Yemeni blogger arrested and tortured for defending LGBTQ rights
Human rights activist Mohamad al-Bokari was arrested by Saudi officials on April 8 after calling for LGBTQ equality…
Lebanon is no longer safe for LGBT activists
Lebanon used to be a safe place in the Middle East for meetings of LGBT activists, but that’s…
Exposing LGBTI myths, interviewing saviors in the Middle East
The complex, changing nature of Middle Eastern and North African attitudes toward homosexuality is on display in (1)…
Appeal to Lebanon: Stop blockng LGBTI events
The U.N. should push Lebanon to rein in its security forces and end their repeated interference and crackdowns…
Bomb threats in Russia, raid in Beirut; activists carry on
In Russia, anti-gay bomb threats failed to halt St. Petersburg’s QueerFest. In Lebanon, security officers raided an LGBT…
Lebanon moves closer to overturning anti-LGBT law
Lebanon took the next step toward overturning its anti-gay law, as an appeals court confirmed a lower court…
Lebanon: Trans model breaks taboos
Trans model Sasha Elijah is on a mission to challenge the stigma and taboo of being transgender in…
‘No Longer Alone’: LGBT voices in Middle East, N. Africa
LGBT rights activists in the Middle East and North Africa are finding new ways to speak out and…