Europe

Lady Phyll, new LGBTQ rights leader, promotes cooperation
Under the regime of Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov, Chechen forces arrested and incarcerated about 100 allegedly gay citizens in 2017. Kadyrov denies that the persecution occurred, taking the absurd position that “such people do not exist.” (Photo courtesy of ABC News)
Renewed attacks on gay Chechens and their rescuers
Protester appeals for respect for the LGBT community in Chechnya.
Chechnya: Islam + tribal honor = danger for gays
Greg Quinn, U.K. high commissioner to Guyana (Photo courtesy of the Guyana Chronicle)
UK nudges Guyana on death penalty, gay rights
Gay rights activist Peter Tatchell addresses the April 6 protest. (Photo courtesy of the Daily Mail)
Gay rights protesters swarm Brunei-owned hotel
Shannon Gabriel: "It was offensive and for that I am deeply sorry." (Photo courtesy of Sky Sports)
Caribbean cricket lesson: ‘Nothing wrong with being gay’
Tunisian head of state Youssef Chahed (ITU Pictures photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)
European MPs urge Tunisia to halt gay arrests, torture
Chechen leader Ramzan_Kadyrov, who denies that there are any gays in Chechnya. (Kremlin photo via Wikimedia Commons)
Chechnya resumes its anti-gay purge
Commentary: Help LGBT Africans by cutting aid to anti-gay Tanzania
Tanzania's crackdown on its LGBT citizens began after John Magufuli was elected president in 2015. (Emmanuel Herman photo courtesy of Reuters and Lusaka Times)
Commentary: Aid cut would make gay Tanzanians into scapegoats
Yulia Malygina and Anna Golubeva, directors of Resource LGBQIA Moscow. (Photo courtesy of Resource LGBTQIA Moscow)
Russia: Threats, attacks disrupt gay family conference
Ukraine police and protesters disrupt trans rights march
Rising transgender murder rate: 369 since last fall
Shock for Nigerian family of student in UK: He’s gay
Create a safe place for LGBT Ugandans? Official refuses
Bomb threats in Russia, raid in Beirut; activists carry on