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Abul Asad, the editor of the Daily Sangram, was arrested in 2019 for an article declaring that an executed Islamist killer was a martyr. (Mahmud Hossain Opu photo courtesy of Al Jazeera)
Human rights activists denounce homophobic Bangladeshi newspaper
International legal advocates urge Bangladesh to protect human rights lawyer
Golam Kibria, a gay school teacher, was allegedly murdered by Islamic extremists in Dhaka, Bangladesh, August 20.
Activists call for justice after gay man murdered in Bangladesh
LGBTQ fears grow in Malaysia as Islamists shatter reform hopes
LGBT Afghans fled from the homphobic brutality of the Taliban, but now are stuck in Pakistan, seeking asylum elsewhere. (Illustration courtesy of HRW / Outright International)
LGBTQ Afghans who fled from the Taliban are stuck in Pakistan
Bangladesh: Appeal for change after trans woman’s murder
The 1975 (Photo courtesy of AlJazeerah/Reuters)
Malaysia: LGBTQ advocates hope to limit backlash from British band’s pro-gay stunt
Same-sex kiss cancels Malaysia festival, days after cancellation of Indonesia conference
Protesters hold up signs prior to passage of a new Indonesian criminal code that will ban sex outside marriage, cohabitation between unmarried couples, insulting the president, and expressing views counter to the national ideology, outside parliament in Jakarta, Indonesia, December 5, 2022. (Willy Kurniawan photo courtesy of Reuters)
Asian LGBT activists cancel Indonesia conference after threats
Anti-gay Bangladesh group seeks ban on LGBT rights activist
Pakistani transgender people demonstrate for their rights.
Pakistan: Federal Shariat Court rules against landmark trans rights law
Gay murder victim Maulana Jalal Uddin Jalali (Photo courtesy of JusticemakersBangladesh)
Gay Muslim leader murdered in Bangladesh
Bangladesh LGBT activists call for repeal of gay sex laws
Trans students in class at Pakistan's first trans-only madrasa in Islamabad, Pakistan's capital. [Salahuddin photo courtesy of Reuters/Al Jazeera)
Pakistan’s Sindh province is a model for trans rights in South Asia
Protesters gather at Uganda’s foreign offices to oppose Anti-Homosexuality Bill
Imtiaz Mohammad Bhuiyan (Photo courtesy of JusticeMakers Bangladesh)
Activists demand justice for murder of bisexual man in Bangladesh