Iran official charged for cartoon of loving same-sex parents
A top Iranian aide has been charged with “spreading moral corruption” for sharing a cartoon online that showed…
IraQueer: Iraqi news media incite anti-LGBTQ+ violence
“Faggot,” “sinner,” “abnormal,” “mentally ill,” “outcast,” “lustful,” “prostitutes”: such common pejoratives employed by major Iraqi news outlets to…
Intolerance and destitution in Bosnia’s refugee camps
Arshid, a gay Iranian refugee, faces homophobia and destitute conditions in Bosnia’s Bira refugee camp. Nearly two years…
TV exposé from Iran targets LGBTQ safe houses in Iraq
The Iranian state-run news channel Al-Alam released a 22-minute television program labeling the Iraqi organization IraQueer and its network of…
Iraq, Iran outraged by rainbow flags, LGBT-tolerant poster
In Iraq and Iran, politicians stirred up homophobic disputes focusing on the May 17 celebration of the International…
The global fight for LGBTQ rights: News from the front lines
News about the struggle for LGBTQ rights in Ghana, Kenya, Iran, Belarus, Senegal, Ukraine, India, Qatar, Iceland and…
How anti-gay Muslims get their Islamic texts wrong
In a scholarly study, two Muslim LGBTQ advocacy groups have concluded that Muslim homophobia is based on misunderstandings…
U.S. ambassadors seek repeal of 69 nations’ anti-gay laws
U.S. ambassadors are promoting LGBTQ rights worldwide even as gay-rights activists blast the Trump administration for anti-LGBTQ domestic…
Iran defends harsh laws, but does it execute men for homosexuality?
Opponents of Iran’s repressive regime accuse it of executing men for homosexuality. Iranian officials defend the nation’s harsh…
Iran puts activist on trial for promoting same-sex relations
Iran is prosecuting a women’s rights activist for allegedly trying to persuade Iranian society to accept same-sex intimacy.