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.
April 9, 2025
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Former Denmark Ambassador Rufus Gifford responds to VP Vance's 'not a good ally' comments
Gifford said the country has “always been there for us” with an “unequivocally and quick yes."
March 24, 2025
Trump picks anti-LGBTQ+ former Democrat Tulsi Gabbard for director of national intelligence
Gabbard, a former congresswoman, once apologized for her anti-LGBTQ+ past but has done an about-face yet again.
November 13, 2024
Teen boy charged for making bombs to attack LGBTQ+ Pride parade, authorities say
Muhyyee-ud-din Abdul-Rahman, 18, was planning to move to Syria and join a group affiliated with Al-Qaeda.
September 19, 2024
Letter From Syria
Life for gay men in Syria, like Subhi Nahas, has become unendurable with the rise of ISIS, but things were bad long before the militants took power.
November 11, 2015
How 'Mr. Gay Syria' Came to Be
Mr. Gay Syria is a new film about the dream of two gay Syrian refugees to participate in an international beauty contest. Director Ayse Toprak and activist Mahmoud talked about this journey to capture the community.
June 16, 2017
Op-ed: Taking Syria Seriously
The U.S. considers bombing Syria as it marks the 12th anniversary of September 11, 2001.
September 10, 2013
WATCH: Stephen Colbert Orders a Lesbian Strike on Syria
In reaction to remarks by Russia's Vladimir Putin, an ally of Syria, Colbert has his own special strategy for military action.
September 13, 2013
ISIS Murders Teenage Boy for Being 'Gay' in Syria
The 15-year-old was reportedly found 'in the house of an ISIS leader,' though that leader was spared the brutal death sentence meted out to the teenager.
January 2, 2016
Op-ed: Why Syria Matters for LGBT People
If you still don't know or care about what's going on in Syria, here's why you should.
September 13, 2013
Anti-War Demonstrators Gather in Hollywood to Protest Trump's Bombing of Syria
Dozens assembled Sunday at the iconic intersection of Hollywood Blvd. and Highland Ave. to speak out against Trump's order to bomb Syrian military targets.
April 12, 2017
Man Claims Gay Couple's Murder Was 'Vengeance' for Syria
Ali Muhammad Brown has taken responsibility for the June murder of same-sex couple Ahmed Said and Dwone Anderson-Young, as well as two other killings police have labeled 'executions.'
August 23, 2014
Horrific Sexual Abuse of Gay and Bi Men, Trans Women Reported in Syria
Survivors of sexual violence during Syria's civil war detail their sufferings in a new Human Rights Watch report.
July 29, 2020
Graphic Photos: ISIS Stones 'Gay' Men to Death in Syria
A terrorism watchdog group published photographs — some of which are very graphic — that it says show the stoning of two men believed to be gay.
October 26, 2015
Daily Show Host Trevor Noah Rips Donald Trump to Shreds
"You know who came from Syria? The iPhone came from Syria Mr. Donald Trump."
September 15, 2016
Syrian Refugee Subhi Nahas Represents the Best of America
Subhi Nahas fled antigay persecution in Syria to become an advocate for refugees everywhere.
December 18, 2015
Three New Films Capture LGBT Life in the Middle East
These documentaries reveal precarious, uncertain, and inscrutable queer existence in Syria, Israel, and Saudi Arabia.
August 28, 2015
ISIS Claims to Have Executed Another Gay Man
The execution, in which the man was thrown off a building and then stoned, reportedly took place in Aleppo, Syria.
December 6, 2016
Surprise: ISIS Is Also Antigay
A propaganda video hoping to recruit new fighters for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria warns about the dangers of gay teachers in 'infidel' schools.
September 18, 2014