Commentary

Celebrities and activists are boycotting these nine hotels, owned by Brunei.
Take action: Here’s what you can do about gay executions in Brunei
Erasing 76 Crimes blog: More than 4 million served
Shams President Mounir Baatour holds a rainbow banner during an August 2018 demonstration in Tunis for equality and individual liberties. (Photo courtesy of Mounir Baatour)
Horror for a young man under the shade of Tunisian palms
LGBT Angolans demonstrate for their rights. The Angola LGBT advocacy group Iris Angola, founded in 2015 and granted government recognition in 2018, now has about 200 members. (Photo courtesy of Iris Angola)
Angola’s neighbors may copy its repeal of anti-gay law
TV talk show host Mohammed al-Ghaity was sentenced to one year in prison for interviewing a gay man. (Photo courtesy of The Independent)
1 year in Egyptian prison. The crime? Interviewing a gay man
Appeal to Lebanon: Stop blockng LGBTI events
Colin Stewart (left) and Denis LeBlanc chatting in September 2018. (Susan Stewart photo)
Denis LeBlanc, pioneer in gay rights, HIV+ rights and in this blog
Dede Oetomo (Photo courtesy of Sebarr.com)
Interview: Indonesians are gay-friendly if not brainwashed
Click on the image to read the UN standards for business conduct toward LGBTI people.
Economics of human rights: Working for change is good for business
Protesters at Pride Walk carried flags of 73 nations with anti-homosexuality laws. The Erasing 76 Crimes blog helped to identify those countries and gay-rights activists who deserved recognition for their work there. (Photo courtesy of Pride Walk)
Gay rights: We did much in 2018, we’ll do more in 2019
Jamaican vote on sodomy law? Get out of gays’ bedrooms!
Cutting aid to Tanzania: It worked (somewhat)
Will gay Nigerians ever be free to openly live their authentic lives?
6 surprising facts about Nigeria’s anti-gay-marriage law
U.N. plan for gay refugees: same abuse, new location?`
India and Trinidad overturned their anti-gay laws in court this year. Kenya and Botswana might do the same next year.
2019 goal: Eliminate two more countries’ anti-gay laws