Tag: Middle East
Israel has been an LGBTQ haven in the Middle East. New government change that?
LGBTQ Israelis are reeling from the hostility they sense from their new government and at the fragility of the laws protecting them
Disney is branded hypocritical for opposing Florida’s so-called «Don’t Say Gay» bill
Disney has been branded hypocritical for publicly condemning Florida’s so-called «Don’t Say Gay» bill despite voluntarily cutting «overtly gay affection» from its films to appease homophobic foreign governments.
Facing the Myths: LGBT Voices from the Middle East and North Africa
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people living in the Middle East and North Africa share their responses to myths and stereotypes about LGBT people in the region on a new video and special feature released today by the Arab Foundation for Freedoms and Equality (AFE) and Human Rights Watch.
Trump administration launches global effort to end criminalisation of homosexuality
The administration is responding in part to a reported hanging of a young gay man in Iran, Trump’s top geopolitical foe.
New report: Progress on LGBTQ issues in the Middle East and North Africa
Today, OutRight Action International, a LGBTIQ human rights organisation, releases the report, Activism and Resilience: LGBTQ Progress in the Arabic-speaking States in the Middle East and North Africa Region.
‘No Longer Alone’: LGBTQ Voices from the Middle East, North Africa
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and Queer/Questioning (LGBTQ) activists from Arabic-speaking countries in the Middle East and North Africa are defying state-sponsored repression and social stigma, Human Rights Watch and the Arab Foundation for Freedoms and Equality (AFE) said in a video series issued today, accompanied by a new report by Human Rights Watch.