A Barbados welcome for everyone but LGBTQ couples
Barbados launched a 12-month “Welcome Stamp” visa program that excluded same-sex couples. As that homophobic bias was exposed…
TV exposé from Iran targets LGBTQ safe houses in Iraq
The Iranian state-run news channel Al-Alam released a 22-minute television program labeling the Iraqi organization IraQueer and its network of…
Fears of Covid-19 inundate call center; Ugandan activists seek support
Two veteran LGBT and health rights activists have issued a desperate global call to funders and well-wishers to…
Cameroon: LGBT activists join fight against Covid-19
LGBT rights advocates in Cameroon are fighting the new pandemic even as anti-Covid-19 restrictions hamper their work.
Uganda activists fear Covid-19 lockdown imperils AIDS fight
LGBT-rights and health-rights advocates in Uganda fear that the country’s new lockdown to prevent the spread of Covid-19…
Ugandan fear of Covid-19 leads to 23 arrests at LGBT shelter
Uganda police on March 29 arrested 23 LGBT Ugandans on charges of enabling the spread of Covid-19 by…
Worldwide, Covid-19 puts pressure on LGBTQ people, LGBTQ advocates
As the world struggles against the new coronavirus, “everyone has the right to life-saving interventions,” UN experts proclaim.…
Ugandan legal aid attorneys take precautions against COVID-19
Uganda’s LGBTQ-friendly legal aid organization HRAPF is continuing its work while taking precautions against the dangerous new coronavirus.