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Bomb threats in Russia, raid in Beirut; activists carry on
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
Untung Sangaji (Photo courtesy of GoAceh)
Indonesia under fire for anti-LGBT raids
The display of a rainbow flag at a September concert in Cairo triggered a new round of anti-LGBT arrests in Egypt's ongoing crackdown on LGBT people and many others who are targets of the Abdel Fattah el-Sisi regime. (Photo courtesy of Rainbow Egypt via Facebook)
As LGBTI arrests mount, Egypt’s allies remain mute
Accompanied by a line-up of his white male advisers, President Donald Trump signed a "global gag order" that prohibits U.S. funding for many programs affecting the health of LGBT people and millions of women. (AP photo courtesy of The Nation)
Trump’s gag order denies anti-AIDS services to 10,000+
Sergei Lavrov, Russian foreign minister (Photo by Kai Mork via Wikimedia Commons)
Anti-LGBT forces wield 'traditional values' as a weapon
Chechen singer vanishes; victim of anti-gay purge?
Sibongile Ndashe, executive director of ISLA. (Photo courtesy of Flickr)
Tanzania deports 3 anti-AIDS lawyers for 'promoting homosexuality'