Bangladeshi activists are seeking to raise £25,000 to mount a legal challenge to the country’s colonial-era anti-LGBT law. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Positive steps
LGBTQI community in Trinidad launches safety campaign
A coalition of the LGBTQI advocacy groups in Trinidad has launched a campaign seeking to reduce violence against sexual minorities in that Caribbean nation. Continue reading
Guyana plans referendum on its anti-gay law
Guyana, the only country in South American with anti-LGBT laws, plans to put the issue of decriminalizing homosexuality to the voters. Continue reading
Challenging anti-LGBTIQ bias in Arabic media
Arabic-language media regularly display anti-LGBTIQ bias, often using loaded words for sexual minorities that mean “faggots,” “sinners,” “immoral” and “devil worshippers.” A new project from OutRight Action International seeks to change that. Continue reading
Barbados training: Police learn about LGBTI community
In the Caribbean, 16 officers from the Royal Barbados Police Force took part in sensitivity training sessions aimed at helping them to improve their understanding LGBTI people and the local LGBTI community, the Nation News of Barbados reports. Continue reading
Under a hidden rainbow, Zimbabwean gays celebrate the power of film
The movie “Moonlight” has inspired Zimbabwe’s LGBT community, especially in combination with the recent Rainbow Film Festival and training sessions for future movie-makers. Continue reading
News briefs: Archbishop pushes for LGBTI equality
An Anglican archbishop in the Caribbean calls for justice for LGBTI people. An annual LGBTQ film festival is held for the fifth time in Botswana. Tanzania backs off a proposal to publish the names of gay Tanzanians. Those items and other less encouraging news come from the latest edition of UNAIDS’s Equal Eyes recap of … Continue reading
Needed: International support for culturally savvy LGBTQI leaders
Advocates for queer liberation need to nurture a new generation of grassroots leaders who are well-versed in local culture, says Sri Lankan trans researcher Chamindra Weerawardhana. Only they can refute the conservative argument that LGBTQI rights are an unwelcome Western neocolonialist import. Continue reading
Jamaica newspaper seeks reversal of anti-gay law
Jamaica’s largest newspaper has endorsed the constitutional challenge against the country’s anti-gay “buggery law.” Continue reading
New coalition in Tunisia fights for LGBTQI rights
In Tunisia, 20 LGBTQI and allied activist associations met yesterday to form a new coalition to fight together for the human rights of LGBTQI Tunisians. Continue reading
