Global struggles for LGBTQ+ rights: Latest news from the front lines
News in brief from Nigeria, Uganda, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa and Egypt.
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Sri Lanka: British vice-principal bullies LGBT+ pupil
A teenage Sri Lankan student who self-identifies as bisexual and gender-fluid was disciplined and then refused entry to…
‘400 million LGBT people in jeopardy worldwide’
In a world where 400 million LGBTQI people are in legal jeopardy, Canada’s refugee screening system needs reform…
Former British colonies inch toward LGBTI rights
The Commonwealth of Nations, most of them former British colonies, has granted legal recognition to an LGBTI group…
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…
Anti-LGBTI push at U.N. falls short
The U.N. General Assembly today rejected a plan to undo the U.N. Human Rights Council’s June decision…
Progress and persecution from Jamaica to Myanmar
Many signs of progress, but also many instances of ongoing persecution of LGBTI people, are contained in the…
After anti-trans attacks in Pakistan, abuse by doctors, police
Human Rights Watch reported: Pakistan: Attacks on Transgender Women Surge Promptly Investigate, Prosecute Those Responsible (New York, August…
On LGBTI rights in Asia, a picture of diversity amid intolerance
Thirteen countries in Asia have one thing in common: Each one has a law that prohibits same-sex intimacy.…
7 countries’ LGBTI supporters, in school and out
News briefs about countries with anti-gay laws, excerpted with slight modifications from UNAIDS’s Equal Eyes recap of the…