17 countries led by Belarus has blocked a plan to…
Egypt, ‘one of the world’s biggest jailers of gay men’
Widespread official persecution of LGBTI people continues in Egypt, as described in this excerpt from a Public Radio…
Progress and persecution from Jamaica to Myanmar
Many signs of progress, but also many instances of ongoing persecution of LGBTI people, are contained in the…
Death penalty for gay sex in 10 to 14 nations (update)
By Colin Stewart Ten nations with large Muslim populations have laws providing for the death penalty for same-sex…
92 nations formerly had anti-LGBT laws; now it’s 75 (or 79)
The number of countries with laws against same-sex sexual activity has dropped from 92 a decade ago to…
LGBTI rights activism: Mostly hidden in Middle East, N. Africa
Public recognition of the human rights of LGBTI people remains rare in the many Middle Eastern and North…