Former congresswoman Michele Bachmann and head of the Family Research Council (FRC) Tony Perkins were among a group of evangelicals to meet with Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, amid a growing LGBTQ crackdown.
The rhetoric of regional leaders and their modus operandi show that these events are linked by a discourse on so-called traditional values that situates lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people as the aberrant ‘other.’
Kimahli Powell is the executive director of Rainbow Railroad, an organization that helps evacuate LGBTQ refugees from countries where they face persecutio
A school health teacher was suspended with pay and a second day of presentations by a staff member from the Pride Center of the Capital Region was canceled after parents of seventh-grade students raised concerns over a handout about transgender topics.
Egypt’s crackdown on transgender and gay people started almost exactly four years ago, just a few months after General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi seized power.
Actor Anthony Rapp accused Oscar-winner Kevin Spacey of forcing himself on him when he was 14. Spacey responded by coming out of the closet. The timing couldn’t have been worse.
Mona Eltahawy (@monaeltahawy) is the author of “Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution” and a contributing opinion writer.
