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Added on: 11/16/2024

Three men charged with killing gay teacher in Bangladesh

11/15/2024

Three homophobic Bangladeshi men have been charged with murdering a gay kindergarten teacher last month in the midst of an argument about homosexuality. The killing of Sujan…

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Added on: 11/05/2024

Bangladesh school principal fired for being gay

11/04/2024

In August, a principal in the Bangladeshi city of Kurigram was suspended from his job after allegations surfaced that he is gay, part of a growing fundamentalist…

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Added on: 10/29/2024

Academic in Bangladesh barred from teaching in response to anti-gay protesters

10/28/2024

An assistant professor at Islamic University in Kushtia, Bangladesh, has been barred from teaching classes in response to pro-Islamist students’ protests that he is gay. Protesting students…

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Added on: 10/19/2024

Bangladesh activists demand justice for murdered trans woman

10/18/2024

Below is an edited and trimmed statement from Mosa Jannatul Ferdaus, Chief Coordinator of the Paris-based human rights group JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF), about the recent…

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Added on: 10/12/2024

Bangladesh’s transgender community ready to shatter boundaries with education

10/12/2024

In Bangladesh, where traditional gender roles are deeply entrenched, transgender people face extraordinary challenges in achieving educational and economic success. A study conducted by researchers from Dhaka…

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Added on: 09/25/2024

LGBTQI+ people face increasing violence in Bangladesh

09/24/2024

Anti-LGBTQI+ violence is rising in Bangladesh as conservative Islamists gain power, according to human rights organization Justice Makers Bangladesh in France (JMBF). After the fall of the…

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Added on: 09/02/2024

LGBTQ people at risk: Will Bangladesh be a safe haven for Islamist militancy?

09/01/2024

Human rights activists in Bangladesh fear that the nation’s current transitional government is opening the door to a return to the days when Islamic terrorists were murdering…

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Added on: 08/28/2024

Who are they? Hijra, third gender, transgender?

08/27/2024

People once referred to them in softer tones as the third gender. Subsequently, the government recognized them as Hijra, a traditional term prevalent in this subcontinent. In…

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Added on: 07/22/2024

Bangladesh Supreme Court sets aside government jobs for third-gender people

07/21/2024

The Supreme Court of Bangladesh ruled today that 1 percent of government jobs must be set aside for third-gender people and those with physical challenges. The human rights…

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Added on: 06/27/2024

Pride Month is a secret celebration in Bangladesh

06/26/2024

DHAKA, BANGLADESH — Pride Month, the monthlong celebration of LGBTQ+ culture and rights, is not publicly celebrated in Bangladesh, a Muslim-majority country where same-sex relationships are illegal under…

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Added on: 05/07/2024

Bangladesh police arrest 2 lesbians who want to get married

05/06/2024

The arrest in Bangladesh of two lesbians who wanted to get married has drawn criticism from Paris-based human rights advocates. Asha Sinha, age 16,, and Liza Akhter,…

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Added on: 03/30/2024

Bangladesh Opens First Mosque For Transgender Hijra Community

03/29/2024

Transgender hijra people in Bangladesh opened the Muslim-majority country’s first mosque for their community early this month, heralding a new era for the much-discriminated group….

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Added on: 03/10/2024

Spotlight on Bangladeshi politicians’ anti-trans, anti-gay remarks

03/09/2024

LGBTQ rights activists have denounced Bangladeshi politicians for their anti-gay and anti-trans hate speech in recent months along with their opposition to inclusion of references to transgender…

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Added on: 01/28/2024

Bangladesh professor fired for spreading misinformation about trans people

01/27/2024

A leading organization advocating for the rights of LGBTQ people in Bangladesh has come to the defense of a university that fired a professor who spread misinformation…

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Added on: 01/14/2024

Controversy erupts as Florida governor misfires on Bangladesh LGBT rights funding

01/13/2024

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has come under scrutiny for criticizing US President Joe Biden’s economic policies, specifically targeting federal spending on promoting transgender rights in Bangladesh. However,…

