Malaysian project asks trans women to ‘return to normal’
State-level officials in Malaysia are seeking to change trans women into men, a proposal that was met with…
UNHCHR alarmed at LGBT arrests, detentions in Gambia
Today, the Office of the recently appointed UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, issued…
U.N. human rights leader to visit anti-gay Nigeria
Navi Pillay, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, will visit Nigeria this week to meet with leaders…
UN on anti-gay laws: 2013 hate from 1800s prejudice
A recent appeal from “Free & Equal” campaign of the United Nations Human Rights Office. For more information, see…
U.N. campaigns against 76 countries' anti-gay laws
“You won’t believe what’s illegal in 76 places,” says the U.N. Human Rights Office as part of its…
U.N. rights office rejects anti-gay laws of Russia, Moldova
The human rights office of the United Nations has urged Russia to repeal its ban on “gay propaganda,”…
UN group urges Cameroon to suspend anti-gay law
The United Nations human rights office today called on Cameroon to stop arresting and imprisoning people on suspicion…
UN high commissioner tells Zimbabwe it needs to change
Zimbabwe came in for harsh criticism from the UN high commissioner for human rights at the end of…
Zimbabwe official: We won’t allow gay rights
Zimbabwe’s justice minister told a visiting U.N. human rights chief that his country won’t grant human rights to…