Justice for Maha: Under pressure, Kuwait frees trans activist
International outrage helped bring about the release of Kuwaiti transgender woman Maha al-Mutairi on Monday, June 8, after…
Yemeni blogger arrested and tortured for defending LGBTQ rights
Human rights activist Mohamad al-Bokari was arrested by Saudi officials on April 8 after calling for LGBTQ equality…
Two years in prison for gay sex in Turkmenistan
An entertainer and multiple co-defendants in the central Asian nation of Turkmenistan were sentenced last month to serve…
Appeal to Morocco: Halt online harassment of LGBT people
A trans woman from Morocco responded to online insults by setting out to unmask the extent of online…
Amid crackdown, Egypt denies the existence of LGBT people
The Egyptian government refuses to acknowledge that LGBT people exist, even as it continues to arrest them.
AIDS: Tanzania’s homophobia is killing people
Message to Tanzania: Your homophobia is killing people. No one should be arrested for being LGBT – or…
Tanzania’s anti-LGBT crackdown: ‘If we won’t get services we will die’
Tanzania is ignoring effective anti-AIDS strategies and replacing them with a prejudiced anti-gay crackdown. That’s the conclusion of…
Mauritania: Prison for 8 men ‘imitating women’ at party
A Mauritanian court has sentenced eight men to prison for acting too feminine in a video from a…
Appeal to Tunisia: End prosecution of LGBT activist who offended Muslims
The human rights group Human Rights Watch is urging Tunisian authorities to drop their lawsuit against LGBT rights…
How Russia uses porn charges against LGBT activist and trans woman
Russia is pressing pornography charges against an LGBT activist and a trans woman who violated conservative Russian norms.