Candidates in 85% of world elections ran on anti-LGBTQ+ talking points in 2024: study
In at least 51 of 61 countries and the European Union, candidates used anti-LGBTIQ rhetoric to win political favor.
September 11, 2025
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From Afghanistan to Malaysia, these are the 61 countries that still criminalize homosexuality
Today, over five dozen countries still have laws making same-sex sexual relations illegal. Many of these laws stem from colonial rule.
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April 9, 2025
31 Places Where Showing LGBTQ+ Pride Is Illegal
There are more than 60 places in the world where it’s illegal to be gay.
June 16, 2023
Slaughtered in Bangladesh for Promoting Love and Diversity
Bangladesh's beleagured LGBT community deserves the government's respect, but more importantly, the community deserves protection from fatal attacks by extremists, says this researcher at Human Rights Watch.Â
May 2, 2016
Editor of Bangladesh LGBT Magazine Hacked to Death
Xulhaz Mannan had launched the publication "to promote greater acceptance of LGBT communities in Bangladesh."Â
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April 25, 2016
Town in Bangladesh Elects Country’s First Trans Mayor
She beat her ruling party opponent in a win that officials have called a landslide.
December 2, 2021
Remembrance Held for Slain Editor of Bangladesh LGBT Magazine
A candle-lit ceremony was held in Dhaka to remember Xulhaz Mannan, who was brutally hacked to death last year, and was the editor of Bangladesh's first and only LGBT magazine.
April 26, 2017
Bangladesh Gay Community In Hiding After Murders
The chilling message sent when a gay jounalist and his friend were hacked to death has been heard loud and clear in Bangladesh's capital: it's not safe to be out.Â
May 18, 2016
Bangladesh Officials Arrest Suspect in Killing of LGBT Editor
A man with ties to a militant group was arrested on Sunday.Â
May 15, 2016
Al-Qaeda: We Killed Bangladesh LGBT Activists
The terrorist group claims it killed Xulhaz Mannan because he was "working day and night to promote homosexuality."
April 26, 2016
The Most Vulnerable People in the World Right Now
Transgender and third-gender people in impoverished nations like Bangladesh are alone and adrift.
May 7, 2020
PHOTOS: Bangladeshi Hijras Show Their Pride
One year after the Bangladesh government formally recognized a third gender, the nation's hijras celebrated with their first-ever Pride parade.
November 10, 2014
Beekman Boy Josh Explains His Amazing Race Win
After three continents, 25,000 miles, 36 races, and a crowd of children in Bangladesh shouting their nickname in encouragement, two gay goat farmers have won Amazing Race. One half of the couple tells us how they did it.
December 13, 2012
Six Men Convicted of Killing LGBTQ+ Activist and USAID Worker
The men hacked Bangladeshi activist Xulhaz Mannan and his friend Mahbub Rabbi Tonoy to death with machetes in 2016.
September 2, 2021
Eight Arrested for Hacking LGBTQ Activists to Death
Members of a radical group with ties to al Qaeda were charged in the 2016 deaths of Xulhaz Mannan and Mahbub Rabbi Tonoy.
May 13, 2019
Immigrating while queer: America has a complex history of exclusion
Approximately 1.3 million LGBTQ+ immigrants live in the United States, but the journey has been difficult for at least 150 years.
November 25, 2025
LGBTQ+ Network Nabs Emmy for Children's Programming
Here TV was honored for an episode of its docuseries Girls' Voices Now.
July 22, 2021
Canada May Get Genderless Passports Soon
A new report today in La Presse newspaper in Canada suggests that soon Canadians may be able to apply for genderless passports -- some form of national passport that does not reveal the carrier's gender.
May 9, 2012
India Elects First Transgender Mayor
For the first time in history, a city in India has elected a transgender Mayor.
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January 4, 2015
Bill to Add Third Gender Option for Passports Introduced
A California congressman wants the State Department to make traveling easier for those who don't identify as "male" or "female."
February 25, 2020