India

Dithi is the first member of the hijra third-gender community to run for public office in Bangladesh. (Photo courtesy of the Dhaka Tribune)
First third-gender person seeks Bangladesh public office
Petition seeks repeal of India’s anti-gay Section 377
U.N. vs. anti-LGBTI laws; plus news in brief
Shivani "Shivy" Bhat (Photo courtesy of TheNewsMinute.com/YouTube)
Indian High Court gives LGBT rights a boost
Protests target anti-LGBTI laws in India, Nigeria
Scenes from this month's HIV meeting in South Africa. (Photo collage courtesy of MSMGF blog)
LGBTI briefs: Stigma and HIV in Africa, India, Russia
Dmitri Kiselyov (Photo courtesy of 2varvara.wordpress.com)
LGBTI news worldwide: From hope to troubles
Sri Lanka's "Nothing But Pride" video. (Click image to watch the video.)
7 countries’ LGBTI supporters, in school and out
For 1 million people, blog unmasks anti-LGBTI violence
Global LGBTI activists will meet, seek support in Berlin
LGBTI news briefs 2: India, Gambia, Kenya, Lebanon
LGBTI news briefs: Pakistan, India, Malawi, many more
Portrait of Malaika at Hindu ceremony honoring Shiva. (Yannick Cormier photo courtesy of Foreign Policy)
Photo essay: Third gender finding its place in Indian society
LGBTI news briefs: Russia, Jamaica, Egypt, Nigeria, India, more
‘Save us from the saviors,’ say LGBT Indians, sex workers (video)
12 grim lands, 7 bright spots in LGBTI preview of 2015