Elton John has told Russia’s President Vladimir Putin that he has met Russians abused under legislation banning "homosexual propaganda".
Gay activists, LGBT community members and the UN have warned that a Bill banning same-sex unions could legitimise homophobic violence in Nigeria.
Gay rights activists have paraded through India’s capital to demand an end to the stigmatisation of gays, lesbians and transgenders in the country.
An unintentional activist is helping young homosexuals faced with hatred in Russia after starting a closed forum for them to interact.
Human Rights Watch released a report on the violence that underprivileged, black lesbians and trans men face on a day to day basis.
Students say schools are often hostile to diverse sexual orientations and to gender rights.
Very few of the LGBT people and their supporters who celebrated Pride month recently could have known of an attack on their constitutional freedoms.
Buoyed by New York’s legalisation of gay marriage, thousands of LGBT rights supporters have taken to the streets of Paris demanding similar reforms.
I thought I knew all about prejudices against sexual minorities. After all, I have self-identified as gay for more than 10 years.
Students will stage an anti-homophobia protest at UCT on Thursday following what they term "hate crimes" against homosexuals at the institution.
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/ 12 October 2007
The United States should reconsider funding anti-HIV/Aids strategies in Uganda, where recipients of such money violate the rights of homosexuals, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said. The watchdog group, in a letter to US officials on Thursday, said Ugandan officials and the media have intensified attacks on the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.