Jeremy Corbyn has warned Theresa May that she must not abandon LGBT rights in favour of “clinging to power” by aligning with the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).
In the United States and many other parts of the world, this is a worrisome time for LGBT activists, as the pace of civil rights victories has grown uneven and reports of anti-LGBT violence and persecution surface relentlessly.
Countries across Europe, including Germany and Lithuania, have begun opening their doors to gay Chechen refugees on the grounds that they have been persecuted because of their sexual orientation.
The Malaysian government has removed a category on "preventing" homosexuality from a sex education video competition for young people, following an outcry among activists.
In March, police in Dar es Salaam, acting on orders from Tanzanian Deputy Health Minister Hamisi Kigwangalla, arrested 19-year-old William (not his real name) for posting a video on Instagram that led the deputy minister to believe that William was gay.
A poll ordered by Milosc nie wyklucza (MNW; "Love doesn't exclude") in 2015 showed that a majority of Poles supported giving LGBTI people equal rights in every field other than adoption.
Spectrum Initiative Uganda this week held consultative meetings with Ministry of Health to forge a way forward in bettering service delivery to key populations in Uganda.
President Trump’s commitment to upholding civil rights for LGBT people has come into renewed question in the wake of a budget proposal that makes substantial cuts to agencies enforcing non-discrimination laws and cumulative actions over the course of his administration undermining those statutes.
