En français- En Afrique, le silence des bonnes gens fait le plus mal
- 82 pays avec des lois anti-homosexuelles
- Militants LGBTI africains s’unissent à la conférence de Nairobi
- Bienvenu à un deuxième rédacteur au 76 crimes
- Chercheur : La descente, police ougandaise était ignorante!
- Homosexualité pré-coloniale africaine
- Égypte : 4 condamnés sur accusations de sexe gay
- Clinique SIDA fermée, É-U accusent l’Ouganda
- Revendication des droits en Côte d’Ivoire
- «Thérapie ex-gay»: Ce que les experts de renom disent
Buy the book
Click on the image for link to the book on Amazon.com. Or choose from
other ways to buy it, including Kindle, iBook and Nook formats or from Amazon sites in the U.K., France, Germany, Italy and Spain.76+ countries where homosexuality is illegal
53 in jail for homosexuality
Stay in touch
Follow this blog’s RSS feeds
- Elsewhere: BuzzFeed
- World Bank Review Team To Recommend Approving Loan To Uganda Despite Anti-Homosexuality Act April 22, 2014
- Indian Supreme Court To Reconsider Sodomy Ruling April 22, 2014
- Zimbabwean President Threatens To Expel Diplomats Who "Talk Of Any Homosexuality" April 18, 2014
- How A Trans Rights Ruling Could Save Gay Rights In India April 15, 2014
- Indian Supreme Court Recognizes Broad Rights For Transgender People April 15, 2014
- 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: India (Orinam)
- May 17, 2014: IDAHO-T call to global leaders to end violence against LGBTQI people April 19, 2014
- Thoughts on the Supreme Court Judgment on Transgender Recognition and Rights April 19, 2014
- Fear April 4, 2014
- Growing into LGBTQ activism: Vikram, Chennai March 30, 2014
- I am Madras: Shankar Ganesh March 27, 2014
- Different March 21, 2014
- Seeking lesbigay participants for qualitative research study March 19, 2014
- Keeping Rainbows Undimmed March 16, 2014
- This 10 Minute Video Will Change Your Thinking About Family Structures Forever! March 13, 2014
- Reason, Prejudice and the Case for LGBT Rights: report of a panel discussion held Feb 23, 2014 March 11, 2014
- Elsewhere: Gay Asian News
- Australia grants Indian Muslim student refugee status for being gay April 23, 2014
- Indonesian Qur’an school for transgender women reopens April 22, 2014
- North Korean state news agency abuses UN official for being gay April 22, 2014
- Brunei temporarily halts implementing law stoning gay people April 22, 2014
- India’s Supreme Court to hear last ditch gay rights plea publicly April 22, 2014
- Elsewhere: O-blog-dee
- Ugandan Pastor Martin Ssempa Accused of Promoting Homosexuality April 21, 2014
- Ugandan Catholic Easter Message Calls for Genocide of Gays April 20, 2014
- Ugandan Embassy in D.C. Targeted for Homophobia April 19, 2014
- Asylum Seekers Sue Obama Administration to End Unjust Long Waits April 18, 2014
- Protest at South African Embassy in D.C. Slams Zuma for Failing on Gay Rights April 17, 2014
- Elsewhere: Gay Star News
- Uganda preacher who demanded anti-gay law may be charged under anti-gay law April 23, 2014
- Gay workplace discrimination case dropped in Singapore April 23, 2014
- Anti-gay Section 28 is back in UK schools, teachers warn April 23, 2014
- North Korea launches homophobic tirade against UN human rights official April 23, 2014
- Confirmed: India Supreme Court will hear last ditch appeal to ban on gay sex April 23, 2014
Some top posts
Malaysian officials seize pro-gay Muslim’s book Ukraine cops abandon gays; thugs move in
My plan to repeal anti-gay law is stymied ‘Good, bad, ugly’ of gay rights 2012
Ukraine might ban talking about homosexuality Iranian thugs, not gays, sentenced to hang?
What traditional African homosexuality learned from West To fight AIDS, doctors must battle their homophobia
David Kato and $$ needed for LGBT activists Praise, blame greet Obama on gay marriage
Jamaican, U.S. leaders in Hall of Fame Zimbabwe official: Expel gays, seize land
- Elsewhere: Paper Bird
- What to do about Syria April 18, 2014
- Consejos sobre privacidad para subversivos del sexo. Formas de proteger tu información y a ti mismo/a. April 15, 2014
- White Savior Cat on secularism April 1, 2014
- Two poems about blackbirds, for World Poetry Day March 21, 2014
- Injustice at Columbia: Power and public health March 16, 2014
Don’t miss these posts
-
“Some have suggested that gay rights and human rights are separate and distinct; but, in fact, they are one and the same.”
-- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
-
“To those who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, let me say: You are not alone. Your struggle for an end to violence and discrimination is a shared struggle.” — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon - Faith & Asylum Network
- An error has occurred; the feed is probably down. Try again later.
Tag Archives: Russia
Easter reflections on Christians who crucify LGBT people
Excerpts from a Holy Week meditation by the Rev. Canon Albert Ogle: The passion story will be read all over the world this weekend as the Christian community celebrates Easter, but in most of the countries where LGBT people are … Continue reading
In turnaround, Russian court OKs two LGBT rallies
The Advocate reports: A district court in the Western Russian region of Kostroma on Friday [April 4] declared that two LGBT rallies can proceed as planned, overturning two decisions by lower courts that sided with local officials refusing to allow … Continue reading
A victory for Russian defender of LGBT teens
Front Line Defenders reports: Russian Federation – Case against human rights defender Ms Lena Klimova closed On 21 February 2014, Nizhny Tagil Court ruled that the administrative case against human rights defender Ms Lena Klimova under the so-called “propaganda law” … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Trials / punishments
Tagged 'Gay propaganda' law, Elena Klimova, Lena Klimova, Nizhny Tagil, Russia, Saint Petersburg, Vitaly Milonov
1 Comment
Olympic Committee won’t object to Russian LGBT arrests
BuzzFeed reports: “The International Olympic Committee has said Russia was acting in accordance with its laws when police detained 14 protesters in Moscow and St Petersburg on the day of the Olympic opening ceremonies. Some of those held in Moscow … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Harassment / murders
Tagged International Olympic Committee, IOC, Russia, Sochi, Sochi Olympics
Leave a comment
LGBT rights protesters in Moscow: They beat, abused us
LGBT rights protesters who were arrested today in Moscow say they were beaten and threatened with sexual abuse while in custody. According to BuzzFeed: The website OVDinfo.org, which tracks detentions in Russia, reported that the Russians in detention include Elena … Continue reading
Video: Moscow police arrest 10 LGBT rights protesters
For more on the story of today’s 10 arrests in Moscow and four in St. Petersburg, see “Russian police spy on LGBT activists, arrest 14.”
Global conflict: Gay rights, repression (1. Russia; 2. More)
As pro-LGBT-rights protests and anti-LGBT initiatives continue in dozens of countries, here’s a sampling of the news and commentary about what’s going on. Russia coverage is below. Coming soon, a sampling of coverage of events in Africa, the Caribbean, and … Continue reading
Posted in Africa (Sub Saharan), Faith and religion, International pressure for LGBT rights
Tagged 'Gay propaganda' law, AT&T, Atos, Belize, Billie Jean King, Brian Boitano, Caitlin Cahow, Chad Griffin, Coke, Committee on the Rights of the Child, Dow Chemical, Günter Grass, General Electric, Human Rights Campaign, Jonathan Franzen, Margaret Atwood, McDonald’s, Omega, Panasonic, Procter & Gamble, Rebecca Parks, Russia, Salman Rushdie, Samsung Electronics, Sochi, Sochi Olympics, Visa
5 Comments
St. Petersburg joins world protests for LGBT rights
As international protests continue against Russia’s anti-gay crackdown, Russia’s Straight Alliance for LGBT Equality gathered in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Feb. 5 to to seek repeal of the country’s national and regional laws against “gay propaganda.” Protests, many of them … Continue reading
Anti-gay rage: Sign of progress toward gay rights?
Why are sub-Saharan Africa and Russia undergoing a wave of anti-gay attacks, arrests and legislation? Two reasons are frequently cited: Politicians’ use of anti-gay rhetoric and anti-gay legislation to deflect attention from their nations’ problems; Encouragement from anti-gay Christian fundamentalists. … Continue reading
Strategy: Let’s stop simply preaching to the gay choir
Excerpt from a commentary by the Rev. Canon Albert Ogle in Yaounde, Cameroon: There are three of us visiting Cameroon this week as part of an invited delegation to support a local LGBT AIDS organization called CAMFAIDS. Their executive director, … Continue reading →