Fear and Loathing

India: I'm Queer And I Couldn't Care Less About Section 377

There are much more pressing issues facing the queer community besides an archaic law that criminalises anal sex, and this is particularly true for women and trans people.

Malaysia: Alarm over course to convert transgender women in Terengganu

A Malaysian state plans to run a conversion therapy course aimed at transgender women, officials said yesterday, sparking alarm among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) activists in the conservative Muslim-majority country.

UK: This Is What Russian LGBT Activists And Human Rights Campaigners Told Boris Johnson

BuzzFeed News joined the foreign secretary in Moscow as he met campaigners fighting for basic freedoms. “This is the worst human rights crisis we have seen in Russia’s contemporary history,” one said.

Nepal: Protect rights of LGBTI people, ICJ tells govt

International Commission of Jurists has called on the Government of Nepal to fully implement the court's ruling on the protection of the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people.

US: Trump’s Judicial Assault on LGBT Rights

 The record speed with which President Trump is reshaping the courts, coupled with the staggeringly high number of judges with anti-LGBT records whom he has nominated for lifetime appointments (nearly one-third of those nominated), is triggering a growing and vast judicial crisis for LGBT people, with sweeping consequences that will last decades after Trump is gone.