India project aims for trans visibility
In India, the Aravani Art Project is employing trans women to paint murals in public spaces across the country in…
Pessimism: LGBT communities fear criminalization in Indonesia
Indonesians’ increasingly anti-LGBT attitudes have many activists worried that the country will soon pass a law criminalizing both…
A more-tolerant India in the news and on film
India is showing signs of growing tolerance as its Supreme Court deliberates over whether to overturn Section 377,…
U.N. official to Indonesia: Don’t outlaw gay sex
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein spoke out against “hateful” anti-LGBT rhetoric and…
Indonesia under fire for anti-LGBT raids
Anti-LGBT raids and arrests of trans women by Indonesian police have provoked widespread criticism at home and abroad.
Pakistani trans activists under attack: kidnapped, raped, shot
Two Pakistani trans rights activists were attacked Jan. 17 and Jan. 22 in Peshawar, an area where anti-trans…
World’s 4th-largest country seeks to block gay apps
Indonesia has asked Google to block about 70 LGBT social networking apps from being available to download in…
India is moving fast toward a ruling on anti-gay law
India’s Supreme Court is moving quickly toward a decision on whether to overturn the country’s anti-gay law. If…
India seems ready to overturn its anti-gay law
The Indian Supreme Court today set the stage for overturning the country’s colonial-era law against sex “against the…
Malaysian project asks trans women to ‘return to normal’
State-level officials in Malaysia are seeking to change trans women into men, a proposal that was met with…