Asia

Shahanur Islam (Photo courtesy of JMBF)
European attorneys seek protection for LGBTQ activist Bangladeshi lawyer
Singapore bills would repeal anti-gay law, reject marriage equality
Bangladesh human rights groups demand probe of attack on trans woman and her mother
Paribagh footbridge in Dhaka, Bangladesh. (Photo courtesy of Dhaka Daily)
Latest trans murder in Bangladesh is part of a worldwide problem
One of many Taliban patrols in Kabul, Afghanistan, which seek out LGBTQ Afghans and other people who are out of favor with the regime. (Photo courtesy of EPA and The Guardian)
Afghan student slain by Taliban for being gay
Gay teacher barred from teaching in Bangladesh
Bangladesh human rights defenders demand action against anti-gay violence and extortion
Location of Bangladesh in South Asia. (Map courtesy of GISgeography)
Human rights activists protest Bangladesh trans murder
Pakistan: Conservative Muslims seek to undo progress on trans rights
Bangladesh activists protest same-sex wedding arrests, face death threats
Indian Supreme Court decrees equal rights for families of same-sex couples
President of Sri Lanka won’t oppose repeal of anti-gay law — maybe
Singapore plans to drop anti-gay law, ban same-sex marriage
'Lightyear’ censorship shines light on anti-LGBT bias in Malaysia
Anti-LGBT bias: ‘Lightyear’ censored in Malaysia, a dozen more nations
Indonesia’s LGBTQ couples fear Parliament will make their love a crime
In September 2018, gay rights supporters in Bangalore, India, celebrate the Supreme Court ruling that overturned India's anti-gay law. (Photo courtesy of USA Today)
U.S. details its extensive LGBTQI rights advocacy in India