Caribbean trans activists form advocacy group
England's King Henry VIII, whose property grab in 1553 made gay sex a crime rather than a sin. (Painting by Hans Holbein the Younger courtesy of BBC)
Taking aim at anti-LGBT laws dating back to Henry VIII
Repression worsens in Indonesia and Egypt
Archbishop John Holder: Churches that speak against homosexuality “seem to be misreading and misinterpreting the Bible” (Photo courtesy of Nation News of Barbados)
Church leaders target anti-gay laws; conservatives protest
Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov (Photo courtesy of ABC News)
Chechnya’s long arm of retaliation against gay men
Njeri Gateru, head of legal affairs for the NGLHRC Kenyan LGBTI rights advocacy group. (Photo courtesy of YouTube)
Kenyan court to hear challenge to degrading anal exams
CWSDC working session (Photo courtesy of CWSDC)
Dozens of Caribbean activists gather for LBTQI empowerment
U.S.-based NGO helps African LGBT asylum seekers
Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya, where most Ugandan refugees are held (Photo courtesy of Ephemerian)
LGBTI refugees in Kenya: Food cutback, new security plan
The first LGBTQI+ conference for French speakers
A new LGBTQI+ coalition for French-speaking nations
Two musical groups played on Sept. 23 at the closing ceremony of QueerFest -- "Ängie" from Sweden and "Parks, Squares & Alleys" from Russia. (Alba Photography photo courtesy of QueerFest)
Over 1,000 visitors, no violence at Russian QueerFest
Location of Botswana in Africa
High Court OKs gender change on Botswana IDs
3 shot in Jamaica: Homophobia raises its ugly head again
Jamaica: Pride is a living legacy of the LGBTI movement
The display of a rainbow flag at a September concert in Cairo triggered a new round of anti-LGBT arrests in Egypt's ongoing crackdown on LGBT people and many others who are targets of the Abdel Fattah el-Sisi regime. (Photo courtesy of Rainbow Egypt via Facebook)
Anti-LGBT arrests: 50+ groups blast Egypt repression