Russia

Colors of the Transgender Legal Defense Project banner. (Image courtesy of the Transgender Legal Defense Project)
Trans activists welcome new Russian gender rules
Russian LGBT Network logo
$5,500 per rescue from Chechnya, and more is needed
Teriberka scene (Sergei Yermokhin via TASS and The Moscow Times)
Russians block Arctic pride; winds could reach 18 mph
Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov denied the mass arrests of gay citizens, saying that "such people do not exist." (Photo courtesy of ABC News)
Europe demands probe of mass arrests in Chechnya
Two musical groups played on Sept. 23 at the closing ceremony of QueerFest -- "Ängie" from Sweden and "Parks, Squares & Alleys" from Russia. (Alba Photography photo courtesy of QueerFest)
Russia’s mixed 2017 record on LGBT rights
The display of a rainbow flag at a September concert in Cairo triggered a new round of anti-LGBT arrests in Egypt's ongoing crackdown on LGBT people and many others who are targets of the Abdel Fattah el-Sisi regime. (Photo courtesy of Rainbow Egypt via Facebook)
Revisiting horrors of 2017 in hopes of ending them
Model of the HIV virus
Homophobia helps HIV in Russia and Malaysia
Sergei Lavrov, Russian foreign minister (Photo by Kai Mork via Wikimedia Commons)
Anti-LGBT forces wield 'traditional values' as a weapon
Maxim Lapunov addresses Moscow press conference (Photo courtesy of Novaya Gazeta)
Eyewitness describes horrors of anti-LGBT Chechen purge
Chechen singer vanishes; victim of anti-gay purge?
Evdokiya Romanova (Photo courtesy of Amnesty International)
Russian activist fined $861 for 'gay propaganda'
Two musical groups played on Sept. 23 at the closing ceremony of QueerFest -- "Ängie" from Sweden and "Parks, Squares & Alleys" from Russia. (Alba Photography photo courtesy of QueerFest)
Over 1,000 visitors, no violence at Russian QueerFest
Logo of the Malawi Human Rights Commission
News in brief: Challenges in health, work, courts
Scene at QueerFest 2017. (Photo courtesy of Coming Out)
Another trouble-free launch for Russian QueerFest
Kimahli Powell, executive director of Rainbow Railroad (Photo courtesy of Daily Xtra)
Canada welcomes 22 to 31 gay Chechen refugees
LGBTI news in brief: Good news, 4. Bad news, 6.