J. Lester Feder
St. Petersburg Lawmaker Leads Mob Attack On LGBT Festival
Several participants fell ill after hooligans sprayed them with a "putrid gas" in a disruption led by local lawmaker Vitaly Milonov.
J. Lester Feder
South Africa, Which Once Led On Promoting LGBT Rights Abroad, Could Become A Roadblock
Advocates fear South Africa might turn against an LGBT rights resolution at the UN that it sponsored three years ago.
J. Lester Feder
Attack On Gay German Activist Could Actually Prompt Serbia To Bring Back Pride March
If Serbia wants to become a member of the European Union, it may have to prove to the EU's most powerful country that it is serious about human rights.
J. Lester Feder
German LGBT Rights Activist Hospitalized With Head Injuries After Attack In Serbia
The assailants reportedly shouted "We don't want foreigners in Belgrade" as they beat him with an ashtray.
J. Lester Feder
In Gambia, "Aggravated Homosexuality" Conviction Can Now Result In Life Sentence
The West African nation is the first African country to adopt an anti-LGBT provision since Uganda's anti-LGBT law was struck down by the courts last month.
J. Lester Feder
South African Artist Brings Her Collaborative Portraits Of Trans People To The Americas For The First Time
"We change each other['s] lives with our stories. ... If you offer to draw somebody, they feel very honored and they interpret as a mark of respect."
J. Lester Feder
"Pro-Life Olympics" To Open Next Week In Moscow Despite American Sponsors' Official Cancellation
The World Congress of Families' American organizers called the event off following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, but some will be on hand when it opens on Sept. 10.
J. Lester Feder
Malaysian Religious Police Arrest Two Women On Charges Of Lesbianism
This may be the first time a female couple has been arrested under the country's Shariah laws.
J. Lester Feder
Crimean Leader Promises Crackdown On LGBT People Under Russian Rule
"We don't need such people in Crimea," said Sergei Aksyonov, who leads the Ukrainian region annexed by Russia.
J. Lester Feder
Dubious Recording Keeps Controversy Alive Around Claim That LGBT Ugandans Were Stoned To Death
"There is nothing about the stoning of six people to death — we don't have anything about that," the station's publicity manager told BuzzFeed.
J. Lester Feder
American Organizations Sought Thousands Off Unsubstantiated Story Of Stoning Of LGBT Ugandans
American groups sent out a fundraising appeal over the weekend claiming LGBT people had been stoned to death. But Ugandan activists say there is no evidence that ever happened.
J. Lester Feder
Russia Sentences Notorious Anti-LGBT Activist To Prison — But Not For Anti-LGBT Attacks
Maxim Sergeyevich Martsinkevich was sentenced to five years in a labor camp, but faced no charges for his infamous videos torturing gay men.
J. Lester Feder
Ugandan President Signs Law Criminalizing HIV Transmission
"It seems that Uganda is not committed to scaling down this pandemic — Uganda has chosen to moralize."
J. Lester Feder
People Around The World See Their Stories Repeating In Ferguson
From Uganda to the West Bank, people are seeing an eerie familiarity when looking at events in Ferguson, Mo. Some are sharing their horror, others their advice in how to deal with a police crackdown.
J. Lester Feder
Leading Kenyan Activist Announces Planned Suit Against Country's Sodomy Law
The announcement comes after activists in neighboring Uganda managed to overturn that country's Anti-Homosexuality Act.
J. Lester Feder
Ugandan President Appears To Be Stalling Efforts To Revive Anti-Homosexuality Bill
The government will instruct the attorney general to drop its appeal of a ruling striking down the law, local media report.
J. Lester Feder
Meet The Lawyer Who Helped Defeat Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Act
Nicholas Opiyo grew up avoiding Uganda's brutal rebels and witnessing injustice inflicted by the government. "I saw terrible things happen to my family, and I said no."
J. Lester Feder
Uganda Hires D.C. PR Firm Following Sanctions Over Anti-LGBT Law
The $600,000 contract with Mercury LLC is to monitor coverage and lobby on behalf of President Yoweri Museveni and Uganda.
J. Lester Feder
Uganda's Attorney General Appeals Ruling That Struck Down Anti-Homosexuality Act
The news could cast a pall over a pride event planned in the Ugandan capital on Saturday.
J. Lester Feder
LGBT Activist Confronts Nigerian President During Washington Visit
"If you think the law is unconstitutional, you have the right to go to court," the activist says President Goodluck Jonathan told him.
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