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In February this year 50 Lebanese activists, some carrying rainbow flags, protested against the beating of two gay men by police in a central [...]

In January this year the president of Iceland, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, asked the Social Democrat Alliance to form Government with the Left-Green Movement, thereby [...]

After losing his job because of discrimination, Warsaw-born Szymon Niemiec, 31, was inspired to become a gay activist. He became an organiser of Poland’s [...]

Monterrey-educated Juan, 28, is concerned that the broader Mexican society may not be ready for the current wave of equality reform sweeping his country. [...]

Prague-raised Zdenek, 26, believes the driving impetus behind the Czech Republic passing civil-union legislation was a desire that his country follows its own destiny [...]

Phnom Penh-raised Long, 27, believes the blossoming gay scene in Cambodia’s capital is directly linked to the Government pursuing international investment in his country. [...]

Apia-born Pejay Clark, 30, describes a Samoan culture that not only accepts individuality but also embraces diversity. I am respected in Samoa, because I [...]

Yale law graduate Scott Lopez, 38, said that the same-sex marriage referendum result in California has massive ramifications for gay rights in America. People [...]

Ankara-born, Ali (name substituted), 33, believes the core reason Turkish culture doesn’t understand or accept homosexuality is because there is no word for it [...]

When millions of people cannot make ends meet, who considers discussing such things [as gay rights] in Parliament? said former Ukrainian president Leonid Kravchuk [...]