LGBTI news in brief: Good news, 4. Bad news, 6.
Modestly edited items from ILGA’s LGBulleTIn and UNAIDS’s Equal Eyes news summaries:
Egypt, ‘one of the world’s biggest jailers of gay men’
Widespread official persecution of LGBTI people continues in Egypt, as described in this excerpt from a Public Radio…
Arab LGBTQ activists in U.S., Canada aim to rally diaspora
A group of Independent Arab LGBTQ activists need your support. Located in the United States & Canada, the…
Russia, India, Jamaica, Africa: Many attacks, some progress
News items in this recap mostly were excerpted with slight modifications from two published round-ups of the world’s…
LGBTI rights activism: Mostly hidden in Middle East, N. Africa
Public recognition of the human rights of LGBTI people remains rare in the many Middle Eastern and North…
Focus on anti-LGBTI stance of Kuwait, Kiribati
During the past year, Kuwait and tiny Kiribati were urged to improve their treatment of LGBTI citizens. That…
Us vs. them (Egypt): Deport me!
Second of two articles about the challenge of breaking through emotional barriers that people erect between themselves and…
Kuwait police raid 'gay' party, arrest 32
Kuwait police have arrested 32 people after they raided a livestock farm to bust an alleged “gay” party,…
Our world today: Jail for love notes, but death threats are OK?
“You can end up behind bars for sending a message of love, but the authorities look the other…
Kuwait: 215 arrested 'for being gay'? Not quite
Kuwait’s latest 215 arrests The Atlantic Wire used the headline “Kuwaiti Police Sweep Cafes, Arrest 215 People for…