For gay Chechens, escaping from Chechnya doesn’t guarantee safety from Chechnya’s purge of its LGBT citizens. The Russian…
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The Russian LGBT+ rights group Coming Out succeeded in holding its 10th annual celebration of the International Day…
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Gendarmes in Cameroon won the dishonor of being selected as Homophobes of the Week by launching a gay-hunting…
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A young Chechen lesbian was subjected to an Islamic “exorcism” recently at the insistence of her family, who…
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The Russian LGBT Network released an accounting of the work they have undertaken to rescue and resettle victims of the…
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Chechnya’s brutal attacks, arrests and detentions imposed on its LGBTI citizens have fallen out of the news, but…
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Although many parts of the world made progress toward recognition of LGBT rights during 2017, it was also…
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Russian officials had been largely ignoring international appeals for a probe of last spring’s round-up, imprisonment and torture…
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Chechen pop singer Zelim Bakaev, who is feared to have fallen victim to Chechnya’s anti-gay purge, has been…
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A common thread ties together the anti-LGBT crackdowns in Egypt, Tanzania, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Indonesia and the Russian republic…
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