criminalisation of homosexuality

In these countries, every day is Groundhog Day for LGBT rights and dignity

World
Feb 02 2021

5 countries where every day is Groundhog Day when it comes to respect and equal rights for LGBT+ people

Indonesia caning

World
Jan 28 2021

Gay couple brutally flogged 77 times in public for having consensual sex in their own home

ILGA-World homosexuality United Nations

Law
Dec 16 2020

The dangerous and oppressive countries where same-sex love is still a crime, mapped

World
Oct 30 2020

UK government finally admits it trained and equipped Nigeria’s homophobic SARS unit

Egypt: Police are using Grindr to hunt, imprison and torture LGBT people

World
Oct 02 2020

Egyptian police are using Grindr to hunt and imprison queer people. Once behind bars, it only gets worse from there

World
Sep 04 2020

Nine men face jail after homophobic Indonesian police raid perfectly legal ‘gay party’

Around 23 LGBT+ people in Uganda were whipped by officials before being chained and walked to the police station, disturbing footage shows. (Screen capture via YouTube)

World
Aug 20 2020

Ugandan officials charged with inhuman treatment and torture after whipping and flogging 20 queer men

Ministry of Defence slammed for hypocrisy over LGBT inclusion job

UK
Aug 18 2020

The UK Ministry of Defence is advertising a job for someone to promote LGBT+ inclusion – but there’s a major problem

Singapore

World
Aug 14 2020

Distraught man who called for ‘torture’ and ‘death curses’ against judges who upheld anti-gay laws faces prison

Gay Russian teen drugged and hospitalised because of his sexuality

World
Aug 11 2020

Gay Russian shares terrifying ordeal of being hospitalised by his own family, drugged and tortured – all because of his sexuality

World
Jul 19 2020

Iranian aide who shared cartoon of loving same-sex parents faces up to ten years in prison for ‘homosexual propaganda’

Sudan Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok gay sex

World
Jul 16 2020

Sudan has dropped the death penalty as a punishment for gay sex. Queers will instead be thrown in prison for loving who they love

The killing is the latest in a series of gruesome crimes linked to Grindr

World
Jun 11 2020

Grindr catfish are ‘robbing, abusing and blackmailing’ gay men in Ghana, but victims are the ones who could be jailed

Daniel Foote, Zambia

World
May 27 2020

Zambian president told ‘no option’ but to apologise to ‘humiliated’ US ambassador kicked out for defending gay rights