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No Strings lineup (Nigeria)- Nigerian man stripped naked and arrested for cross dressing September 24, 2016
- Jamaican pro-gay Reggae Singer receives death threats September 24, 2016
- Call for Participation: Dialogue on Sexuality and Role of the Media September 24, 2016
- Nigerian family disowns daughter on grounds of lesbianism in Edo State September 22, 2016
- Botswana deports homophobic U.S pastor Steven Anderson September 20, 2016
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- Cameroun : attaques homophobes déguisées en cambriolage? September 13, 2016
- Tunisie: Attaque homophobe en pleine rue September 1, 2016
- La police égyptienne traque la communauté LGBT sur Internet August 26, 2016
99 in jail for homosexuality
- Also > Kuchu TImes
- Bisexuality Visibility Day:Understanding Bisexuality September 23, 2016
- Botswana Deports Hate Preacher Steven Anderson September 21, 2016
- RECRUITMENT? Homosexuality is not Learnt and Noone is after Your Children September 20, 2016
- SCHOLARSHIP OFFERING: Call for Applications for Shambhala Scholarships September 20, 2016
- IFreedom Unveils Digital Resource Centre September 16, 2016
- Also > Arabic and English
- Statement – بيان I The Arabic My.Kali – ماي كالي العربية July 16, 2016
- مقابلة: الشيخ خلف يوسف في مثليته الجنسية June 23, 2016
- My.Kali’s May/June 16′ Movie List May 24, 2016
- لائحة الأفلام ماي كالي ل مايو\يونيو ٢٠١٦ May 24, 2016
- أم كلثوم في القضية الجندرية May 12, 2016
- Also > Botswana
- Botswana Government Deports Pastor Anderson September 20, 2016
- 2016 International Day of Democracy- “Democracy and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. September 15, 2016
- Now Botswana fights back against gay hate pastor Steven Anderson September 1, 2016
- Petition to Prevent Hate Preacher Steven Anderson from setting up church in Botswana. September 1, 2016
- Towards an LGBTQ Africa May 23, 2016
Some top posts
What traditional African homosexuality learned from West Rewriting the anti-gay history of Rick Warren in Uganda
Judge rules for LGBT youths living in Jamaican sewers 21 varieties of traditional African homosexuality
So easy to ridicule: Malaysian list of gay ‘symptoms’ Canada’s role in spreading homophobia worldwide
- Also > India (Gaylaxy)
- For the 1st Time, Kolkata’s Presidency University to have a Queer Event at Freshers’ Welcome September 22, 2016
- Watch: Lady Gaga’s Latest Song ‘Perfect Illusion’ September 21, 2016
- A Tribute to Trans Activist Agniva Lahiri September 21, 2016
- Watch How Straight Men React After Kissing Gay Men September 18, 2016
- It’s Time to Break The Closet! September 17, 2016
- Also > India (Orinam)
- Call for entries: Amour-Orinam queer resource listings September 11, 2016
- Grace Banu to PM of India on the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) bill August 31, 2016
- The First Time August 21, 2016
- LGBT-inclusion in the National Education Policy, 2016 August 5, 2016
- Is this the Transgender Persons “Prohibition of Rights” Bill 2016? August 4, 2016
- Also > Caribbean
- BELIZE! BELIZE! - Caribbean IRN Update August 2016
- WRITE IT IN FIRE: TRIBUTES TO MICHELLE CLIFF :Call for Submissions
- Love and judgments pending - Caribbean IRN Update July 2016
- Yes, No, Maybe to equality for LGBTI citizens.. Caribbean IRN Update June 2016
- Latin American and Cultural Heritage Archives Roundtable Webinar Series Receives Diversity Award from the Society of American Archivists
- Also > HIV Justice Network
- Canada: ‘HIV is not a crime’ documentary premieres in Montreal at Concordia University’s ‘The Movement to End HIV Criminalization’ event September 21, 2016
- Video and written reports for Beyond Blame: Challenging HIV Criminalisation at AIDS 2016 now available September 8, 2016
- HIV JUSTICE WORLDWIDE releases ‘HIV IS NOT A CRIME’ training academy video documentary August 24, 2016
- Uganda: ABC Radio interviews HIV criminalisation survivor, Rosemary Namubiru, and UGANET’s Dora Kiconco Musinguzi August 18, 2016
- Analysis: How is Russia’s HIV-specific law being used to prosecute women living with HIV? August 4, 2016
