Tunisian gay-rights leader flees to France for safety
Mounir Baatour, the leader of the Tunisian gay rights group Shams, has fled to France for safety. Before…
Help us help Iheb and Rochdi, gay Tunisians imprisoned for who they are
Fundraising campaign seeks to help Iheb and Rochdi, thrown in a Tunisian jail for loving each other.
Anti-gay candidate leads in Tunisia’s presidential election
Anti-gay law professor Kais Saied won the most votes in the first round of Tunisia’s presidential election, the…
LGBT Tunisia: Rift over Israel, tactics, morals of gay candidate
Eleven Tunisian LGBT rights groups have attacked gay presidential candidate Mounir Baatour and his LGBT association, Shams, criticizing…
Exposing LGBTI myths, interviewing saviors in the Middle East
The complex, changing nature of Middle Eastern and North African attitudes toward homosexuality is on display in (1)…
Victory for human rights in Tunisia
The Tunis Court of Appeals today upheld a lower court decision that allowed the LGBT rights group Shams…
U.N. experts to Tunisia: Don’t shut down Shams
Four high-ranking human rights specialists at the United Nations are urging the Tunisian government not to close down…
Slow progress for gay rights in North Africa
In North Africa, LGBTI advocates are slowly achieving awareness of the human rights of sexual minorities, despite repressive…
Death (denied) in Tunisia’s queer cell block
Recent reports, apparently untrue, that a trans woman died in the “Lions’ Den” cell block at Mornaguia Prison…
Tunisia targets pro-gay advocacy at Shams
The Tunisian government has appealed a 2016 court decision that granted official recognition to the group Shams, which…