List of LGBTQ Rights articles
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lgbt crop Lithuania Opens Door to Gay Chechens Fleeing Persecution, While U.S. Slams It Shut
Survivors of prison camps in Russia are looking for some place to go.
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An Indonesian Sharia police whips a man during a public caning ceremony outside a mosque in Banda Aceh, capital of Aceh province on September 18, 2015. Three women and 14 men arrested for sexual offenses and gambling were caned in front of the mosque in full view of the public following the Friday prayer. Aceh is the only province of Indonesia that is enforcing the Islamic Sharia law and violators are punished by public caning. AFP PHOTO / CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN (Photo credit should read CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN/AFP/Getty Images) Amid Rising Fundamentalism, Indonesia May Sentence Gay Men to 100 Lashes
Indonesia’s once-vaunted religious pluralism is ceding ground to sharia law.
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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 27: Randy Berry (L), the first-ever Special Envoy for the Human Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Persons, delivers remarks during a reception in his honor with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in the Ben Franklin Room at the Department of State February 27, 2015 in Washington, DC. The State Department said Berry's responsibility will be to "reaffirm the universal human rights of all persons, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity." (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Trump Keeps Obama’s Top Gay Rights Envoy at State Department
The move is stunning LGBT activists and is expected to anger evangelicals.
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russia-hiv New Year, New Possibly Discriminatory HIV Registry in Russia
In a country in which HIV and homosexuality are stigmatized, the registry might be more sickness than cure.
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CAMP LEJEUNE, NC - FEBRUARY 22: Sgt. Jarrod Simmons tries to motivate his squad of Marines before they head out on a 10 kilometer training march carrying 55 pound packs during Marine Combat Training (MCT) on February 22, 2013 at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Since 1988 all non-infantry enlisted male Marines have been required to complete 29 days of basic combat skills training at MCT after graduating from boot camp. MCT has been required for all enlisted female Marines since 1997. About six percent of enlisted Marines are female. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) Female and Transgender Troops Fear Combat Exclusion in Trump’s Pentagon
Trump and his deputies are skeptical of historic policy changes at the Pentagon opening up combat jobs to women and allowing transgender troops to serve openly.
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A rare manuscript (R) belonging to British mathematician and code breaker Alan Turing (L, depicted on a poster) is displayed in Hong Kong on March 19, 2015. The handwritten notebook from the early 1940s gives an intimate insight into the "father of the modern computer" and was shown ahead of an auction in New York where it is expected to fetch at least one million USD. AFP PHOTO / Philippe Lopez (Photo credit should read PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP/Getty Images) Britain Will Pardon 65,000 Gay Men in Law Named for Famous Mathematician
Not all of them think a pardon is enough.
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JAKARTA, INDONESIA - OCTOBER 20: Indonesian President Joko Widodo gestures during the people celebration know as 'Pesta Rakyat' at National Museum on October 20, 2014 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Joko Widodo was sworn in October 20, as the president of Indonesia with an inauguration ceremony held in Jakarta. Widodo was the eventual winner of a tightly fought and sometimes controversial election race against opposition candidate Prabowo Subianto. A number of key world leaders were in attendance including Australia's prime minister Tony Abbott. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images) Indonesia’s President Believes Chemical Castration Will Stop Pedophilia
The Indonesian president has defended his suggestion that sex offenders be castrated.
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An Indonesian member of hardline Muslim group Front Pembela Islam (FPI), the Islamic Defender Front holds a placard featuring two gay films during a protest against the Q! Film Festival in front of the Dutch cultural center, Erasmuis Huis in Jakarta on September 28, 2010. Dozens of members of Front Pembela Islam (FPI) held protests outside cultural centers of France, Germany, the Netherlands and Japan on September 28, demanding the cultural centers cancel the screenings during the Q! Film Festival will will showcase 150 films from more than 20 countries highlighting such issues as gay rights and HIV/AIDS. AFP PHOTO / ADEK BERRY (Photo credit should read ADEK BERRY/AFP/Getty Images) Indonesian President’s Office: We Give Our Citizens Educations and ID Cards, Not LGBT Rights.
Indonesia's government has increased its aggression toward gay communities, and now says they have no space for them.
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GettyImages-171214362 crop How Gay Rights Advance Democracy in the Middle East
LGBT activists are in the vanguard of the struggle against the region’s dictators and theocrats.
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Indian members of the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) community take part in a pride parade, calling for freedom from discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation, in Chennai on June 26, 2016. / AFP / ARUN SANKAR (Photo credit should read ARUN SANKAR/AFP/Getty Images) ‘Carnal Intercourse Against the Order of Nature’ Is Still Illegal in India
The country's top court declined to revisit a law that targets gay sex — the latest setback for the subcontinent’s LGBT community and its struggle for equality.
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LAHORE, PUNJAB, PAKISTAN - 2014/11/20: Pakistani Eunuchs hold candligthing ceremony in memory of transphobia vicitims on the eve of International Transgender Day of Remembrance in Lahore. The Transgender Day of Remembrance was founded in 1999 by Gwendolyn Ann Smith, a transgender graphic designer, columnist, and activist. In 2010, it was already observed in over 185 cities throughout more than 20 countries in the world. (Photo by Rana Sajid Hussain/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images) Medical Journal: Lack of Health Care Has ‘Alarming Consequences’ for Transgender People
A landmark series of papers called for better health care for transgender people worldwide.
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ORLANDO, FL - JUNE 14: Young people from Husseini Islamic Center in Sanford, Florida hold up a sign as they visit a makeshift memorial at the Dr. Phillips Center for Performing Arts, June 14, 2016 in Orlando, Florida. The shooting at Pulse Nightclub, which killed 49 people and injured 53, is the worst mass-shooting event in American history. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Solving Islam’s Extremist Problem Starts With Solving its Homophobia Problem
Muslim religious leaders who condemn acts of terror but promulgate intolerance are fanning the flames of hatred.
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IMG_2773 LGBT and Muslim Communities Warn Against Demonizing of Both After Orlando Shooting
A vigil organized by LGBT and Muslim communities sought to reclaim the narrative around the Orlando shooting.
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GettyImages-459316502 Watch Here: President Obama To Discuss Orlando Shootings That Killed At Least 50
President Barack Obama will make a statement on a attack on a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida.
