Groups of local activists joined Saturday evening, Dec. 1, to protest the renewed push in the Ugandan Parliament for a bill that would further criminalize...
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton reaffirmed her commitment to increasing acceptance of LGBT people around the world during a speech at the State Department...
“The constitution will not allow the majority to oppress the minority.” Ladislaus Rwakafuzi, a human rights attorney, responding to news that the Legal and Parliamentary...
“This bill won’t stop us. We will continue to fight until we are free of this legislation. We cannot have oppression forever.” Frank Mugisha, executive...
“I will not accept to be intimidated or directed by any government in the world on matters of homosexuality.” Uganda’s Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga...
Activists Arrested, But Uganda Pride a Success Despite arrests, some participants of Uganda's first LGBT Pride festival say the inaugural event was a relative success,...
“It is critical for all Ugandans – the government and citizens alike – to speak out against discrimination, harassment and intimidation of anyone. That’s true...
Moscow Authorities Ban Gay Pride For A Century After many attempts by LGBT activists to obtain permission to hold a gay pride parade, the Moscow...
Activists around the globe marked the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO) Thursday, May 17, a date chosen to mark the World Health Organization's...
US Senator James Inhofe, a Republican from Oklahoma, went on Rachel Maddow‘s show on Thursday, March 15. He appeared on the show to promote his...
Award launched in honor of David Kato Jamaican gay-rights activist Maurice Tomlinson has been named the initial recipient of the annual David Kato Vision &...
Minister breaks up LGBT conference in Uganda An LGBT activists' conference in Uganda was raided Tuesday by the nation's State Minister for Ethics and Integrity...
As the Associated Press claims that Uganda’s newly re-introduced Anti-Homosexuality Bill (AHB)...
Calling Uganda’s anti-homosexuality bill “manifestly inconsistent with Uganda’s international human rights obligations,” a U.S. State Department spokeswoman tells Metro Weekly it continues to oppose the...
Moderator Cary Alan Johnson, executive director of the International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission, noted that more than 80 countries around the world still...