LGBT rights backers vanish in hostile eastern Ukraine
Two LGBT rights supporters have vanished in separatist-controlled eastern Ukraine and are feared to have become victims of…
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…
Good news from Malaysia, Namibia, Ukraine
Recent weeks have seen advances for trans people in Ukraine and Malaysia and perhaps for all LGBT people…
Let’s celebrate: List of anti-LGBT nations shrinks again
76 countries with anti-homosexuality laws (or 72 or 78) This week’s decision by the Belize Supreme Court to…
Violent homophobia plagues Russia and 5 neighbors
Homophobia, often violent, is a problem in Russia and five nearby countries that have enacted or considered imposing…
Ukraine: City ignored rock-throwing anti-LGBT protesters
Homophobic violence in Lviv, Ukraine, that disrupted last weekend’s Equality Festival occurred after the mayor, city council and…
Europe’s parliament cites human rights abuses in Crimea
The European Parliament’s Intergroup on LGBT Rights reports: European Parliament gravely concerned over situation LGBTI people in Crimea…
LGBTI news from Middle East, Africa, Singapore
LGBTI news in brief from Iran, Iraq, Kenya, Nigeria, Singapore and Uganda — all of them countries that…
Ukraine victory: ‘Celebration with tears on our eyes’
LGBT Ukrainians won a victory Nov. 12 with the passage of a ban on employment discrimination on the…
On third try, Ukraine passes law against anti-LGBTI bias
Kyiv Post reports: Ukraine finally passes anti-bias law, a prerequisite for visa-free travel to EU In its…