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The global fight for LGBTQ rights: News from the front lines
Rainbow flag displayed at the Sept. 22 Mashrou’ Leila concert in Cairo. (Photo courtesy of youm7.com)
Lebanon is no longer safe for LGBT activists
Kenya's LGBT community faces risk of violence and extortion when using social apps like Facebook and Grindr, which are often the only ways for LGBTQ+ Kenyans to meet.
Middle East roundup: A ban on Grindr, a boost for Pride
Arab states on the Persian Gulf (Map courtesy of Wikipedia)
LGBT in the Persian Gulf: Hiding is crucial
In a world where dozens of countries (shown in red) have anti-LGBT laws, about 400 million LGBTQI people are in legal jeopardy.
‘400 million LGBT people in jeopardy worldwide’
What's at stake in U.N. Human Rights Council election
Anti-gay nations exclude LGBT communities from U.N. cities plan
Egypt, ‘one of the world’s biggest jailers of gay men’
Progress and persecution from Jamaica to Myanmar
Death penalty for gay sex in 10 to 14 nations (update)
92 nations formerly had anti-LGBT laws; now it’s 75 (or 79)
LGBTI rights activism: Mostly hidden in Middle East, N. Africa
10 nations where the penalty for gay sex is death
Recount: 75 (or 79) nations where homosexuality is illegal
10 years later, tally of 92 anti-LGBT nations drops to 76
The practice of nations excluding "unauthorized persons" is a common one that recently made the news, briefly, in Egypt. (Photo courtesy of Scott Long)
Us vs. them (Egypt): Deport me!