Official Russian policy: Break up same-sex families
Russian officials have filed criminal charges against social workers who failed to disrupt a healthy same-sex family. It’s…
Russia: Threats, attacks disrupt gay family conference
Anti-gay threats and attacks forced the cancellation of most of a gay-friendly conference about inclusive families in Moscow…
When gay-bashing hits World Cup fans, here’s who to call
LGBT rights groups in Russia have set up hotlines to help visiting World Cup fans who run into…
World Cup scandal: Shame on Russian for anti-gay violence
British gay-rights campaigner Peter Tatchell is in Moscow to declare: “Russia should not be allowed to bask in…
7 anti-LGBT purges: We can stop them?
A common thread ties together the anti-LGBT crackdowns in Egypt, Tanzania, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Indonesia and the Russian republic…
Russia blocks advocates for gay Chechens
Russia is ramping up its opposition to LGBTI advocates seeking an end to human rights abuses in Chechnya.…
Russia report: Trans woman killed after dad seeks her death
Raina Aliev, a transgender woman, was reported killed early this month, three days after marrying her husband. The…
LGBTI news 3: Jamaica, Russia, Ukraine
News briefs about countries with anti-gay laws or considering anti-gay legislation, excerpted with slight modifications from UNAIDS’s Equal…
Moscow police shut down LGBT photo exhibits
Police in Moscow continue their harassment of LGBTI activists, allegedly as a means of enforcing the Russian law…
Us vs. them (Egypt): Deport me!
Second of two articles about the challenge of breaking through emotional barriers that people erect between themselves and…