J. Lester Feder
New Bill Calls For Creation Of First U.S. Special Envoy For LGBT Rights
"For the United States to hold true to our commitment to defending the human rights of all people around the world, we must stand with the LGBT community in their struggle for recognition and equality everywhere."
J. Lester Feder
Uganda's Foreign Minister Sails Through U.N. Election Despite Concerns Over LGBT Law
Sam Kutesa has been unanimously elected president of the United Nations General Assembly.
J. Lester Feder
New Law Puts Denmark At The Forefront Of Trans Rights In Europe
New legislation removes requirements for a diagnosis of "gender identity disorder" and forced sterilization for those seeking to change their gender on legal documents.
J. Lester Feder
Seventeen Transwomen Arrested In Malaysia Ahead Of Court Challenge To Sharia Law
"They will be sentenced to a male prison, heads shaved, psychological impact is high!"
J. Lester Feder
Leading Jamaican Newspaper Endorses Marriage Equality
"It is unassailable logic" that a ban on same-sex couples marrying "represents an assault on the principle of equality of people," via the Jamaica Gleaner.
J. Lester Feder
Slovakia Becomes The Seventh EU Country To Ban Same-Sex Marriage
This makes it the third European Union member state to ban same-sex couples from marrying since 2012.
J. Lester Feder
Ugandan Government Launches Investigation Of Leading NGO For "Promoting Homosexuality"
Activists fear this could be the first use of Uganda's new anti-LGBT law as a political weapon.
J. Lester Feder
Obama Administration Stalls Response To Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Act
"Delay is putting lives at risk," said Human Rights Campaign President Chad Griffin.
J. Lester Feder
British Judge Denies Catholic Parents' Request To Block Their Children's Adoption By Same-Sex Couple
"The children will not be able to be brought up in the Catholic faith because of the conflicts between Catholicism and homosexuality," the parents argued. A British judge said that's no reason to block the adoption.
J. Lester Feder
Africa Has Its First Black, Out Gay Member Of Parliament
Zakhele Mbhele takes office in South Africa as the country has lost its voice on LGBTI rights.
J. Lester Feder
The Anti-Immigrant And Anti-LGBT Rhetoric That Helped Propel The Right Into The European Parliament
"We are a Negro conglomerate, [in] total chaos."
J. Lester Feder
Boost For LGBT Rights In Peru As Leading Politician Comes Out
"I'm gay, and proud to be so," says Carlos Bruce.
J. Lester Feder
One Of Brazil's Top Bishops Endorses Civil Unions For Same-Sex Couples
"They need legal support from society."
J. Lester Feder
Canada Denies Visas To Ugandan LGBT Activists
"The assumption is they are here to claim asylum. The question is: Why can’t they, coming from the most hostile place in the world to LGBTQ people?”
J. Lester Feder
Watch The President Of Colombia Endorse Marriage Equality — Mostly
"Marriage between homosexuals seems to me perfectly acceptable."
J. Lester Feder
African Human Rights Commission Adopts Continent's First Resolution Against Anti-LGBT Violence
"It’s a homegrown resolution saying we are human beings. ... There has never been anything like this before."
J. Lester Feder
Malaysian Court To Decide If Sharia Law That Criminalizes Transwomen Violates Their Rights
”We’re challenging the constitutionality of state Sharia law, which has never been done before.”
J. Lester Feder
African Homophobes Are Politicians, Not Lunatics, Writer Says
"To think that the Africans are doing something that has never been heard of — it's not fair," says the writer of new book about the impact of American anti-LGBT activists in Africa.
J. Lester Feder
Trans People Now Have Their Own Box On Nepali Immigration Form
This is what it looks like.
J. Lester Feder
Hooligans Disrupt Russian LGBT Rights Event By Popping Pink Triangle Balloons
That's the worst attack that happened during this year's nation-wide protest marking the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia.
J. Lester Feder
