J. Lester Feder
"Homosexual Propaganda" Law Repealed In Russian Region Of Arkhangelsk
The move isn't necessarily good news for LGBT Russians, however, because it simply streamlines enforcement of the federal law prohibiting the "promotion of non-traditional sexual relationships to minors."
J. Lester Feder
Russian LGBT Activists Prepare For New Wave Of Violence Following Brutal Attack
Sunday's attack on a social gathering at an HIV organization has bred a new fear among activists in Russia, who say they believe it is the first pre-planned assault on a private event.
J. Lester Feder
Human Rights Campaign's Move Into International Work Puts Global LGBT Advocates On Edge
Global LGBTI activists worry HRC's new international initiative could run roughshod over local partners and are concerned that it is partly funded by vulture fund money. "It is not money that should used by anyone for LGBTI work any side of the world. It’s an insult,” said one activist.
J. Lester Feder
Masked Men Attack HIV Organization In St. Petersburg
"Pogroms are becoming a reality," a spokesperson for a coalition of Russian LGBT organizations said of the Sunday attack.
J. Lester Feder
Olympic President Will Meet Russian LGBT Activists, But Not In Sochi
Activists say they have been invited to meet Thomas Bach in Switzerland at an unspecified time instead.
J. Lester Feder
Russian LGBT Activists Say New IOC Chief Ignoring Request To Meet During Russia Visit
Thomas Bach, the head of the IOC, met with Vladimir Putin in Sochi on Monday.
J. Lester Feder
Discredited U.S. Anti-Gay Activist Addresses Russian Parliamentarians Over "Family Values"
Family Research Institute founder Paul Cameron reportedly tells Russia's Duma that one-third of LGBT people support pedophilia.
Max Seddon
The Hidden History Of Same-Sex Marriage In Asia
Marriages around the region show that the desire to wed is not just a part of the Western LGBT rights struggle.
J. Lester Feder
Croatian Parliament Puts Same-Sex Marriage Ban To Popular Vote
A top U.S. official refuses to comment on the decision, saying same-sex marriage isn't a core issue.
J. Lester Feder
Attackers Target LGBT Activists Following Montenegro Pride March
LGBT rights activists have suffered at least three attacks since the first pride march was held in the capital of the Balkan nation last weekend.
J. Lester Feder
Montenegro's "First Openly Gay Man," Target Of Death Threats, Attends Pride March By Skype
Zdravko Cimbaljevic is seeking asylum in Canada after persistent death threats.
J. Lester Feder
First Pride March In Montenegro's Capital Ends With Tear Gas And Arrests
Even before the march began, police arrested a dozen people with Molotov cocktails hoping to disrupt the rally.
J. Lester Feder
Global Anti-Gay Crusader Scott Lively Returns To Russia
Though facing trial for crimes against humanity for his role in Uganda's anti-LGBT movement, Scott Lively heads to Russia this week determined to appear integral to that country's crackdown on LGBT rights.
J. Lester Feder
Montenegro Braces For Second Ever Pride Parade, Months After First Attempt Ended In Violence
The group Queer Montenegro plans a pride march for October 20, just three months after the Balkan nation's first pride march ended in violent protests.
J. Lester Feder
Killers Of "Chile's Matthew Shepard" Found Guilty
Daniel Zamudio, a 24-year-old gay man, was beaten unconscious and had swastikas carved into his skin in the fatal 2012 attack. His death led to the passage of a hate crime law in Chile and energized LGBT rights movements across Latin America.
J. Lester Feder
Same-Sex Couple Wins Legal Challenge To Their Marriage In Colombia
Their victory is the latest twist in the country's winding struggle over same-sex marriage.
J. Lester Feder
Iranians Arrested In Raid On "Homosexuals And Satanists" Could Face Death Penalty
Iran gets ready to charge up to 20 people following a raid on a party in the western city of Kermanshah.
J. Lester Feder
Moldova Drops "Homosexual Propaganda" Ban
"Our dear politicians have gone mad with homosexual desires," lamented Gennady Valutsè of the religious conservative group ProOrtodoxia.
J. Lester Feder
Moscow Threatens To Arrest LGBT Activists Because Homosexuality Is A Sin
"Holding events linked with the discussion of sexual minority issues in places the public can visit openly is a provocation that morally harms children," wrote Moscow's security office, threatening to arrest participants in a rally planned by controversial LGBT activist Nikolai Alexeyev.
J. Lester Feder
How A Gay Canadian Filmmaker Jailed In Egypt Went Back Into The Closet To Save His Life
Canadian filmmaker John Greyson's family feared he would die in an Egyptian prison if it were known he was gay, so his partner of 17 years went back in the closet.
J. Lester Feder
