Bangladeshi repression leaves LGBT community reeling
Increasing desperation in the Bangladeshi LGBT community came to a head Friday, May 19, when police in Bangladesh…
Bangladesh activists seek funds to fight anti-LGBT law
Bangladeshi activists are seeking to raise £25,000 to mount a legal challenge to the country’s colonial-era anti-LGBT law.
Anti-gay nations exclude LGBT communities from U.N. cities plan
LONDON – A group of up to 17 countries led by Belarus has blocked a plan to…
Bangladesh, repeal our repressive anti-LGBTI law
London-based Bangladeshi gay rights activist Riaz Osmani today issued this statement seeking the repeal of Bangladesh’s anti-LGBTI law,…
After anti-trans attacks in Pakistan, abuse by doctors, police
Human Rights Watch reported: Pakistan: Attacks on Transgender Women Surge Promptly Investigate, Prosecute Those Responsible (New York, August…
Bangladesh police say they know activists’ 5 killers
Police in Bangladesh have identified five people involved in the April 25 murder of LGBT rights activists Xulhaz…
49 fatalities in Orlando join 1000s of LGBT victims worldwide
Sadly, the 49 people killed by an anti-LGBT gunman in Orlando, Florida, are just the latest additions to…
Bangladeshi fundamentalists incite anti-gay violence
Riaz Osmani, a Bangladeshi activist currently living in London, writes: Below is a screenshot of a Facebook page…
Media disagree on role of Bangladeshi murder suspect
Western media and local Bangladeshi newspapers gave distinctly different accounts of the May 14 arrest of an Islamic…
On LGBTI rights in Asia, a picture of diversity amid intolerance
Thirteen countries in Asia have one thing in common: Each one has a law that prohibits same-sex intimacy.…