Tag: Bangladesh
South Asia’s LGBTQ Muslims turn to social media for support
As a sexual minority within a conservative religion, LGBTQ Muslims in South Asia are supporting each other on social media platforms in a climate of fear and discrimination.
Nepal’s Civil Service Increasingly Transgender-Inclusive
More than 600 transgender people applied for civil service jobs in Nepal last year, according to a government report released last week. LGBT rights activists hail the announcement as practical progress toward implementing Nepal’s identity-based legal third gender category.
Bangladesh LGBT community under hate crime threat
Weeks after suspected Islamist militants hacked Bangladesh’s most prominent gay rights activist to death in his apartment along with an associate, another friend received a chilling message that he was next in line.