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A person wih peacock feathers over their eyes stands in front of a trans pride flag

8 Mar 2023 7 minute read

Protecting trans lives goes deeper than laws and representation

Priti Salian on how activists are fighting the colonial mindset to push for trans rights in India.

LGBT Solidarity Rally in front of the Stonewall Inn in solidarity with every immigrant, asylum seeker, refugee and every person impacted by Donald Trump's executive orders in 2017.

19 Apr 2022 6 minute read

This article is more than one year old.

Trapped in wait

The UK’s asylum process consistently fails LGBTQI+ asylum seekers, and it’s only set to get worse as the government pushes...

While homosexuality is not illegal in Equatorial Guinea, neither is homophobia, creating a legal vacuum.

17 Feb 2020 21 minute read

This article is almost four years old.

‘I didn’t want to be a mother’

Trifonia Melibea Obono records the unheard stories of queer women living in the West African state of...

7 Jul 2019 5 minute read

This article is more than four years old.

Queer cities

The city can provide cover and anonymity to those who seek it, explains David Nnanna Ikpo.

1 Mar 2017 5 minute read

This article is more than six years old.

Justice turns its back on us

Impunity rules in today's Honduras. Trans Activist Jlo Córdoba survives assassination attempts to speak to...

28 Jan 2015 8 minute read

This article is almost nine years old.

How the system is failing asylum-seekers

James Nickerson reports on one woman’s desperate plight at Yarl’s Wood detention centre.

16 Jul 2014 20 minute read

This article is more than nine years old.

How social movements can win more victories like same-sex marriage

Where insider politics fails, a transformational approach can turn the impossible into the inevitable, write Paul...

24 Feb 2014 5 minute read

This article is more than nine years old.

Clampdown continues on Nigeria’s LGBT community

But the global voices of dissent are growing louder, reports Chris Matthews.

1 Jul 2013 2 minute read

This article is more than ten years old.

Orthodox Church goes on the rampage in Georgia

Why were nettle-wielding women and stool-throwing priests allowed to attack LGTBI activists? asks Onnik Krikorian...

17 May 2013 2 minute read

This article is more than ten years old.

Is Europe becoming more homophobic?

Asks Vanessa Baird as a shocking new survey is published to mark the International Day Against Homophobia.

26 Jan 2012 3 minute read

This article is almost 12 years old.

A year without David

A year after the LGBT rights activist David Kato was murdered in Uganda, Sokari Ekine writes to him about...

1 May 2009 6 minute read

This article is more than 14 years old.

What's my identity?

Faith schools get a bashing even from committed multiculturalists. We talk to one supporter who currently teaches English at a...

30 Mar 2009 5 minute read

This article is more than 14 years old.

An inauspicious anniversary

Scared for their lives, gay Iranians are fleeing the country as it marks 30 years as an Islamic Republic. Those arriving in...