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Pride and prejudice in Jamaica

Written by Candice Stewart

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Malaysian authorities probe organizers of Pride-themed workshop for promoting ‘deviant culture’

Written by Mong Palatino

6 days ago

Sam George’s ministry presents a major threat to media freedom and LGBTQ+ rights in Ghana

Written by Guest Contributor

3 weeks ago

Amid waning room for advocacy, Hong Kong LGBTQ+ groups cherish rare chance to raise awareness

Written by Hong Kong Free Press

4 weeks ago

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A push for constitutional reform in Trinidad & Tobago as overturned ‘buggery law’ ruling heads for the Privy Council

Colonial-era laws have questionable place in any modern democracy [yet] remain fossilised in our statute books’

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

3 weeks ago

‘Enough already': A voice from the trans community facing horror in Colombia

Trans educator and activist denounces Sara's murder and issues an urgent call to collective action

Written by Melissa Vida, Lucía Jiménez Peñuela

Translated by Rowan Glass

14 May 2025

Brazilian trans women parliamentarians categorized as ‘male’ on their US visas

Visas issued by the US government under Donald Trump use the male term, even though the politicians' documents recognise their female gender

Written by Luís Gustavo Carmo

Translated by Fernanda Canofre

29 April 2025

‘The war marks our writing, but it does not define it’: Interview with Ukrainian poet Iryna Shuvalova

Poetry can be an important tool of cultural diplomacy

Written by Filip Noubel

27 April 2025

From Uganda to Sri Lanka: The fight for LGBTQ+ equality and freedom

An interview with Time100's Rosanna Flamer-Caldera and Frank Mugisha

Written by Forus

24 April 2025

The new anti-LGBTQ+ bill proposed to the Turkish parliament, branded as a ‘manifesto of hate’

Submitted by an ultra conservative party, the draft bill sparks outcry

Written by Arzu Geybullayeva

24 April 2025

Caribbean leaders and citizens recognise Pope Francis’ groundbreaking work

His compassion, advocacy for the poor, refugees and immigrants, and outreach to the LGBTQ+ community and other marginalised groups gained him many admirers

Written by Emma Lewis

22 April 2025

Documentary about first Soviet sexologist Igor Kon receives a festival prize

A film about scientific courage, moral responsibility, and inner freedom

Written by Daria Dergacheva

16 April 2025

As Trinidad & Tobago’s Court of Appeal reverses buggery law ruling, does the colonial grip persist?

Savings law is a fairly common concept in Commonwealth legal systems, whereby restrictive colonial-era laws are carried over into post-independence legal frameworks

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

29 March 2025

At Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, the life of a 16th-century ‘travesti’ echoes into the present

The life of Xica Manicongo, from the colonial period in Bahia state, echoes the risks, threats, and struggles trans people face in modern Brazil

Written by Luís Gustavo Carmo

Translated by Liam Anderson

24 March 2025

‘Putin personally allowed me to hunt them’: How fraudsters use repression against LGBTQ+ people in Russia

LGBTQ+ individuals find it harder to ask for help, making them easy targets for criminals

Written by Baikal People Journal

24 March 2025

Russian authorities are cracking down on gay clubs

After the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Russian police have raided 59 events as part of their attack against the so-called “LGBTQ+ movement.”

Written by Russia Post

6 February 2025

A bill reignites the discussion on same-sex unions in Peru

In Latin America, Peru is lagging behind on same-sex unions. Why is that?

Written by Sebastián Fernández

Translated by Melissa Vida

30 January 2025

Fifteen times Hong Kong made international headlines in 2024

From the introduction of Article 19 to media and entertainment censorship

Written by Hong Kong Free Press

6 January 2025

Mali adopts openly anti-LGBTQ+ legislation

Around 30 African countries criminalize homosexual relations

Written by Jean Sovon

Translated by Laura

26 December 2024

Protests continue in Georgia despite police crackdown

The government has not budged and has become more brazen against protesting Georgians

Written by Arzu Geybullayeva

17 December 2024

Proposed changes to laws on primary and secondary education in North Macedonia leave space for discrimination, experts warn

Government representatives say rights will still be protected under other laws

Written by Metamorphosis Foundation

2 December 2024

Georgian police crack down on pro-EU demonstrators after halting EU membership bid ‘until 2028’

Protests which started in October following election results, continue unabated

Written by Arzu Geybullayeva, OC Media

30 November 2024

In Turkey, women's march marked with violence, arrests as well as threats of deportations

The ruling government's decision to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention has only worsened the environment of impunity

Written by Arzu Geybullayeva

29 November 2024

Hong Kong’s top court affirms same-sex married couples’ housing and inheritance rights in landmark decision

Hong Kong has few legal protections for LGBTQ+ people

Written by Hong Kong Free Press

26 November 2024

‘A woman’s voice is a revolution’: Digging into Algerian feminist radio creations

What are feminisms if not a series of practices to break the silence, to listen to the self and the other?

Written by UntoldMag

24 November 2024

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