Anti-transgender initiative: U.S. embassies must report nations where minors can get gender-affirming surgery U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. Ramping up its anti-transgender campaign targeting U.S. citizens, the Trump administration has ordered U.S. embassies to issue reports on nations that allow gender-affirming medical care for minors, which Trump loyalists categorize as a  human rights abuse. The Council for Global …

Survey of nations with anti-homosexuality laws This article about Mauritania is one of a series of short articles on LGBTQ rights advocacy and abuses in nations with anti-LGBTQ laws. They are based on Outright International’s country overviews, which track each nation’s record on LGBTQ rights. In a small way, those overviews fill the gap that the Trump administration created when …

Survey of nations with anti-homosexuality laws This article about Libya is one of a series of short articles on LGBTQ rights advocacy and abuses in nations with anti-LGBTQ laws. They are based on Outright International’s country overviews, which track each nation’s record on LGBTQ rights. In a small way, those overviews fill the gap that the Trump administration created when …

Survey of nations with anti-homosexuality laws This is one of a series of short articles on LGBTQ rights advocacy and abuses in nations with anti-LGBTQ laws. They are based on Outright International’s country overviews, which track each nation’s record on LGBTQ rights. In a small way, those overviews fill the gap that the Trump administration created when it ended the …

Survey of nations with anti-homosexuality laws This is one of a series of short articles on LGBTQ human rights advocacy and abuses in nations with anti-LGBTQ laws, including Egypt’s de facto anti-homosexuality laws. The articles are based on Outright International’s country overviews, which track each nation’s record on LGBTQ rights. In a small way, those overviews fill the gap that …

Bangladeshi LGBTQ rights activist addresses European asylum conference. Logo of the conference Shaping Tomorrow: Queer Asylum in Europe Factual reporting on LGBTQ rights abuses is crucial when refugees from violence-plagued nations seek asylum in more peaceful lands. That was a message delivered by Bangladeshi human rights advocate Shahanur Islam at last month’s conference Shaping Tomorrow: Queer Asylum in Europe. The …

Five men arrested on homosexuality charges as they prepare for a fashion show. Map of Senegal shows the capital, Dakar. (Map courtesy of AFP) The West African nation of Senegal is continuing a police crackdown on gay citizens. In the latest incident, reported in Senenews, police in the city of Thiès, just outside the capital city of Dakar, arrested five …

‘Anti-LGBTQ propaganda’ ban follows in the footsteps of Russia and Uganda. Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (Noushad Thekkayil photo courtesy of Euractiv / NurPhoto / Getty Images) A bill to ban so-called LGBTQ propaganda won approval from the Kazakhstan Senate yesterday, which sent it on to President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev for his signature, which he is expected to give. The bill would …

Kazakhstan Senate stalls bill that lower house approved unanimously. Almaty, the largest city in Kazakhstant (Photo courtesy of Expedia.com) An anti-LGBTQ+ bill has stalled in Kazakhstan, but apparently not because Kazakh legislators are concerned about LGBTQ+ rights. The bill had unanimously passed the lower chamber of parliament on Nov. 12, but the Senate announced the bill had been postponed “indefinitely” …

Plans to celebrate LGBTQ+ rights and freedoms in Seattle during the World Cup next summer will continue despite objections from the Egyptian and Iranian football federations over the “Pride Match” due to take place in the city. Seattle organisers have confirmed that they are “moving forward as planned” with Pride activities in the city when Egypt face Iran in Group …