‘400 million LGBT people in jeopardy worldwide’
In a world where 400 million LGBTQI people are in legal jeopardy, Canada’s refugee screening system needs reform…
The happiest and saddest stories of 2017
The happiest story was about a gay Kurdish refugee’s Christmas. The saddest story was about a gay Bangladeshi…
Christmas cheer: Refugees helping refugees
By Linda Miles Saleh Al-Bayati, 29, a gay Iraqi Kurd refugee, never could have imagined that he would…
What's at stake in U.N. Human Rights Council election
U.N. Human Rights Council elections: Why they are important to the international LGBT movement
Amsterdam and this blog take aim at 73 repressive countries
Last month’s Pride Walk in Amsterdam focused attention on victims of the anti-LGBT repression in 73 countries with…
Signs of progress in Malaysia, Indonesia, Lithuania, India
The latest “Equal Eyes” compilation of LGBTI news briefs from UNAIDS includes some slight signs of progress in…
5 deadliest among 14 nations with death penalty for gay sex
Fourteen nations and regions with large Muslim populations have laws providing for the death penalty for same-sex…
Bad news in Russia, Afghanistan; good news elsewhere
A mix of good news and bad news from around the world, assembled with help from UNAIDS’s Equal…
Progress and persecution from Jamaica to Myanmar
Many signs of progress, but also many instances of ongoing persecution of LGBTI people, are contained in the…
Support for Iraqi rejection of anti-LGBT attacks
Human Rights Watch has endorsed Iraqi Shiite clergyman Muqtada al-Sadr’s call for an end to violence against sexual…