May 21: How anti-gay laws affect refugees, asylum-seekers
London-based Human Dignity Trust has scheduled a “a thoughtful, provocative and in-depth discussion exploring the impact of laws…
Laws in Guyana contribute to high HIV rates
Laws against LGBT activities in Guyana have led to harassment, discrimination, vigilante justice and high levels of HIV…
New guidebook tells how to welcome LGBTI refugees
“Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) refugees, asylees, and asylum seekers are among the most vulnerable people…
Strategy session will focus on LGBTI asylum-seekers
Plans for relieving the plight of LGBTI asylum-seekers will be a focus of a strategy session June 3…
Iran executes ‘gangster’ for alleged gay sex
A man identified only by the initials “CH M” was hanged in public on April 19 for homosexual…
Efforts to ban ‘gay propaganda’ spread in Europe
Proposals to prohibit “gay propaganda” are spreading from St. Petersburg, Russia, which passed a law in early March…
Month in jail without trial for 20 in ‘homosexual’ dance
Eighteen men and two women remain in custody in The Gambia, arrested two weeks ago for alleged homosexual…
Still no court date for gay man in African prison
Despite the Amnesty International campaign for his release, Jean-Claude Roger Mbede of Cameroon remains imprisoned for violating the…
Russian courts fear anti-gay law, victorious protester says
Straight attorney Sergey Kondrashov, who was cleared Monday of violating St. Petersburg’s new “anti-gay propaganda” law, says Russian…
Pro-LGBT protests fizzle; anti-LGBT rally screams
It wasn’t a good weekend for LGBT activists. Anti-LGBT protesters assembled en masse in Malaysia, where homosexuality is…