No lawyers for 20 LGBT Ugandans in prison on Covid-19 charges
Lawyers cannot travel during Uganda’s Covid-19 lockdown, so legal help is currently unavailable for 20 members of the…
Emotional appeal to keep Haitian trans people safe
In the wake of an assault on a transgender Haitian man and the death of a transgender Haitian…
Uganda activists fear Covid-19 lockdown imperils AIDS fight
LGBT-rights and health-rights advocates in Uganda fear that the country’s new lockdown to prevent the spread of Covid-19…
Uganda: Activists demand access to potential Covid-19 drug
Health and LGBT-rights activists in Uganda have joined over 140 institutions and organisations worldwide to demand that U.S.…
Ugandan fear of Covid-19 leads to 23 arrests at LGBT shelter
Uganda police on March 29 arrested 23 LGBT Ugandans on charges of enabling the spread of Covid-19 by…
Singapore’s High Court upholds anti-gay law
Singapore’s High Court today rejected constitutional challenges to the nation’s largely unenforced anti-gay law, which provides for prison…
Kashmir’s invisible LGBTQIA+ community
In Kashmir, where queer people suffer from social exclusion, the ongoing territorial conflict between India and Pakistan makes…
Worldwide, Covid-19 puts pressure on LGBTQ people, LGBTQ advocates
As the world struggles against the new coronavirus, “everyone has the right to life-saving interventions,” UN experts proclaim.…
Amid crackdown, Egypt denies the existence of LGBT people
The Egyptian government refuses to acknowledge that LGBT people exist, even as it continues to arrest them.
Uzbekistan: Hope for end to anti-LGBT violence fades
LGBT people in Uzbekistan routinely face violence, discrimination and extortion, according to a report by the Institute for…