Revisiting horrors of 2017 in hopes of ending them
Although many parts of the world made progress toward recognition of LGBT rights during 2017, it was also…
Nairobi is unsafe for gay men online
Gay men need to be less horny and more cautious.
Cameroon: Two women arrested for walking together
Earlier this month, two members of the LGBTI community of Douala, Cameroon, were subjected to arbitrary arrest, torture,…
A lonely and painful Christmas for excluded LGBT people
The Christmas season is a time for family gatherings, which often means a season of sadness for LGBT…
African activists’ new song promotes LGBT equality
A group of Nigerian, Kenyan and Ugandan human rights activists has come together to record a powerful and…
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…
Christmas cheer: Refugees helping refugees
By Linda Miles Saleh Al-Bayati, 29, a gay Iraqi Kurd refugee, never could have imagined that he would…
Anti-gay military action in Cameroon: 2 arrests
Military police in southern Cameroon arrested two young Cameroonian men Dec. 17 on charges of attempted homosexuality with…
Pakistan: Trans rights defenders attacked in Peshawar
Armed men last weekend attacked three human rights and trans rights advocates in Pakistan’s Peshawar city, an area…
Iran: “It’s a great honor to violate homosexuals’ rights”
Iran has a reputation for being intensely homophobic, and a new study of Iranian officials’ remarks about homosexuals…