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Out in the World: East Africa's conversion therapy problem exposed

Out in the World: East Africa's conversion therapy problem exposed

  • by Heather Cassell
  • Jul 7, 2021

International and African LGBTQ organizations have called for a redirection of aid after an in-depth investigative report alleged government and private foreign investments unknowingly fund conversion therapy practices in East Africa.

Out in the World: EU leaders lash out at Hungary, launch legal action

Out in the World: EU leaders lash out at Hungary, launch legal action

  • by Heather Cassell
  • Jun 30, 2021

A General Affairs Council meeting of European leaders in Luxembourg last week erupted in heated debate, with some members having harsh words for Hungary following the passage of a discriminatory anti-LGBTQ law there.

Out in the World: Blinken discusses LGBTQ rights

Out in the World: Blinken discusses LGBTQ rights

  • by Heather Cassell
  • Jun 30, 2021

During Pride Month, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken sat down with gay journalist Jonathan Capehart to discuss LGBTQ rights.

Out in the World: 'Sheer Qorma's' Muslim Indian love story breaks barriers

Out in the World: 'Sheer Qorma's' Muslim Indian love story breaks barriers

  • by Heather Cassell
  • Jun 24, 2021

Award-winning nonbinary Parsi Indian filmmaker Faraz Arif Ansari is breaking barriers once again with their new film, "Sheer Qorma."

Queer Reading: Novel tells gay man's traumatic journey to freedom

Queer Reading: Novel tells gay man's traumatic journey to freedom

  • by Heather Cassell
  • Jun 23, 2021

Sitting in the Denver home that he shares with his husband, gay first-time novelist Luai Qubain is free, living his dream, and heading into his future. His freedom was not without a price, however, and it was painfully hard won.

Out in the World: Hungary's parliament OKs anti-LGBTQ propaganda law

Out in the World: Hungary's parliament OKs anti-LGBTQ propaganda law

  • by Heather Cassell
  • Jun 16, 2021

Hungary's parliament voted 157-1 in favor of the anti-LGBTQ propaganda law June 15.

Out in the World: Judge denies bail for 21 Ghanaian LGBTQ activists

Out in the World: Judge denies bail for 21 Ghanaian LGBTQ activists

  • by Heather Cassell
  • Jun 9, 2021

A judge in Ghana denied bail for 21 LGBTQ activists who were arrested during a police raid of a human rights conference in the West African country.

Out in the World: Key elections include record number of LGBTQ candidates

Out in the World: Key elections include record number of LGBTQ candidates

  • by Heather Cassell
  • Jun 2, 2021

Several key elections with LGBTQ candidates on the ballots are playing out in Chile, Mexico, and Vietnam just in time for Pride Month.

Out in the World: Philippine human rights commission outraged by trans man's killing

Out in the World: Philippine human rights commission outraged by trans man's killing

  • by Heather Cassell
  • May 26, 2021

The Philippine Commission on Human Rights and the national police vow justice for the killing earlier this month of online personality Ebeng Mayor, a transgender man.

Out in the World: Lithuanians protest ahead of civil partnership bill

Out in the World: Lithuanians protest ahead of civil partnership bill

  • by Heather Cassell
  • May 19, 2021

Thousands of protesters turned out to demonstrate against a proposed same-sex civil partnerships bill that members of Lithuania's Parliament are anticipated to debate next month.

Out in the World: Ugandan LGBTQ activists respond to government attempts to further criminalize homosexuality

Out in the World: Ugandan LGBTQ activists respond to government attempts to further criminalize homosexuality

  • by Heather Cassell
  • May 12, 2021

LGBTQ Ugandan activists are mobilizing against the Sexual Offenses Bill 2019 before Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signs it into law.

Out in the World: Czech Republic marriage equality bill moves forward

Out in the World: Czech Republic marriage equality bill moves forward

  • by Heather Cassell
  • May 5, 2021

Lawmakers passing the country's same-sex marriage bill's first vote in parliament's lower chamber April 29 thrilled LGBTQ Czechs.

Out in the World: Gay Kakuma refugee's death prompts study

Out in the World: Gay Kakuma refugee's death prompts study

  • by Heather Cassell
  • Apr 28, 2021

The Organization for Refuge, Asylum and Migration recently launched an in-depth research project to examine the conditions of LGBTQ asylum seekers and refugees at the Kakuma Refugee Camp in northern Kenya.

Out in the World: US embassies to fly Pride flag again

Out in the World: US embassies to fly Pride flag again

  • by Heather Cassell
  • Apr 28, 2021

In another reversal of the previous administration, U.S. embassies received a cable from Secretary of State Antony Blinken last week containing a "blanket authorization" to raise the Pride flag this year.