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The Indonesian city of Pariaman is 50 kilometers north of Padang on the island of Sumatra. (Map courtesy of WorldAtlas.com)
Another Indonesian city outlaws gay sex
Yulia Malygina and Anna Golubeva, directors of Resource LGBQIA Moscow. (Photo courtesy of Resource LGBTQIA Moscow)
Russia: Threats, attacks disrupt gay family conference
Tunisian prosecutors have relied extensively in recent years on forced anal examinations to seek “evidence” of sodomy, even though the exams are highly unreliable and constitute cruel, degrading, and inhuman treatment that can rise to the level of torture. (Illustration courtesy of HRW)
Tunisia, stop searching phones and anuses; abolish anti-gay law
Map of Indonesia shows the location of Bali. (Map courtesy of Lonely Planet)
Indonesia plunges deeper into anti-gay panic
Tanzania’s anti-gay purge vanished into thin air?
Bomb threats in Russia, raid in Beirut; activists carry on
Moses Foh-Amoaning wants Ghana to force "gay conversion therapy" on anyone convicted of violating its anti-homosexuality law. (Photo courtesy of Facebook)
Ghana: 400 sign up for bogus ‘cure’ of homosexuality
Flag of Lebanon (Photo courtesy of NationalPedia)
Lebanon: Time to savor success, then face new challenges
Location of Brunei and Malaysia. (Map courtesy of SitesAtlas.com)
Malaysia: Caning scheduled Sept. 3 for two lesbians
Fuziah Salleh, Malaysian deputy minister, says LGBT people are unwanted as role models for children. (Photo courtesy of Pkrnegeripahang.blogspot.com)
Malaysia: Plea to stop Aug. 28 caning for same-sex love
LGBT rights demonstrator displays combination of Lebanon's flag and a rainbow flag (AFP photo courtesy of Annahar.com)
Lebanon moves closer to overturning anti-LGBT law
Beji Caid Essebi, president of Tunisia (Photo courtesy of Reddit)
Tunisian officials propose repeal of anti-gay law
Ukraine: Threats of violence block LGBTI event; police just watch
‘No Longer Alone’: LGBT voices in Middle East, N. Africa
An LGBT rights activist looks out over a beach and the Caribbean Sea on the eastern Caribbean island of Barbados. (Amy Braunschweiger photo courtesy of Human Rights Watch)
English-speaking Caribbean lags its neighbors on LGBT rights
Tunisian LBGT activists help Bouhdid Belhedi (C), the director of Shams Radio, the first LGBT radio in the Arab region, after a scuffle with police who came to disperse the protest in Tunis on Jan. 27, 2018. (Fethi Belaid photo courtesy of AFP)
Tunisian police block protest of anti-LGBT law