- Also > BuzzFeed
- Tens Of Thousands March To Undo Marriage Equality In Mexico September 24, 2016
- Uma igreja no México alertou sobre o perigo de um “Império Gay” e a internet não perdoou September 23, 2016
- A Church Official Said There's A "Gay Empire" In Mexico And The Internet Fought Back September 23, 2016
- La noticia falsa acerca de Omar Mateen diciéndole a su esposa que es gay se hizo viral July 7, 2016
- La presse espagnole diffuse une fausse information sur Omar Mateen, le tueur d'Orlando July 7, 2016
- Also > O-blog-dee
- Police Raid Uganda Pride September 24, 2016
- Sioux Tribe Invites UN Human Rights Council Special Rappateur to Standing Rock September 20, 2016
- South Africa Bans U.S. Gay Hate Pastor Steven Anderson Entering the Country September 13, 2016
- Soccer Legend Wambach tells Her Truth in Memoir, Forward September 12, 2016
- Shame on American Jewish Congress For Equating Hillary With Trump September 8, 2016
Personal stories
Hundreds mourn murdered LGBT activist in Cameroon Zimbabwe nightmare: ‘In limbo for my type of love’
For assaulted LGBT, Uganda medical care must be anonymous After beatings in prison, rejection, death at home
Tale of Uganda pride: rainbow colors, worries, arrest Stephane Tchakam: Vibrant LGBT activist’s memory lives on
- Also > Paper Bird
- The UN, seen from Khayelitsha: Guest post July 6, 2016
- Cairo, and our comprador gay movements: A talk June 22, 2016
- Oppose the UK – Jamaica prison deal November 1, 2015
- Slavery’s ghost: Prison imperialism, Jamaica, and the UK October 2, 2015
- Anusbook. Be connected. Be discovered. September 28, 2015
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“Some have suggested that gay rights and human rights are separate and distinct; but, in fact, they are one and the same.”
-- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
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“To those who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, let me say: You are not alone. Your struggle for an end to violence and discrimination is a shared struggle.” — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon - Also > Russia
- Hunting gays for money May 4, 2016
- LGBT activists banned from Russian May Day parade, but not neo-Nazis May 3, 2016
- Tragic lesbian suicide pact April 25, 2016
- Same-sex couple use loophole to get married in Russia March 22, 2016
- Vadim Kozin: The tragic life of a gay tango singer in Russia revealed (+MUSIC VIDEO) January 11, 2016
- Also > Russia
- Moscow Pranksters ‘Amazed’ By Abuse In Viral ‘Hand-In-Hand’ LGBT Video July 15, 2015
- Interview with Alexander Yermoshkin: “Most importantly, we shouldn’t lose hope and continue helping each other” July 15, 2015
- Prank gay couple recorded Muscovites’ reaction to boys holding hands July 14, 2015
- From Burning Hearts To Civil Unions: The Unlikely Evolution Of Dmitry Kiselyov July 11, 2015
- United Russia to Unveil ‘Straight Flag’ in Honor of Traditional Family July 11, 2015
- Also > Kyrgyzstan
- DISRUPTION OF THE LGBT HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVITIES IN BISHKEK: CHRONICLE OF EVENTS May 18, 2015
- KYRGYZSTAN: SECURITY OF LGBTIQ HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS UNDER THREAT April 9, 2015
- Stopping “LGBT propaganda” law in Kyrgyzstan February 23, 2015
- LGBTIQA organization Labrys does not have any relations to domains BAKIRUULU.NET and BAKIRUULU.COM October 27, 2014
- Kyrgyz Parliament proposes criminal liability for protection of LGBT people’s rights October 8, 2014
- Also > R’bow Warriors
- Persécution anti-gay en Tunisie: l'appel de l'Italie March 30, 2016
- Anti-gay persecution in Tunisia: an appeal from Italy March 30, 2016
- Serial killings hitting the gay community in Aden September 16, 2015
- Worrying arrest in the Maldives August 31, 2015
- LGBT rights in the Maldives - 2015 August 14, 2015
- Also > Jamaica
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Russia’s anti-gay laws will trouble the Olympics in Sochi
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