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Anti-trans officials and violence reverse progress for transgender Pakistanis
4+ hour, 26+ min ago (1011+ words) Colin Stewart is a 45-year journalism veteran living in Southern" Transgender Pakistanis are under attack, reversing progress that they had made in acceptance by the wider Pakistani society. A 2018 law protected trans people against many forms of discrimination and allowed…...
Russia makes it a crime to work with ILGA World on behalf of LGBTQ rights
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (305+ words) Colin Stewart is a 45-year journalism veteran living in Southern" Russia's Ministry of Justice has added the LGBTQ advocacy federation ILGA World to its list of "undesirable organisations," which opens the way for people convicted of working with ILGA World…...
Nigeria: 94% of educated queer professionals are preparing to emigrate
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1336+ words) First-of-its-kind data reveal an multitude of Nigerian LGBTQ+ job seekers who are young, highly educated, and systematically excluded from employment. With up to 94 percent of highly educated queer professionals preparing to emigrate, discrimination could cost Nigeria up to $31 billion in…...
Indonesia's two homophobias
1+ week, 5+ day ago (633+ words) Below is a report from the website New Mandala, "LGBT organisations navigate Indonesia's two homophobias": Digging into the details of different government ministries' policies unearths two political homophobias framing the country's so-called "LGBT crisis." One frames queer people as a…...
Is my love queer enough for you?
1+ week, 6+ day ago (353+ words) I'm a queer, gender non-conforming person in a relationship with a straight man. Our love doesn't fit neatly into a category, but that doesn't make it any less true. On an unassuming day in October 2022, I met my current partner....
Spotlight on Mauritania, where LGBT people hide their identities for fear of stigma
2+ week, 3+ day ago (242+ words) Colin Stewart is a 45-year journalism veteran living in Southern" Outright International's overview report: Death penalty threatened but not enforced Mauritania criminalizes same-sex sexual activity under its Penal Code, which provides a maximum possible sentence of death by stoning for…...
Queer Cameroonians speak out about desire to become parents
2+ week, 6+ day ago (619+ words) Reporters for Erasing 76 Crimes are LGBTQ rights activists In Cameroon, having a child is perceived as a social obligation, a condition of acceptance and respectability. But for queer people, this universal desire encounters legal, medical, and community obstacles. A new…...
Spotlight on Libya, where the LGBTQ community hides in the shadows
3+ week, 1+ day ago (380+ words) Colin Stewart is a 45-year journalism veteran living in Southern" Libyan law prohibits same-sex sexual relations. Since the Arab Spring and the ousting of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, Libya has experienced political upheaval and violence. LGBTIQ Libyans have been particularly vulnerable'to'violence…...
LGBTQ rights update: 2025 tally and 2026 preview
3+ week, 3+ day ago (712+ words) Decriminalized Sodomy:St. Lucia, Niue (reported in 2025; it happened in 2024). Repeal of Sodomy Laws Proposed:Guyana, Sri Lanka; Massachusetts (USA) Court Challenges Pending:Grenada, Trinidad & Tobago, Zambia, possibly also St Vincent & the Grenadines and Jamaica It should also be noted…...
Spotlight on Burundi, where the president wants gays to be stoned
3+ week, 6+ day ago (261+ words) Colin Stewart is a 45-year journalism veteran living in Southern" In Burundi, LGBTIQ people face high levels of harassment, discrimination, family rejection, and stigmatization for their identities. Burundi criminalized same-sex sexual relations for the first time in 2009, under'Article 250 of the…...