92 nations formerly had anti-LGBT laws; now it’s 75 (or 79)
The number of countries with laws against same-sex sexual activity has dropped from 92 a decade ago to…
Two LGBT activists murdered in Bangladesh
In Bangladesh, two LGBT rights activists, including the editor of Roopbaan, the country’s first LGBT magazine, were hacked…
Activists urge U.S. to accept 500 LGBT Syrian refugees
The U.S.-based LGBTI asylum and refugee organization ORAM is pleading for the United States to reserve spaces for…
LGBTI news from Middle East, Africa, Singapore
LGBTI news in brief from Iran, Iraq, Kenya, Nigeria, Singapore and Uganda — all of them countries that…
U.N. makes history; ISIS makes a point of killing more gays
I wish activist/analyst Scott Long didn’t seem so instantaneously accurate in his pessimistic prediction about yesterday’s historic U.N.…
U.N. session on LGBTI killings by ISIS — ‘historic’ or mistake?
The U.N. Security Council today held “a historic meeting” — “the first Security Council meeting on LGBT rights,”…
Yemen’s hidden gay community under siege
The Tower magazine reports: Being gay in an Arab state is never easy. Since the Houthis made their…
10 nations where the penalty for gay sex is death
Ten nations with large Muslim populations have laws providing for the death penalty for same-sex activity. How many…
Bad news: Kyrgyzstan, Morocco, Egypt, Nigeria, more
News briefs about countries with anti-gay laws or considering anti-gay legislation, excerpted with slight modifications from UNAIDS’s Equal…
LGBTI news 2: Iran, Morocco, ISIS, Kenya, Gambia, Uganda
News briefs about countries with anti-gay laws or considering anti-gay legislation, excerpted with slight modifications from UNAIDS’s Equal…