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Another trouble-free launch for Russian QueerFest
LGBT rights activists celebrated as the annual QueerFest festival in St. Petersburg got under way without harassment. Continue reading
Tanzanian AIDS event disrupted by arrest of 20 ‘gay’ suspects
Tanzania’s crackdown on its LGBT community continued over the weekend with the arrest of 20 people at an HIV/AIDS training session. Police accused them of homosexuality. Continue reading
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 the Tunisian government to protect the LGBT community against violent homophobia. It was the country’s 20th homophobic murder since the Tunisian Revolution that launched the Arab Spring in 2010, according to Shams, which advocates the repeal of … Continue reading
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 Continue reading
Jamaica-bound: Defying the odds with Pride
By G. Wright Muir I had no idea what to expect when my girlfriend and I flew in from Fort Lauderdale to Jamaica last year for Montego Bay Pride. Of course, it was an experience like no other. Glorious! This year I’m proud to return to Montego Bay Pride as one of the coordinators of … Continue reading
From afar, pushing for repeal of Nigeria’s anti-gay law
Edafe Okporo, a Nigerian human rights activist living in the U.S., has sent a strong message home to the Nigerian government, demanding the repeal of the country’s draconian anti-same-sex-marriage law, which violates the human rights of LGBT Nigerians. Continue reading
