Namibia: Political leader stands up for gay rights
A report from the “This Just In” news blog of the GLBT News Network. Namibia: Political leader stands…
Tunisia politician guilty of gay sex; prison term nears end
Gay Star News reports: Mounir Baatour, a political party leader and lawyer, was found guilty of ‘sodomy’ with…
Russia: Police arrest 60 St. Petersburg gay pride marchers
Gay Star News, among others, reports: All the participants in today’s St Petersburg gay pride parade have been…
Will Europe pressure Ukraine to reject anti-gay bills?
Human rights activists are urging the European parliament to delay a move to ease requirements for visas for…
Uganda’s slow progress toward LGBT rights
Insightful commentary in Gay Star News from Jamaican (and international) LGBT activist Maurice Tomlinson about slow progress in…
Update on ‘gay man stoned to death’ in Somalia
Many people remain skeptical about the recent story of a man being stoned to death in Somali for…
3 men in hiding after attack by anti-gay mob in Nigeria
Three gay men are reportedly in hiding for their own protection after being seized, stripped and beaten by…
Rosier outlook for 12 Libyans jailed after militia’s gay raid
Twelve allegedly gay men arrested by a Libyan militia reportedly will be turned over to the Libyan Ministry…
Activists: Zimbabwe media make up anti-gay stories
Did police in a suburb of the Zimbabwean city of Kadoma arrest a suspected gay couple on charges…
Iranian thugs, not gays, sentenced to hang for rape?
Activists promoting the rights of gays and lesbians suspect that a recent news story about four Iranians sentenced…