Attempted abduction of gay Chechen refugee in St. Petersburg
For gay Chechens, escaping from Chechnya doesn’t guarantee safety from Chechnya’s purge of its LGBT citizens. The Russian…
Russia: 150 attend LGBT rally despite hurdles and bans
The Russian LGBT+ rights group Coming Out succeeded in holding its 10th annual celebration of the International Day…
Homophobes of the Week: Cameroon’s baton-swinging police
Gendarmes in Cameroon won the dishonor of being selected as Homophobes of the Week by launching a gay-hunting…
Lesbian endures Islamic exorcism, flees from Chechnya
A young Chechen lesbian was subjected to an Islamic “exorcism” recently at the insistence of her family, who…
$5,500 per rescue from Chechnya, and more is needed
The Russian LGBT Network released an accounting of the work they have undertaken to rescue and resettle victims of the…
Europe demands probe of mass arrests in Chechnya
Chechnya’s brutal attacks, arrests and detentions imposed on its LGBTI citizens have fallen out of the news, but…
Revisiting horrors of 2017 in hopes of ending them
Although many parts of the world made progress toward recognition of LGBT rights during 2017, it was also…
Eyewitness describes horrors of anti-LGBT Chechen purge
Russian officials had been largely ignoring international appeals for a probe of last spring’s round-up, imprisonment and torture…
Chechen singer vanishes; victim of anti-gay purge?
Chechen pop singer Zelim Bakaev, who is feared to have fallen victim to Chechnya’s anti-gay purge, has been…
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…