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Gambian leader approves anti-gay law

Nov 21, 2014 International News
Gambian president Yahya Jammeh

Exposing Persection of LGBT Individuals in Iraq

Nov 19, 2014 International News

Cover images of two briefings released by IGLHRC and its partners

LGBT Rights Group Wins Landmark Case In Botswana

Nov 14, 2014 International News

This is the second ruling from an African court this year upholding the right to form LGBT organizations.

Singapore’s Highest Court Upholds Sodomy Law

Oct 29, 2014 International News

People with LED lights take part in forming a giant pink dot to promote acceptance of the LGBT community in Singapore on June 30, 2012. Tim Chong / Reuters

Kazakh Music Students Win Lawsuit Claiming Moral Damages From Poster Showing Same-Sex Kiss

Oct 28, 2014 International News
A court awarded them $188,000 because of a poster of 19th-century Kazakh composer Kurmangazy Sagyrbayuly kissing Russian poet Alexander Pushkin.

Nigerian Court Throws Out Challenge To Anti-LGBT Law

Oct 22, 2014 International News

Nigerian president Goodluck Ebele Jonathan addresses the 69th United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York September 24, 2014. Lucas Jackson / Reuters

This Short Film Shows How Terrifying It Is To Be LGBT In Jamaica

Oct 21, 2014 International News

Gay and trans youth living in a Kingston sewer in Dec. 2013. J. Lester Feder/BuzzFeed

The gay divide

Oct 11, 2014 Domestic News

Polis, Grijalva, Cicilline, Lofgren Call for Executive Action to Protect LGBT Immigrants

Sep 30, 2014 Administrative Agencies

WASHINGTON, DC — On Monday, Representatives Jared Polis (CO-02), Raul Grijalva (AZ-03), David Cicilline (RI-01), and Zoe Lofgren (CA-19) sent a letter signed by forty-four Members of Congress to President Barack Obama urging him to include protections for LGBT immigrants as he develops and implements new executive actions on immigration.

 

Chad becomes 37th African state to seek ban on homosexuality

Sep 22, 2014 International News
Chad looks set to become the 37th country in Africa to outlaw homosexuality after government ministers voted to make same-sex relations a crime punishable by up to 20 years in prison.