Exposing LGBTI myths, interviewing saviors in the Middle East
The complex, changing nature of Middle Eastern and North African attitudes toward homosexuality is on display in (1)…
Either 69 or 73 countries have anti-gay laws
Human Rights Watch has published a valuable new resource focusing on 69 countries with anti-gay laws.
Appeal to Lebanon: Stop blockng LGBTI events
The U.N. should push Lebanon to rein in its security forces and end their repeated interference and crackdowns…
Gay arrests in Malawi: More mixed signals on gay rights
The southeast African country of Malawi remains torn about homosexuality — unwilling to repeal its anti-homosexuality law, but…
Cutting aid to Tanzania: It worked (somewhat)
Cutting off foreign aid to homophobic countries can work, but only as a weapon that’s used with discretion.…
Another Indonesian city outlaws gay sex
Indonesia has continued to cement its reputation as a hostile place to LGBTI+ people as the city of…
Russia: Threats, attacks disrupt gay family conference
Anti-gay threats and attacks forced the cancellation of most of a gay-friendly conference about inclusive families in Moscow…
Tunisia, stop searching phones and anuses; abolish anti-gay law
Tunisian authorities are confiscating and searching the phones of men they suspect of being gay and pressuring them…
Indonesia plunges deeper into anti-gay panic
A new wave of arrests demonstrates the rising influence of Indonesia’s anti-gay politicians and religious leaders.
Tanzania’s anti-gay purge vanished into thin air?
Many signs suggest that this week’s threatened roundup of gay Tanzanians was a nightmare that had vanished with…