Protection and Safety

Global News

Added on: 11/20/2024

Chilling warning in Berlin to Jews, openly gay people to watch their backs in Arab-majority neighborhoods

11/19/2024

The police chief in Germany’s capital is urging Jews and gay people to “be vigilant” while traversing certain Arab-majority neighborhoods, warning many of them contain pockets of…

Global News

Added on: 11/20/2024

Los Angeles officials move to establish city as a sanctuary for immigrants and LGBTQ youth in advance of Trump’s return to the White House

11/19/2024

Los Angeles officials on Tuesday moved to cement the city and its schools as sanctuaries for immigrants and LGBTQ youth as the city positions itself to push…

Global News

Added on: 11/19/2024

‘My whole body was praying for my death’: LGBTQ Afghans say they face abuse in detention as Taliban crackdown intensifies

11/18/2024

It was the early hours of the morning when a guard entered Sohrab’s cell – a small, dark room with a barred window and a blanket on…

Global News

Added on: 11/18/2024

Turkey’s Queer Art Community Walks a Thin Line

11/17/2024

ISTANBUL — When curator Alper Turan and his collaborators from queer and feminist groups around Turkey discuss plans for their upcoming Istanbul exhibition, they have more to…

Global News

Added on: 11/18/2024

Mali Passes Law to Jail Gay People

11/17/2024

Mali is on the brink of passing a law that would jail people for engaging in same-sex relations, condoning same-sex relationships, or “promoting” homosexuality. The country’s ruling National…

Global News

Added on: 11/17/2024

Record number of asylum seekers claiming to be gay allowed to stay under ECHR rules

11/15/2024

A record number of asylum seekers claiming to be gay have been allowed to stay in Britain under ECHR rules. The number of asylum seekers granted leave…

Global News

Added on: 11/15/2024

Report: Online attacks increase against LGBTQ Ugandans

11/14/2024

Online harassment against the LGBTQI+ community in Uganda has increased sharply, according to a new report from Amnesty International. The report, “Everybody Here Is Having Two Lives and…

Global News

Added on: 11/14/2024

Ugandan LGBTQI activist Clare Byarugaba fights in the face of constant threats

11/13/2024

Ugandan activist Clare Byarugaba told a packed audience in New York that she is not giving up the fight against anti-LGBTIQ laws despite constant threats against her,…

Global News

Added on: 11/14/2024

National Survivors’ Day: LGBT Survivors of Sexual & Family Violence Speak Out in New ACON Anthology

11/13/2024

LGBTQIA+ survivors have come together to share their stories in The Loud Way Home, an anthology of experiences of domestic, family, and sexual violence. Queer survivors are…

Global News

Added on: 11/13/2024

LGBTQ+ Nigerians are living at the mercy of mob justice

11/12/2024

A video circulating online from Port-Harcourt, Nigeria, depicts the lynching of two gay men who were allegedly caught engaging in sexual intercourse. The men were stripped down…

Global News

Added on: 11/13/2024

VIC Hate Speech Laws Set To Be Expanded to Protect Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity & more

11/12/2024

The Victorian government is set to expand the state’s hate speech laws, which would offer better protections for both the LGBTQIA+ and disabled communities. The current laws,…

Global News

Added on: 11/13/2024

Ugandan LGBTQI activist Clare Byarugaba fights in the face of constant threats

11/12/2024

Ugandan activist Clare Byarugaba told a packed audience in New York that she is not giving up the fight against anti-LGBTIQ laws despite constant threats against her,…

Global News

Added on: 11/12/2024

Gay Israeli Men Are Being Turned Down by Canadian Surrogate Mothers Over Gaza War: ‘I Don’t Have Any That Will Consider It At All’

11/11/2024

Some Canadian surrogates are refusing to carry children for Israeli clients in light of the Gaza war, a standstill disproportionately impacting gay men. The ongoing conflict between…

Global News

Added on: 11/11/2024

Many continue to suffer, often in silence’: Calcutta tops gay hate list

11/11/2024

Members of India’s gay community continue to face beatings, sexual assault and murder threats even though the Supreme Court decriminalised homosexuality six years ago, population researchers have…

Global News

Added on: 11/08/2024

New Mali Law Disastrous for LGBT People

11/06/2024

Mali’s Transitional National Council passed a law on October 31 that makes homosexuality a criminal offense. The new legislation will intensify risks of stigma, discrimination, and violence…

