Two gay men publicly caned in Indonesia after being caught kissing
Two men were caned under Aceh's law prohibiting same-sex sexual relations even though they weren't caught having sex.
August 26, 2025
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Four Indonesians Arrested for Gay Sex; Could Face Public Lashings
The arrests were made as a result of vigilante raids in the nation's ultraconservative Aceh province.
April 3, 2018
Experts Predict: Iran Will Remain Deadly
Two reports indicate that despite a new president's overtures to the contrary, Iran will remain a deadly place for LGBTs.
March 14, 2014
Egypt and Iran tell FIFA to cancel World Cup Pride Match, calling it 'contrary' to values
The two countries taking part in the first-ever World Cup LGBTQ+ Pride Match want it cancelled.
December 10, 2025
World Cup LGBTQ+ Pride Match will feature two countries where being gay is illegal
The first-ever World Cup Pride Match will be between two countries where same-sex sexual relations are criminalized.
December 8, 2025
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
An Explainer on Sharia Law and Why It Shouldn't Be Used to Punish Gays
Draconian laws like those in Brunei are based on a misapplication of Sharia, which isn't really a legal code, Islamic scholars and activists say.
April 1, 2019
LGBTQ+ Victories Did Happen in 2023
Seeing the bright side in the fight for queer equality.
June 22, 2023
Indonesia Is Trying to Screen Out Queer Teachers
The nation's international schools are quizzing teachers from overseas on such topics as their preferred "gender composition of an orgy."
December 23, 2019
Op-ed: Where Coming Out Is Dangerous
This National Coming Out Day on Saturday, celebrate your identity, but also remember the LGBTs around the world who must still hide behind the closet door.
October 10, 2014
Malaysian Police Launch Investigation of LGBTQ Whistle-Blower
Numan Afifi testified to the U.N. about discriminatory policies employed by the country, including state-sponsored conversion therapy programs.
April 22, 2019
Brunei's Antigay Laws Are Too Much Even for Ted Cruz
The notoriously homophobic senator has condemned Brunei's plan to punish gay sex with death by stoning.
April 1, 2019
Thailand will be the first Southeast Asian country with marriage equality
The bill grants LGBTQ+ couples the same legal rights and recognition as heterosexual couples, including inheritance, adoption, and health care decision-making.
June 18, 2024
Trump's Silence Is Deafening As Brunei's Brutal Anti-LGBTQ Laws Arrive
Today, new laws go into effect that require death by stoning if one is caught having any type of queer sex -- marking a brutal set-back for LGBTQ rights.
April 3, 2019
100 transgender inmates presumed dead after Israeli missiles struck Iranian prison last month
Israel targeted the notorious Evin Prison in Tehran on June 23.
July 8, 2025
Man Accused of Promoting Extermination of Gays Says He's Queer Himself
Andrew Dymock, charged with circulating terrorist propaganda, says he's bi but leans toward gay, "in direct conflict with Nazism."
May 11, 2021
Rape and Murder of Teen Shows Lack of Justice for LGBT Malaysians
A young man killed because he was deemed insufficiently masculine is the latest casualty of Malaysia's anti-LGBT culture.
July 6, 2017
Malaysia’s LGBTQ+ Community Blasts The 1975’s Matty Healy’s Same-Sex Kiss
LGBTQ+ activists fear the kiss could set off a clampdown against LGBTQ+ people.
July 26, 2023
Powerful Homophobe Tony Perkins to Head Trump's Religious Freedom Org.
The vehemently anti-LGBTQ Perkins was elected Monday to chair the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
June 19, 2019