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Added on: 12/04/2023

One Hochemin Islam, our constitution, and ‘cisterhood’

12/03/2023

Hochemin Islam, a prominent transgender rights activist, was set to speak at “Women’s Career Carnival” on November 24 at the capital’s North South University (NSU). However, the…

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Added on: 11/27/2023

Bangladesh beauty queen brings ‘dawn of hope’ for trans women

11/26/2023

DHAKA (TIP): Bangladeshi trans woman Yasin Ahmed Sokal always wanted the freedom to dress like her sisters, but never in her wildest dreams did she imagine being…

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Added on: 06/26/2023

‘What’s to celebrate?’: muted Pride Month for Asia’s LGBTQ folk in Muslim countries

06/25/2023

Scanning the cafe between sips of his latte, Abir says caution is the byword of every gay man in Bangladesh. “People have been killed for talking about…

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Added on: 03/28/2023

JusticeMakers Bangladesh expresses concern over killing of trans woman

03/27/2023

JusticeMakers Bangladesh, a renowned human rights organization, has expressed grave concern over the murder of Khalek, a transgender woman, on Feb. 19 in Gazipur in central Bangladesh….

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Added on: 02/25/2023

In Bangladesh, new school textbook features transgender people

02/23/2023

Wearing bright saris and heavy make-up, many of Bangladesh’s transgenders, or hijras, spend their days begging from people stuck in traffic and shopkeepers who give them small…

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Added on: 02/12/2023

Bangladesh withdraws school books after anti-LGBTQ backlash

02/11/2023

Bangladesh said on Saturday it had withdrawn two new school textbooks after protests from Islamist groups incensed by a curriculum overhaul to recognise transgender identities, same-sex relationships…

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Added on: 11/18/2022

Bangladeshi students seek dismissal of gay teacher

11/16/2022

The Bangladeshi human rights organization JusticeMakers Bangladesh expressed concern and anger over the attempt to expel the gay teacher, Aminul Islam, from his position as senior lecturer…

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Added on: 10/19/2022

Gay teacher barred from teaching in Bangladesh

10/18/2022

A gay teacher has been barred from teaching classes at a Bangladesh secondary school in response to protests by students. Ramzan Ali, a teacher at Savar Model…

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Added on: 08/19/2022

OPINION: We need more South Asian queer stories and voices

08/18/2022

Shivani Dave is a freelance journalist and broadcaster at Openly and Virgin Radio. Growing up I never thought Brown people could be LGBTQ+. That’s an absolutely ridiculous thought,…

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Added on: 02/02/2022

A transgender woman’s struggle to be herself in Bangladesh.

02/01/2022

Riya Moni is putting her makeup on. She is not afraid of being caught or humiliated anymore – her makeup is her transgression. She is a transgender…

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Added on: 11/30/2021

Rural town elects Bangladesh’s first transgender mayor

11/30/2021

A small town in Bangladesh has elected the country’s first transgender mayor after the 45-year-old independent candidate beat her ruling party rival in a landslide, officials said…

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Added on: 09/18/2021

Bangladesh’s transgender tycoons create safe work

9/17/21

Simran Snigdha was begging when a chance encounter helped get her off Bangladesh’s streets and realize her artistic dreams — one of a growing number of transgender…

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Added on: 08/31/2021

6 Sentenced to Death in Bangladesh for Killing of Gay Rights Activist

08/31/2021

The activist Xulhaz Mannan, who had started a gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender magazine, was hacked to death in a machete attack in 2016. DHAKA, Bangladesh —…

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Added on: 06/29/2021

377: The British colonial law that left an anti-LGBTQ legacy in Asia

06/28/2021

For much of the past two centuries, it was illegal to be gay in a vast swathe of the world – thanks to colonial Britain. Till today,…

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Added on: 06/05/2021

Tax rebate for Bangladesh companies hiring transgender people

6/4/21

Bangladesh has declared a tax rebate for companies hiring transgender people to boost the government’s social inclusion efforts for the marginalised group in the Muslim-majority South Asian…