J. Lester Feder
United Nations To Consider Creating An LGBT Rights Officer
Five South American countries are expected to propose creating a new office concerned with LGBTI people's rights during next week's meeting of the Human Rights Council.
J. Lester Feder
Nigeria's Former President Thinks Anti-LGBT Law Could Be Revisited
Former President Goodluck Jonathan said in a speech in London the law may need to be revised as part of a discussion on how citizens can be "treated equally and without discrimination."
J. Lester Feder
Norway Is The Latest Country To Make Life Way Easier For Transgender People
Norway is the fourth country in Europe to adopt a law that gives transgender people full control over the gender listed on their documents.
J. Lester Feder
Can The Olympics Bring Marriage Equality To Japan?
A push for marriage equality is building in Japan, but same-sex couples aren’t leading the charge. J. Lester Feder reports from Tokyo.
J. Lester Feder
Italy Finally Creates Civil Unions For Same-Sex Couples
The bill will end Italy's status as the only country in Western Europe with no legal protections for same-sex couples.
J. Lester Feder
This Map Shows The Best And Worst Places To Be Trans In Europe In 2016
Europe now has three countries where transgender people can change their documentation without a doctor's approval.
J. Lester Feder
These Are The LGBT Activists Hacked To Death By Al-Qaeda In Bangladesh
Xulhaz Mannan and Tonoy Mahbub were killed in Dhaka. One man has been arrested in connection with their deaths.
J. Lester Feder
Police Arrest Islamic Militant Over Death Of LGBT Activists In Bangladesh
Xulhaz Mannan and Tonoy Mahbub were killed in April. The Bangladeshi branch of al-Qaeda has claimed responsibility for the killings.
J. Lester Feder
Would-Be Asylum Seekers Are Stuck At Guantanamo Bay
The Obama administration says it has no plans to end a decades-old program that holds would-be asylum seekers without access to lawyers on the same legal grounds underpinning the detentions of those held in the so-called “war on terror.”
J. Lester Feder
Indonesian Police Say They Disrupted "Same-Sex Wedding" In Rural Java
The report is being used by lawmakers who say the government must block LGBT "propaganda."
J. Lester Feder
An Ambassador Visited A School With His Husband And Now Religious Leaders Want Him Fired
"The ambassador of the U.S. and his husband [were] in a school promoting gay relationships," people protested on social media.
J. Lester Feder
The Next Big LGBT "Propaganda" Ban Is Being Written In Indonesia
Lawmakers pledged to begin work after the country's historically moderate Islamic organization declared that "LGBT activities should be prohibited and categorized as crimes.” Rin Hindryati reports from Jakarta and BuzzFeed News' Lester Feder from Washington.
J. Lester Feder
You Can Say Good-Bye To Gay Characters In China's TV Shows
"No television drama shall show abnormal sexual relationships and behaviors," new guidelines say.
J. Lester Feder
This Powerful Remix Of "Same Love" Puts The Original To Shame
"Especially in Africa and everywhere — this goes out to you."
J. Lester Feder
Former Indonesian Cabinet Minister Calls For "Homosexuals" To Be "Put To Death"
The minister, now a member of Parliament, later deleted the tweet under a hail of criticism and alleged he'd been "bullied."
J. Lester Feder
Muslim School For Trans Women Shut Down In Indonesia
The school, which made headlines as a symbol of Indonesia's religious pluralism, has been closed amid an unprecedented wave of anti-LGBT rhetoric in the country.
J. Lester Feder
Italian Senate Adopts Civil Union Bill
But LGBT rights groups say the package is discriminatory and vow to keep fighting "in the streets and in the courts."
J. Lester Feder
Russia Proposes Dedicated Health Facilities To Treat “Gender Identity Disorders”
The facilities would also be mandated to have “at least one dildo” among their tools.
Victor Stepanov
Indonesia Is Fighting About LGBT Rights Like It Never Has Before
The country, home to more of the world's Muslims than any other country, has never seen this kind of showdown over LGBT rights.
J. Lester Feder
Czech Officials Launch Criminal Investigation Into 30 Gay Men Over HIV Exposure
The men are accused of violating laws making it a crime to expose others to HIV. One activist called it a “public health witch hunt.”
J. Lester Feder
