Asia

Metroweekly used this photo to illustrate its article about the Feb. 1 police raid in Indonesia (Zeferli photo courtesy of 123rf and Metroweekly)
Indonesia police arrest 56 men at Jakarta ‘gay sex party’
Anti-HIV program in Malawi teaches patients how to protect themselves with antiretroviral medications. (Robbie Flick photo courtesy of Creative Commons license.)
American-made catastrophe: Growing toll of losses and deaths from USAID demolition
Asst. Professor Hafizul Islam
Bangladesh group condemns anti-gay discrimination at Islamic University, Kushtia
Gay tourists pictured on the GoThaiBeFree website, which promotes gay tourism in Thailand.
Uganda’s anti-gay law has huge costs; Thailand’s equal marriage pays dividends
Protesters outside the USAID headquarters in Washington, D.C., demand a reversal of Trump administration moves to eliminate foreign aid and the agency that oversees it. (Photo courtesy of Reuters)
A catastrophe made in the U.S.A. — the deadly foreign aid cutoff
Pepfar-supported health counseling in Kenya.
Health programs shutter around the world because Trump has paused foreign aid
Peter Marocco in 2019.. (Gabriel Aponte/Getty)
Here’s the Trump ally who’s destroying USAID
Outreach group provides TB testing and care for Pakistan’s trans community
Girls in Nairobi attend a Pepfar-sponsored program about AIDS. (Ben Curtis photo courtesy of AP / NPR)
UPDATE: Trump officials balk at cutting anti-AIDS drugs and endangering millions
Pepfar clients visit anti-AIDS clinic for treatment. (Photo courtesy of Pepfar)
Trump officials shut down Pepfar’s anti-AIDS operations, endangering millions
Despite lack of evidence, Bangladesh university ousts two alleged lesbians
U.S. President Donald Trump displays a newly signed executive order on Jan. 20, 2025. (Photo courtesy of Reuters)
Trump’s reactionary orders harm trans and intersex people worldwide, says ILGA World
U.S. President Donald Trump (Photo courtesy of Getty Images)
HIV and LGBTQ rights activists reeling from Trump’s barrage of executive orders
Sunil Babu Pant was the first openly gay member of Parliament in Nepal, cultural emissary for inclusive (Pink/Rainbow/LGBT+) tourism in Nepal; and founder of the Blue Diamond society, the first LGBTIQ rights organization in Nepal. (Photo courtesy of the Los Angeles Blade)
LGBT migrants face abuse and danger in homophobic countries
Global update: The struggle for LGBTQ rights continues in Asia
Graphic from the 2020 report “Hate Speech Spreads Like Wildfire” on hate speech in social media in the Middle East and North Africa.
Facebook opens the door to more anti-LGBTQ lies and hate speech