Pride Amsterdam organizers are making plans for a July 29 march in support of activists and other people at risk in the 76+ countries with anti-LGBTI laws. This blog is helping with fact-checking and other information. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Positive steps
Cameroonians will see upbeat African trans film
The award-winning documentary “Tchindas,” featuring Cape Verde’s community of trans women, will premiere this Monday in Cameroon — its first time in a major African film festival. Continue reading
A surprise: This Nigerian drama portrays gay love positively
Amidst great hostility toward homosexuals, a new mainstream Nigerian online video series dares to portray love between two men. Continue reading
Signs of progress in Malaysia, Indonesia, Lithuania, India
The latest “Equal Eyes” compilation of LGBTI news briefs from UNAIDS includes some slight signs of progress in Indonesia, India and Malaysia, which have laws against same-sex intimacy, and in Lithuania, which has an anti-“gay propaganda” law. Continue reading
Will new Nigerian film change narrative about homosexuality?
Another venturesome LGBT-themed movie has emerged from homophobic Nigeria. Continue reading
Museveni admits some blame for Uganda’s failing AIDS fight
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has apparently had a change of heart about the nation’s approach to the fight against AIDS. Continue reading
A reason for Montego Bay Pride: Murder of trans youth
Dwayne Jones was a young trans youth living in my hometown of Montego Bay, Jamaica. “Mo. Bay,” as locals affectionately call it, is known as the “friendly city.” This undisputed tourism capital of the English-speaking Caribbean is very popular with overseas visitors. But this tourist paradise hides a dark secret that is carefully hidden from … Continue reading
International coalition targets Indonesia’s anti-LGBT abuses
Dozens of organizations worldwide have formed a coalition seeking to end persecution of LGBT people in Indonesia. In the following statement, the coalition asks for support from allies worldwide: Continue reading
With tyrant deposed, a Gambian leader rejects anti-gay law
Hope is blooming in the Gambia, thanks to the ouster of Yahya Jammeh, the Gambia’s despotic and violently homophobic former president. Four months after the election of a moderate businessman as president, the West African nation’s foreign minister has proposed repealing the country’s anti-gay law. Continue reading
When a Pentecostal mom attends her gay son’s church
Emotions ran high when the mother of Jamaican-Canadian LGBTI rights activist Maurice Tomlinson took one Sunday off from her homophobic Pentecostal church to attend an Anglican church with her gay son. Continue reading
