World of Politics

US: Bayard Rustin, gay civil rights icon, pardoned by California governor for anti-gay charges

Rustin, a confidant of Martin Luther King Jr. and organizer of the 1963 March on Washington, was arrested in 1953 when he was found having sex with two men. He served 50 days in jail.

Stonewall 50: Where next for LGBT+ lives?

"I think it's unfortunate that people argue over who threw the first brick because the relevant thing is not who threw the first brick, but who built the movement, who stayed around and who actually did the tough work," LGBT+ rights activist Power said.

Poland: "Zones free from LGBT ideology" are emerging in Poland.

Local governments, especially in eastern Poland, adopt resolutions in which they declare that they are zones "free from LGBT ideology". Can a similar situation take place in the Lubuskie Province?

Tanzania: Govt Should Change Its Tune on LGBTIQ Health and Rights

“Because of government, LGBT people don’t have a place to get training [on sexual health]. People don’t get lubricants, they don’t get condoms, they don’t get services. In short, we are dying.”

Annual Review of the situation of LGBTI people paints a picture at odds with a widespread notion that in Europe the work is done

Amid rising hate speech and crime, vulnerable people across Europe find themselves disconnected from the popular story of the region’s success in securing LGBTI rights, major human rights review finds.