Egyptian LGBTQ+ activist Sara Hegazy dies by suicide
Sara Hegazy, 30, committed suicide on Sunday, June 14, more than two years after she was arrested for…
Amid crackdown, Egypt denies the existence of LGBT people
The Egyptian government refuses to acknowledge that LGBT people exist, even as it continues to arrest them.
Egyptian activists: Anti-LGBT repression is getting worse
Egyptian activists have compiled a detailed report on the ongoing and increasing abuse of LGBT citizens by Egyptian…
7 anti-LGBT purges: We can stop them?
A common thread ties together the anti-LGBT crackdowns in Egypt, Tanzania, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Indonesia and the Russian republic…
Egypt outrage: 7 arrests for rainbow flag; but 274 others?
Police in Egypt reportedly arrested seven people after a rainbow flag was hoisted at a rock concert in…
Silence about Chechnya from 'family values' defenders
While anti-LGBT violence rages in Chechnya, a deafening silence is the response of people who claim that,…
Instigator of anti-gay Cairo raid sent to prison
Egyptian TV reporter Mona Iraqi has been sentenced to six months in jail for her role in inciting a…
Us vs. them (Egypt): Deport me!
Second of two articles about the challenge of breaking through emotional barriers that people erect between themselves and…
Egyptian court acquits all 26 arrested in bathhouse raid
BuzzFeed reports: CAIRO — A Cairo court acquitted 26 men of charges of participating in a gay “sex…
Egypt: new arrests; sentence reduced; German MP speaks out
Trans woman arrested. BuzzFeed reported that Cairo police arrested a 25-year old trans woman and her roommate on…