“They Want to Exterminate Us”
>Harrowing reports about the torture and execution of LGBT people in Iraq are contained in a report by Human Rights Watch. The 67 page report,… Read More »“They Want to Exterminate Us”
World
Support for Ezra Nawi
>Ezra Nawi, a Jewish gay Israeli, helps poor locals who love him, and thwarting settlers and soldiers who view him with contempt. It is perhaps… Read More »Support for Ezra Nawi
Hope for LGB People in Zimbabwe
>The Guardian today reports that lesbian, gay and bisexual Zimbabweans are hoping for the kind of changes that South Africans enjoy. Following years of oppression… Read More »Hope for LGB People in Zimbabwe
19 Years of LGBT Video History Preserved
>Thousands of hours of video news and features on the LGBT and AIDS movements produced by Lou Maletta for his Gay Cable Network (GCN) over… Read More »19 Years of LGBT Video History Preserved
Harvey Milk to Receive Presidential Medal of Freedom
>President Barack Obama plans to award the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to Harvey Milk, one of the country’s first openly gay elected officials. The award… Read More »Harvey Milk to Receive Presidential Medal of Freedom
Rosalie Davies Dies
> Rosalie Davies 1939 – 2009 A British-born attorney who spent decades fighting for the rights of lesbian mothers has died after suffering a massive… Read More »Rosalie Davies Dies
Stonewall Riots Remembered
>It is 40 years today since the Stonewall Riots took place. Jim Fouratt, later founder of the Gay Liberation Front, who was there, and Kenneth… Read More »Stonewall Riots Remembered
Queering Asia
>Asia is set to become the new dominant economic and cultural pole in the next few decades. There remains many questions about human rights in… Read More »Queering Asia
Video: 100 Years of Gay Pride
>In the US, June has been named as Gay Pride Month by both President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton and this year will mark… Read More »Video: 100 Years of Gay Pride
Drop Charges Against Russian Art Curators
>In Moscow, Yury Samodurov, a human rights activist, and Andrey Erofeev, a museum curator, are facing criminal prosecution for organizing an exhibition entitled “Forbidden Art… Read More »Drop Charges Against Russian Art Curators