Lilliya Ten – The Grace, Kyrgyzstan
For the last 10 years, Lillya Ten has been dedicated to protecting and promoting the rights of LGBTQI people in Kyrgyzstan and across Central Asia. She is currently the Executive Director of…
Kyrgyzstan
ADDED ON: 10/03/2020
Kyrgyzstan: Dirty tricks come to fore at final election hurdle
The final days of Kyrgyzstan’s parliamentary election have seen a deployment of sinister dirty tricks that raise the suspicion that security services may be helping engineer the outcome. A short film that…
ADDED ON: 05/22/2020
No medicine, no food: Coronavirus restrictions amplify health risks to LGBT+ people with HIV
It started with headaches then came nausea and diarrhea. Within two weeks, gay Ugandan barber Eric had became so weak without his HIV medication he could not walk and had to be…
ADDED ON: 03/18/2019
Rainbow Rage: Kyrgyz Rail Against LGBT Community After Central Asia’s ‘First’ Gay-Pride March
What many consider the first gay-pride march ever held in Central Asia has unleashed a storm of controversy in Kyrgyzstan, with threats of violence against participants, counterprotests, and fiery parliamentary debate over…
ADDED ON: 02/17/2019
Ten Exiled LGBTQ Activists Speak
“We want to give a voice to those, who are not heard, whose voice has been taken,” Ali Feruz says. “Because the story of every human is at the same time the…
ADDED ON: 01/30/2019
Life in the Closet: The LGBT Community in Central Asia
While much recent attention has been focused on the LGBT community in Chechnya and the wider North Caucasus, sexual minorities in Central Asia live under significant pressure as well. Russia’s 2013 law…
ADDED ON: 01/18/2019
Kyrgyzstan man has ‘gay’ carved into stomach in homophobic attack
A bisexual man from Kyrgyzstan was forced to leave the country after suffering two homophobic attacks within the same month. The man, who is in his 20s, said the attacks took place…
ADDED ON: 05/15/2018
Which European Countries Have the Best and Worst LGBTI Rights?
Countries across Europe need to do more to protect the rights of LGBTI people, according to a new index, which says law and policy advances have slowed down across the region. The…
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