Tag: LGBTQ rights
How the Nazis destroyed the first gay rights movement in Europe
Very recently, Germany’s Cabinet approved a bill that will expunge the convictions of tens of thousands of German men for “homosexual acts” under that country’s anti-gay law known as “Paragraph 175”.
LGBT Country Profiles Track Shifting Terrain
Human Rights Watch has published during Pride Month a compilation of the records of 63 countries in recognising and protecting the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people.
EU Parliament demands action on LGBTI rights in Western Balkans
Yesterday, the European Parliament adopted three of its annual reports for candidate and potential candidate EU countries. In those reports MEPs have assessed the rights of LGBTI people in Macedonia, Serbia and Kosovo, and recommended the countries to improve the situation.
French president Emmanuel Macron calls on Putin to protect gay Chechens
French president Emmanuel Macron says he has urged Vladimir Putin to ensure that the rights of LGBT people are protected following allegations of a crackdown on gay men in the Russian republic of Chechnya.
141 Men Arrested in Gay Sauna in Indonesia
On 21 May 2017 at 8PM, 141 men were arrested by Indonesian authorities claiming they were engaging in a “gay sex party” at Atlantis Gym & Sauna in Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta.
Chechnya gay rights: Activists with petition held in Moscow
Five gay rights activists have been detained in Moscow as they tried to deliver a petition to the office of Russia’s prosecutor general.