Rob Salerno

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2025 LGBTQ rights update: Mixed results in Oceania
Veteran LGBTI rights attorney Alice Nkom remains locked in a legal dispute with Cameroonian authorities who accuse her of “financing terrorism” — a charge she vehemently denies, declaring that her principled stand is in defense of the rule of law in Cameroon.
2025 LGBTQ rights update: African activists resist growing repression
Map of LGBT Rights in Asia: DARK BLUE: Equal marriage and non-discrimination law; LIGHT BLUE: Limited recognition of same-sex unions and discrimination banned in certain regions only; PURPLE: Foreign same-sex marriages recognized, adoption legal, and discrimination banned; GREEN: At least some sexual orientation discrimination banned nationwide; PALE GREEN: Sexual orientation discrimination banned only in certain regions; BEIGE: Crackdowns on LGBT rights advocacy and expression, but homosexuality legal, if only technically; ORANGE: Sodomy illegal; MAGENTA: Sodomy illegal, but discrimination against trans people prohibited.
2025 LGBTQ rights update: Many bright spots in Asia amid the gloom
2025 LGBTQ rights update: Progress and backsliding in Latin America and Caribbean
Pride marcher in New Zealand poses with the flag of the tiny island nation Niue. (Claire-Eastham-Farrelly photo courtesy of NZTV)
Niue: Tally of nations with anti-homosexuality laws drops to 65
How Trinidad lost the right to gay sex
Hungary's homophobic Prime Minister Viktor Orban: losing support? ( Elekes Andor photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)
2024 LGBTQ rights global update: Some progress, some setbacks in Europe
Map of LGBT Rights in Oceania — BLUE: Same-sex marriage legal and sexual orientation/gender identity discrimination prohibited; PURPLE: Foreign same-sex marriages recognized, no discrimination protections;GREEN: Sexual orientation discrimination prohibited; YELLOW: Sodomy illegal; YELLOW with GREEN outline: Sodomy illegal, but some sexual orientation discrimination prohibited; RED: Constitution bans same-sex marriage, but homosexuality is legal, no discrimination protections; GREY: Sodomy legal, same-sex marriage not permitted, no discrimination protections
2024 LGBTQ rights global update: Progress and reversals in Oceania and Australia
Global update: The struggle for LGBTQ rights continues in Asia
Map of LGBT Rights in Africa — BLUE: Same-sex marriage is legal and discrimination based on sexual orientation prohibited. (Note: The little blue islands are Spanish, French, and UK territories); MAUVE: Limited recognition of foreign same-sex marriages; ORANGE: Same-sex sexual relations are illegal
2024 LGBTQ rights global update: Progress and reversals in Africa
2024 LGBTQ Rights Global Progress – Latin America and Caribbean
Demonstrators opposing same-sex marriage took to the streets of Blantyre, Malawi, on July 13, 2023. (Lameck Masina photo courtesy of VOA)
COMMENTARY: Malawi court’s anti-gay ruling is full of nonsense
LGBTQ rights supporters celebrate decriminalization of sodomy in 2025. (Photo courtesy of @EqualNamibia on X)
Joy in Namibia as court decriminalizes gay sex
Namibia president dies. What does that mean for LGBTQ people?
2023 World Same-Sex Marriage and LGBT Rights Progress – Part 6: Global Trends
2023 World Same-Sex Marriage and LGBT Rights Progress – Part 5: Europe