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Cameroon: Two school girls lose their right to education because of a lesbian love note

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Map of the 67 countries where sexual relations between people of the same sex are illegal. YELLOW countries have sodomy laws that are currently being challenged before local courts. Sri Lanka, in PINK, currently has a bill before its parliament to repeal its sodomy law. Indonesia, in ORANGE, has laws that criminalize homosexuality only in some subnational jurisdictions. All states in RED have nationwide sodomy laws and no known efforts to remove them. 
Number of nations with laws against gay sex falls to 66

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Lesbian prisoners behind bars.
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Africa

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Cameroon: Two school girls lose their right to education because of a lesbian love note
Cameroon: Foes of anti-LGBTI bias organize under the banner One Advocacy Africa
Human rights advocates condemn Uganda’s ongoing homophobic violence
Stan and Tom chat in restaurant after their release from Bafoussam Prison. (Photo by Ben and Tom ponder their futures after their release from Bafoussam Prison. (Stevins Mbatat photo)
It’s Giving Tuesday. PLEASE DONATE: We freed 4 more innocent gay prisoners

Caribbean

Sint Maarten MP Melissa Gumbs welcomes conference-goers.

Caribbean conference focuses on needs of LBTQ people assigned female at birth

Maurice Tomlinson (Marnie Luke photo courtesy of CBC)

Jamaican court again rejects LGBT rights; Jamaican activist bows out

31 Commonwealth nations still have laws against gay sex

Europe

Russia’s Supreme Court bans ‘International LGBT Movement’ as ‘extremist’
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31 Commonwealth nations still have laws against gay sex
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Asia

Accused murderer Shahidul Islam in custody. (Photo courtesy of JusticeMakers Bangladesh)
Another gay man murdered in Bangladesh. Activists demand justice.
Transgender Day of Remembrance: Plea for police protection for trans Malaysians
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Indonesia: Anti-Coldplay protesters accuse band of ‘LGBT propaganda’
Initiative for Equality and Non-Discrimination Executive Director Essy Adhiambo. (Courtesy photo)
Global LGBT activists gather for Human Rights Campaign summit in DC

Middle East/North Africa

The 'Soldiers of God' group clashed with people marching in support of LGBT rights and riot police. (Photo courtesy of Canberra TImes/ EPA)
Lebanon endures increasing attacks on LGBT rights and their defenders
Photo circulating on social media depicting members of the Soldiers of God' movement. (Photo courtesy of aawsat.com)
Violence and anti-gay bills target LGBTQ people in Lebanon
An Iraqi prison cell (John Holmes illustration courtesy of HRW)
Iraqi legislation would impose death penalty for gay sex, imprison trans Iraqis
Egyptian legal experts expose violations of LGBTQ peoples’ rights

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Lesbian prisoners behind bars.

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Talks are under way on behalf of two innocent lesbian prisoners held for 10 months…

Project Not Alone, supported by readers' donations and the work of activist journalists at Erasing 76 Crimes, frees imprisoned victims of African homophobia.
LGBTQ rights journalists need your financial support to carry on
Sint Maarten MP Melissa Gumbs welcomes conference-goers.
Caribbean conference focuses on needs of LBTQ people assigned female at birth
Maurice Tomlinson (Marnie Luke photo courtesy of CBC)
Jamaican court again rejects LGBT rights; Jamaican activist bows out

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

Tatryanna Utanga, executive officer of the Te Tiare Association (Photo courtesy of the Te Tiare Association via Cook Islands News)

Tally of nations with anti-gay laws drops to 67 as Cook Islands votes for repeal