Global struggles for LGBTIQ rights: Latest news from the front lines
News in brief from Nigeria, India, Bhutan, Malaysia, Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Cameroon, Saudi Arabia and Australia.
Pakistan expands health insurance for trans people
The government of Pakistan has added trans people to a health insurance program that previously covered only Pakistanis…
Indonesian human rights agency opposes LGBT raids
The homophobic mayor of Depok, Indonesia, thinks a rape conviction in the United Kingdom is a good reason…
U.N. promises one-on-one attention to Kenya refugees
It’s wait-and-see time for LGBTQ refugees who took refuge at the main gate of the huge Kakuma refugee…
Same-sex marriage: International acceptance vs. Caribbean repression
International acceptance of same-sex marriage poses a strong and welcome challenge to the repressive status quo in many…
Uganda: Prominent evangelical pastor apologises for sodomy smear
In a rare change of heart among Ugandan evangelical Christian leaders, prominent Pastor Michael Kyazze has publicly apologised…
Oops: Muslim cleric suspended for marrying fellow man ‘unknowingly’
In a case likely to test the limits of tolerance of same-sex intimacy among Ugandan Muslims, an Islamic…
Activists demand full probe of Jamaica bus attack
Jamaican activists are demanding a thorough investigation of the Jan. 7 anti-gay attack that sent a man to…
No arrests after brutal anti-gay attack in Jamaica
Gay Jamaicans experience this kind of brutality almost daily, says Jamaican/Canadian activist Maurice Tomlinson.
Kenya: Renewed attack on LGBTQ refugees as U.N. refuses to act
The U.N. refugee agency remained frozen in denial of the dangers facing LGBTQ refugees even as anti-gay assailants…