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Monthly Archives: April 2017

Malaysian group teaches how to report on trans people
Asia

Malaysian group teaches how to report on trans people

Posted on April 28, 2017 by Colin Stewart • 1 Comment

News media need to learn how to report respectfully and accurately about trans people, so the Malaysian trans advocacy group Justice for Sisters analyzed media coverage of the February 2017 murder of the Malaysian trans woman Sameera. Continue reading →

A Ugandan love story: Gay couple flees to Kenya
Africa

A Ugandan love story: Gay couple flees to Kenya

Posted on April 26, 2017 by Colin Stewart • 1 Comment

Two male dancers fell in love in Uganda. For that, they were fired from their dance troupe and fled as LGBT refugees to Kenya. This is their story. Continue reading →

Pushing for progress in anti-gay Jamaica without a boycott
Americas / Commentary

Pushing for progress in anti-gay Jamaica without a boycott

Posted on April 24, 2017 by Maurice Tomlinson • 1 Comment

Jamaican/Canadian lawyer and LGBT rights activist Maurice Tomlinson addresses the question of whether tourists should boycott Jamaica in hopes of persuading that country to recognize the human rights of its LGBT citizens. Continue reading →

Q. Can Tunisia’s only queer shelter be saved? A. Yes
Middle East / North Africa

Q. Can Tunisia’s only queer shelter be saved? A. Yes

Posted on April 21, 2017 by Colin Stewart • 3 Comments

Financial woes threatened to shutter a house that serves as a judgment-free shelter for LGBT Tunisians from the homophobia that often surrounds them. Continue reading →

53 arrests in Nigeria for alleged same-sex wedding
Africa

53 arrests in Nigeria for alleged same-sex wedding

Posted on April 20, 2017 by Colin Stewart • 6 Comments

Prosecutors in Muslim northern Nigeria have charged 53 people with attending a supposed gay wedding. The arrestees pleaded not guilty to the charge, saying that they were at a birthday party, not a gay wedding. Continue reading →

Mike Pence praises anti-LGBT Indonesia as modern Islamic model
Asia / Oceania

Mike Pence praises anti-LGBT Indonesia as modern Islamic model

Posted on April 20, 2017 by Colin Stewart • Leave a comment

While human rights activists criticize Indonesia’s failure to curb anti-LGBT zealots and roll back homophobic fundamentalist Islamic laws, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence praised Indonesia as a model of “modern Islam” that other Muslim-majority countries should follow. Continue reading →

Guyana plans referendum on its anti-gay law
Americas

Guyana plans referendum on its anti-gay law

Posted on April 20, 2017 by Colin Stewart • 3 Comments

Guyana, the only country in South American with anti-LGBT laws, plans to put the issue of decriminalizing homosexuality to the voters. Continue reading →

Indonesia keeps persecuting its LGBT citizens
Oceania

Indonesia keeps persecuting its LGBT citizens

Posted on April 20, 2017 by Colin Stewart • 7 Comments

Indonesia is continuing to persecute LGBTI people, Human Rights Watch reports.  At a time when two men have been jailed on homosexuality charges, Indonesia President Joko Widodo missed an opportunity to roll back repressive sharia laws. Continue reading →

Challenging anti-LGBTIQ bias in Arabic media
Middle East / North Africa

Challenging anti-LGBTIQ bias in Arabic media

Posted on April 19, 2017 by Colin Stewart • 1 Comment

Arabic-language media regularly display anti-LGBTIQ bias, often using loaded words for sexual minorities that mean “faggots,” “sinners,” “immoral” and “devil worshippers.” A new project from OutRight Action International seeks to change that. Continue reading →

Commentary / Europe

Silence about Chechnya from ‘family values’ defenders

Posted on April 18, 2017 by Colin Stewart • 10 Comments

  While anti-LGBT violence rages in Chechnya, a deafening silence is the response of people who claim that, while they value LGBT lives, they need to defend traditional family values by opposing LGBT rights. But if they don’t speak up now, it will be obvious that they don’t really believe gay men deserve the right … Continue reading →

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