Global News

Added on: 11/06/2024

Violent gang leader threatens Haiti’s lesbians

11/05/2024

Lesbians and queer women in Haiti are living in fear after notorious gang leader Krisla, who is believed to be behind numerous heinous kidnappings, expressly threatened to…

Global News

Added on: 11/06/2024

Cato Manor community rallies to find missing woman

11/05/2024

The case of 36-year-old Sihle Mchunu, who has been missing since October 28, has cast a shadow of worry and uncertainty over her family and friends in…

Global News

Added on: 11/05/2024

Transgender voters voice safety concerns ahead of Election Day

11/04/2024

As anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and hate crimes continue to rise, GLAAD CEO and president Sarah Kate Ellis talks with NBC News’ Savannah Sellers about the importance and impact…

Global News

Added on: 11/04/2024

Anti-LGBT surge in West Africa as Mali’s ruling council votes to make gay sex illegal

11/03/2024

The West African nation of Mali, which has been ruled by a military junta for more than three years, has voted for a new penal code that…

Global News

Added on: 11/01/2024

Marielle Franco’s killers sentenced to 78 and 59 years in jail

10/31/2024

A Brazilian court on Thursday sentenced the two killers of iconic Black LGBTQ activist and councilwoman Marielle Franco to 78 and 59 years in jail, respectively, after a…

Global News

Added on: 10/31/2024

As homophobic influencers peddle lies and hatred, wave of assaults hits Ivory Coast

10/30/2024

Anti-LGBT hatred is surging in the formerly somewhat safe West African nation of Ivory Coast, as this news site reported last month in the article “Ivory Coast:…

Global News

Added on: 10/31/2024

Brazil Trial Begins Over Murder Of Iconic Activist Franco

10/30/2024

Two ex-police officers went on trial in Brazil on Wednesday over the 2018 assassination of charismatic black LGBT activist Marielle Franco, a Rio de Janeiro councilor who…

Global News

Added on: 10/31/2024

Uganda’s anti-LGBTQ+ law forces climate activist into exile: ‘I can’t stop now’

10/30/2024

Climate activist Nyombi Morris became outspoken about LGBTQ+ rights after his sister was outed as a lesbian and expelled from school. Last year, Uganda passed a new…

Global News

Added on: 10/30/2024

A Brissy LGBT Pub Kicked A Man Out For Wearing A Trump Hat & He Wants An Apology

10/30/2024

A man who was kicked out of LGBTQIA+ venue The Wickham because wearing a Donald Trump ‘TRUMP 2024’ hat has asked for an apology. Robert Holt says…

Global News

Added on: 10/30/2024

England urged to follow Scotland on LGBT education in schools

10/29/2024

England has been urged to follow Scotland in introducing an LGBTI action plan, with praise for inclusive education policies. In 2018 the UK Government published a comprehensive…

Global News

Added on: 10/23/2024

Uganda: Criminalization shrinks online civic space for LGBTQ people – report

10/23/2024

Online attacks against Uganda’s LGBTQ communities have drastically increased, owing to overly broad laws that criminalize various aspects of the lives of LGBTQ people and entrench discrimination,…

Global News

Added on: 10/23/2024

LGBTQ+ aid workers reflect on a year in Gaza, working with queer Palestinians

10/22/2024

Gaza was different. Over the past two years, Rain Dove Dubilewski has been on the ground helping evacuate conflict areas such as Ukraine, Uganda, and Venezuela. But…

Global News

Added on: 10/22/2024

2 transgender women stabbed to death at home in northwest Pakistan

10/21/2024

Two men armed with daggers killed two transgender women at their home in conservative northwest Pakistan overnight before fleeing the scene, police said, a sign of increasing…

Global News

Added on: 10/21/2024

Moscow police detained over 50 people in raid on LGBTQ+ venues

10/20/2024

Police in Moscow raided two gay clubs last weekend, detaining over 50 people, in what Novaya Gazeta Europe described as the continued escalation of the Russian government’s crackdown…

Global News

Added on: 10/19/2024

Poland publishes civil partnership bill in boost for LGBT couples

10/18/2024

Poland moved a step closer to legalising civil partnerships with the publication of a draft law on Friday that the minister responsible for the legislation hailed as…