Theresa May 'deeply regrets' UK's colonial anti-gay laws
By Farouk Chothia British Prime Minister Theresa May has said she deeply regrets the UK's role in criminalizing same-sex relations in its...
BBC News
Apr 27, 2018
Russia: One year after ‘gay purge’ in Chechnya, still no justice for victims
April 4, 2018 The Russian authorities have abjectly failed to take effective action in response to the violent persecution of gay men in...
Amnesty International
Apr 19, 2018
Beatings, electric shock treatment and forced starvation for LGBT+ community in ‘secret' Chechny
April 4th, 2018 Severe beatings, electric shock treatment and forced starvation continue to be perpetrated against the LGBT+ community in...
Genocide Watch
Apr 12, 2018
Gay Chechens flee threats, beatings and exorcism
Family pressure has fueled a sense of persecution felt by gay people in Chechnya, a mainly Muslim region in southern Russia. Dozens have...
BBC News
Apr 6, 2018
Gays Hide, Flee Ex-Soviet Republics As LGBT Crackdowns Turn Brutal
BAKU -- Niko, a 27-year-old gay epileptic from Baku, recalls being beaten, tortured with electric shocks, and raped by four police...
Australia Makes Same-Sex Marriage Legal
Spectators in the public gallery began singing “I Am Australian,” a well-known anthem, after Australian lawmakers voted to legalize...
New York Times 1
Dec 7, 2017
'Traditional Values': A Potent Weapon Against LGBT Rights
By Graeme Reid People hold posters depicting victims of homophobic violence at a public event in St. Petersburg. ©2013 Mads Nissen/Panos...
Human Rights Watch
Nov 6, 2017
Values Voter Summit: Whose Values?
The Family Research Council (FRC) is hosting its annual Values Voter Summit Oct. 13-15, a rogues' gallery of the radical right, this year...
SPLC
Oct 13, 2017
LGBT Refugees Find that Safety in West is Far from Absolute
By Boris Dittrich Campaigners protest for LGBT rights in Chechnya outside the Russian embassy in London, Britain, June 2, 2017. © 2017...
Human Rights Watch
Oct 5, 2017
Chechnya’s Long Arm of Retaliation Against Gay Men
By Boris Dittrich Campaigners protest for LGBT rights in Chechnya outside the Russian embassy in London, Britain, June 2, 2017. © 2017...
Human Rights Watch
Oct 5, 2017
Azerbaijan: Anti-Gay Crackdown
Isa Shahmarly, former chair of the Free (Azad) LGBT group, whose experience as a gay man in Azerbaijan, drove him to suicide. In...
Human Rights Watch
Oct 3, 2017
Canada Sets International Example in LGBT Rights
By Graeme Reid LGBT-rights supporter waves an amalgamation of the Canadian and rainbow flags in front of the Supreme Court of Canada in...
Human Rights Watch
Sep 5, 2017
