India: Anti-gay law is gone, fight for gay rights continues
Celebrations of the demise of India’s anti-gay Section 377 are over. The work of eliminating homophobia and transphobia…
Abandoned: traditional festival of male beauty in Niger
The West African nation of Niger has withdrawn support for a traditional cultural festival that celebrates male beauty,…
Exposed: How Malaysia fosters anti-LGBT bias, violence
In Malaysia, a wide range of government-sponsored programs spread misinformation about LGBT people, which leads to anti-gay discrimination…
Condoms: A controversial idea for fighting HIV in Jamaican prisons
The HIV rate in Jamaica’s prisons has doubled in seven years, but controversy surrounds a plan to distribute…
Chechnya: Islam + tribal honor = danger for gays
In Chechnya, traditional leaders feel threatened by society’s free access to information online, by empowered and independent women,…
Jamaica: Gay panic defense in killing of Pride icon
The man who killed fashion designer Dexter Pottinger had his murder charge reduced to manslaughter after he told…
Gay Nigerian resigns after years of being bullied at work
Fredrick [name changed for safety], a gay Nigerian man in his 40s, has resigned from his position at…
Uganda: Five months in prison awaiting verdict
More than five months after her arrest for offending Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, outspoken LGBT and women’s rights…
New regime, old abuses: Malaysia crushes LGBT hopes
Hopes for a “new Malaysia” were kindled by last year’s regime change, but LGBT activists say that, at…
UK nudges Guyana on death penalty, gay rights
The United Kingdom hopes to persuade Guyana to abandon its position as the only country on the continent…