By Sophia Jones Egyptian plainclothes policemen arrest a supporter of Egypt’s ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi during clashes in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Jan. 3, 2014. Dozens of M... Read more
By Jaye Gaskia I will start by restating and reaffirming my position, earlier aired, that gay rights are human rights; that to be gay is to be human, and that there is nothing immoral or cri... Read more
By Monica Mark Rights worker Olumide Makanjuola says a gay friend agreed to be flogged in an attempt to ‘whip the devil out of him’. Photograph: Sunday Alamba/AP A new crackdown on gender mi... Read more
Some gay Ugandans have fled the country, saying they are being persecuted Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has refused to approve a controversial bill to toughen punishments for homo... Read more
By Hamza Hendawi In this Wednesday, April 24, 2013 file photo, Egyptian Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi salutes during an arrival ceremony for U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hag... Read more
SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin sought Friday to reassure gay visitors to the Sochi Games that they are welcome in Russia despite a law banning gay “propaganda... Read more
By Jaye Gaskia Let us be clear, sexual orientation, and in particular among consenting adults is neither a crime nor inhuman. To be sure variations in sexual orientation is as old as t... Read more
Months after it was passed in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, a bill that criminalizes homosexual relationships in Nigeria has been signed into law by President Goodluck Jo... Read more
By Maggie Michael Egyptian women flash a ‘V for Victory sign’ as they wait in line to vote Photo: EPA CAIRO (AP) — An overwhelming majority of Egyptians who voted on t... Read more
By Ilya Gridneff JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Officials in South Sudan say the U.N. has gathered evidence of gruesome attacks being carried out in the country’s month-old conflict. The off... Read more
