It’s June, and June means that we’re entering the heart of Pride season here in the United States. Around the country, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and their allies are comi...
Today, May 17, Amnesty International celebrates International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia. This IDAHOT, Amnesty International condemns the ongoing discrimination, violence, ...
https://blog.amnestyusa.org/africa/idahot-2016-lgbt-human-rights-around-the-world/
This week, Azam Farmonov, a prisoner of conscience in Uzbekistan, is spending his 37th birthday in prison. Azam has spent the last ten years jailed for peacefully exercising his right to freedom ...
https://blog.amnestyusa.org/asia/on-your-birthday-you-are-not-forgotten/
In January 2014, a 24-year-old Polish gay man was murdered shortly after leaving a club in Szczecin. His body was found on a nearby construction site, his face covered in bruises and his pants pu...
https://blog.amnestyusa.org/europe/poland-its-time-to-take-hate-crimes-seriously/
“When we got together, we didn’t think about getting married – we couldn’t really imagine that would ever be possible.” Last weekend, I went back to North Carolina to witness the weddi...
https://blog.amnestyusa.org/us/victory-marriage-equality-is-a-right/
Across the globe, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people (LGBT) continue to face endemic violence, legal discrimination, and other human rights violations on account of their sexual orien...
https://blog.amnestyusa.org/africa/the-state-of-lgbt-rights-worldwide/
Around the world, people face violent attacks and threats simply because of who they are or whom they have sex with. But some brave activists are still standing up for their rights. To mark the...
Following in the steps of Russia’s draconian 2013 anti-LGBT law, Kazakhstan’s Senate has passed a similar law banning “propaganda of non-traditional sexual orientation.” This new legislat...
https://blog.amnestyusa.org/asia/kazakhstan-reject-anti-lgbt-propaganda-law/
On January 23, journalist Elena Klimova, the founder of the online LGBT youth support group Children 404, was convicted of “propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations among minors.” The j...
https://blog.amnestyusa.org/europe/russia-defending-lgbt-rights-is-not-propaganda/
By Andy Graan, Amnesty International USA Country Specialist for Serbia, Macedonia, and Western Europe LGBT activists and supporters in Serbia have been working tirelessly to prepare for Belgrade ...