Court ruling: Russian LGBT group is 'foreign agent'
A court in St. Petersburg, Russia, yesterday ruled that the Russian LGBT rights group Coming Out is a…
Working toward a Caribbean that's no longer anti-gay
The Caribbean is the only region in the Western Hemisphere that still criminalizes same-gender intimacy. Recently, fundamentalist religious…
U.S. money keeps supporting anti-gay programs
Despite President Obama’s promise to stop funding ineffective, discredited faith-based programs claiming to reduce HIV infections and unwanted…
Uganda drops charges against trans woman
Charges have been dropped against Emma Bbosa, a Ugandan trans woman. Adrian Jjuuko, executive director of Human Rights…
Kyrgyzstan plea: Please help oppose anti-gay bill
As reported in June, Kyrgyzstan has moved to the verge of aligning itself more closely with Russia by…
Seeking to save the eyesight of battered trans Ugandan
A group of friends, activists and journalists is seeking contributions to help save the eyesight of a Ugandan…
Appeal to Cameroon: Stop anti-LGBTI violence
Activists in Cameroon are preparing an appeal to the government of Cameroon, seeking an end to violence against…
Turkey: To say that gays are 'perverts' is hate speech
A court ruling in Turkey could buoy the spirits of human rights activists in the Third World who…
In homophobic Iran, a policy that bans homophobia?
On the heels of a short-lived LGBT-friendly commentary on Iran’s popular Nameh News website, an Iranian government-supported website…
It's official: No more Malawi arrests under anti-gay laws
Malawi has stopped arresting people for same-sex intimacy pending a review of the country’s anti-gay laws, Malawi’s justice…