List of LGBTQ Rights articles
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GettyImages-501759616crop Top U.S. Spy: ‘Use Whatever Bathroom You Want’
James Clapper wades into the transgender bathrooms debate.
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BOSTON - JUNE 6: The Gay Pride Flag swirls in the wind before being hoisted atop the flagpole at Boston City Hall during the 20th annual flag-raising ceremony to open the citys Pride Week gay rights events scheduled through Sunday, June 15. (Photo by Joanne Rathe/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) Washington and London Are Looking For a Few Good Gay Spies
Britain's MI6 flew the rainbow flag from their London headquarters on Tuesday -- but intelligence agencies have not always been so accepting of LGBT spies.
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Bangladesh police parade suspect Shariful Islam Shihab (C) in Dhaka on May 15, 2016, after his arrest in connection with the murder of two gay rights activists. Bangladesh police have arrested a suspected Islamist militant over the hacking to death of two gay rights activists, part of a spate of murders of intellectuals, writers and religious minorities, officers said May 15. / AFP / - (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images) Amid Global Criticism, Bangladesh Nabs Suspect in Killing of Gay Activists
The bad news is that the attacker appears to be a home-grown militant, which means the bloodshed wracking the country won’t end anytime soon.
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GettyImages-530272106 European Union Joins the Backlash Over Transgender Rights in U.S. States
The European Union accuses three U.S. states with anti-LGBT laws of violating UN rights covenant .
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Bangladeshi students protest in Rajshahi on April 24, 2016 a day after unidentified attackers hacked to death a university professor. Bangladesh police arrested an Islamist student on April 24 over the hacking to death of a professor one day earlier, the latest such killing claimed by the Islamic State group. / AFP / - (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images) One by One, Bangladesh’s Activists Are Being Hacked to Death
This week, a professor and two LGBT rights activists were hacked to death in Bangladesh.
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GettyImages-509339634 Anti-Gay Law Has German Firm Saying ‘Nein’ to North Carolina
Deutsche Bank scuttles plans to add jobs in North Carolina due to the state's anti-gay law.
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MANILA, PHILIPPINES - JANUARY 16: Pope Francis waves to thousands of followers as he arrives at the Manila Cathedral on January 16, 2015 in Manila, Philippines. Pope Francis will visit venues across Leyte and Manila during his visit to the Philippines from January 15 - 19. The visit is expected to attract crowds in the millions as Filipino Catholics flock to catch a glimpse of the leader of the Catholic Church in the Philippines for the first time since 1995. The Pope will begin the tour in Manila, then travelling to Tacloban to visit areas devastated by Typhoon Haiyan before returning to Manila to hold a mass at Rizal Park. The Philippines is the only Catholic majority nation in Asia with around 90 percent of the population professing the faith. (Photo by Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images) Democracy, Vatican-Style
By giving the laity more authority over issues of family life, Pope Francis is embracing a risky strategy for reform.
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GettyImages-516668410 Pope Francis Evolves on the Divorced and Unmarried But Stands Firm Against Gay Marriage
Pope Francis opens the church doors to the divorced and nontraditional couples, but stands by gay marriage ban.
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Participants wave Israeli's flags during the annual gay pride parade in the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv on June 13, 2014. AFP PHOTO/JACK GUEZ (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images) Is a Trans Beauty Contest a Sign of Progress for LGBT Rights in Israel?
Tel Aviv will host Israel's first transgender beauty pageant.
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A man browses the specific gay emojis from an instant messaging application in Jakarta on February 12, 2016. In the latest crackdown on homosexuality in Indonesia, the government has demanded all instant messaging apps remove LGBT emoticons or face a ban in the Muslim-majority country. AFP PHOTO / Bay ISMOYO / AFP / BAY ISMOYO (Photo credit should read BAY ISMOYO/AFP/Getty Images) Indonesian Official: Gay Emojis Could Cause Civil Unrest
Indonesia is looking to ban same-sex emojis. This certainly isn't the first time they've tried to censor "un-Islamic" content from the Internet.
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FP_podcast_article_artwork-1-globalthinkers Does the LGBT Community Have a Trans Problem?
2015 Global Thinkers Jim Obergefell and Andreja Pejic discuss divisions in the queer community and the scourge of P.C. culture
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FP_podcast_article_artwork-1-globalthinkers What the West Doesn’t Get About Coming Out in Africa
2015 Global Thinkers Robin Hammond and Adejoke Tugbiyele discuss how art can be used to upend the continent's tradition of LGBT persecution.
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Gay rights activists kiss as they take part in a flash mob devoted to the World Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia in St. Petersburg, on May 17, 2014. AFP PHOTO / OLGA MALTSEVA (Photo credit should read OLGA MALTSEVA/AFP/Getty Images) Author of Russian Anti-LGBT Law: ‘Human Rights Aren’t Everything.’
In an interview with Russian news outlet Meduza, a Russian lawmaker shares his views on gay rights.
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GettyImages-169044447 crop On Human Rights Day, a Tunisian Court Sent Six Men to Prison For Being Gay
Five years after a revolution transformed Tunisia, the country still has a long way to go on human rights.
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NEW DELHI, INDIA - NOVEMBER 27: A boy dances as he and others participate during the 4th Delhi Queer Pride 2011 March on November 27, 2011 in New Delhi, India. India's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community celebrated the 4th Delhi Queer Pride March with a parade through the streets of Delhi. People gathered to protest violence, harassment and discrimination faced by the LGBT community in India. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images) India: A Microcosm of Tensions on LGBT Rights
South Asia stands in the middle of a deep divide on LGBT rights in the international community and reframes the existing narrative of LGBT rights as only a Western value.
