LGBT posters call for acceptance in Baghdad
Posters advocating the acceptance of homosexuality have been spread on different streets in Baghdad, calling for tolerance and coexistence. On Monday, photos of posters supporting…
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Muslim and LGBT communities will celebrate Ramadan together this year in London
Members of London’s LGBT community will join Muslims in celebrating Ramadan this year, with a special iftar planned for June 24. Pride in London, the…
There are hackers fighting ISIS: An Arab beauty queen and pro-LGBT trolls
Violence. Extremism. Hate. The three main pillars of the IS terrorist machine. The jihadist group, better known locally as Daech, became more internationally recognized in 2014…
How Turkish LGBTQ are preparing for Constitutional Vote? – Photos
If Turkey’s constitution is amended on the 16th of April, nationalism could rise – and the already imperilled queer community may bear the brunt of…
Iraq, Tunisia and Lebanon have made progressive steps forward in LGBTI rights
In the last 12 months, Martin Luther King’s “arc of the moral universe” has bent towards lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) human rights….
New York’s biggest LGBTQ synagogue gets a new building after 40 years of wandering – PHOTOS
The forms aren’t discreet, but then again, neither are the four rainbow flags hanging on the lobby wall, or the Black Lives Matter sign leaning…
In Israel, Modern Orthodoxy embraces the religious LGBTs — partly
When Ben Katz witnessed the violence that beset the 2015 Jerusalem Gay Pride parade, which saw an ultra-Orthodox man go on a stabbing rampage that…
UN pushes Europe and Arab countries into LGBT agenda
UN Human Rights Council narrowly adopted a resolution establishing the position of “independent expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and…
Turkey Has No Excuse to Ban Istanbul Pride March
Istanbul’s sixteenth Pride March is set to take place on July 1. But even as the city’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex community (LGBTI)…
Saudi Arabia Reps Tout Production Incentives, Get Grilled on Women’s Rights
Saudi Arabia will offer generous tax incentives as it looks to lure Hollywood studios to the desert kingdom and bolster its local film and television industry….