IDAHOT day: Festivities but homophobic hate too
Celebrations, awards and inspiring statements marked today’s International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia in many countries, although opponents…
Rift splits Tunisian LGBT rights advocates
Associations in the Tunisian Coalition for LGBTQI+ Rights have disassociated themselves from the LGBTQI rights group Shams, citing…
‘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…
Young queer Africans take a stand
Young Africans who are passionate about the sexual health, rights and well-being of LGBTQI youth have banded together…
Tunisian police block protest of anti-LGBT law
Tunisian police on Jan. 27 shut down a protest seeking less repressive laws, including repeal of the country’s…
Tunisia gets its first queer film festival
Tunisian LGBTI rights activists can celebrate their success in organizing the country’s first Mawjoudin Queer Film Festival.
Tunisia: LGBT online radio undaunted by 5,000 threats
The newly launched online radio service of Tunisia’s LGBT rights group Shams (“sun” in Arabic) continues, undaunted by…
11 glimmers of hope for LGBT rights in 2017
Hopeful steps toward recognition of LGBT rights occurred this year in many otherwise homophobic countries, even as brutal…
Tunisia drops anal tests, but not its anti-gay law
Tunisia has pledged to the United Nations that it will no longer use forced anal testing in cases…
Protest over Tunisia's 20th homophobia-fueled murder
In response to the murder of a hairdresser in northwestern Tunisia, the advocacy group Shams last week urged…