Middle East / North Africa

‘Self-centered Westerners turned LGBTQ+ people into World Cup losers’
2022 in worldwide LGBT rights progress – Part 4: Asia
Tunisia: Activists seek to block anti-gay sportscaster from visiting Europe
Chaza Charafeddine, artist for the queer Arab world (third in a series)
Khookha McQueer, Tunisian drag artist (second in a series)
Em Abed: queer in the Arab world (first in a series)
Pressure builds on Qatar over LGBTQ+ rights as World Cup nears
New project Nour Sarah reaches out to LGBTQ Afghans, aims for more
Tunisia: A high court says anti-gay law is unconstitutional
Tunisia: High Court rebukes police who turned rape victim into a defendant
Qatar blocks protest by LGBT activist Peter Tatchell
Commentary: Qatar abuses LGBT citizens, vows to welcome LGBT fans
UN experts seek to save two activists sentenced to death in Iran
Outcry hits Iran for sentencing two LGBTQ rights activists to death
Kurdistan eyes crackdown on advocates of LGBT rights
Activists urge UN to move climate conference from Egypt over LGBT rights concerns