Combating hate speech: an open letter to Facebook
Twenty-two Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) organizations are calling on Facebook to better regulate and police anti-LGBTQ+…
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…
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…
Justice for Maha: Under pressure, Kuwait frees trans activist
International outrage helped bring about the release of Kuwaiti transgender woman Maha al-Mutairi on Monday, June 8, after…
Yemeni blogger arrested and tortured for defending LGBTQ rights
Human rights activist Mohamad al-Bokari was arrested by Saudi officials on April 8 after calling for LGBTQ equality…
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,…
Repeal 76 countries' anti-gay laws? Road ahead is long
Is it possible that we can move toward a world where no adult couples are thrown in jail…
Iranian thugs, not gays, sentenced to hang for rape?
Activists promoting the rights of gays and lesbians suspect that a recent news story about four Iranians sentenced…
Prison term for two men kissing in Abu Dhabi
Two men in Abu Dhabi were sentenced to six months in prison, followed by deportation, for kissing on…