Middle East / North Africa

Iran defends harsh laws, but does it execute men for homosexuality?
Kenya's LGBT community faces risk of violence and extortion when using social apps like Facebook and Grindr, which are often the only ways for LGBTQ+ Kenyans to meet.
Middle East roundup: A ban on Grindr, a boost for Pride
Victory for human rights in Tunisia
U.N. experts to Tunisia: Don’t shut down Shams
Arab states on the Persian Gulf (Map courtesy of Wikipedia)
LGBT in the Persian Gulf: Hiding is crucial
Ten Ten 2012 image
Slow progress for gay rights in North Africa
Lebanon's location in the Middle East. (Map courtesy of CountryReports.org)
Military court undercuts Lebanon’s anti-gay law
Iraqi checkpoint, a place where gay men say they are in danger. (Photo courtesy of BBC)
If Brunei executes gays, it would be the 5th nation doing so
Some nations in this Arab summit would executive me for being gay, Xavier Bettel said. (Diarmuid Greene photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/Summit/Sportsfile)
Loud and proud at Arab summit
Location of Tunisia in northern Africa.
Death (denied) in Tunisia’s queer cell block
Rezvaneh Mohammadi (Photo courtesy of IranWire)
Iran puts activist on trial for promoting same-sex relations
Tunisia targets pro-gay advocacy at Shams
Gay Republican Richard Grenell is U.S. ambassador to Germany. (Photo courtesy of The Advocate)
Really? Trump official’s plan to fight Iran by pushing gay rights
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
Gay Tunisian flees to Europe to avoid prison for homosexuality
These three men, hanged in Iran in 2014, may have been convicted and executed for same-sex activity. (Photo courtesy of Iran Human Rights)
Executions for gay sex: 13 nations threaten it, 4 do it.