Posts tagged Nigeria

Dozens of attendees at a party in Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, have been arrested by local authorities after a raid on a hotel room where an …

Kicking off tonight (Thursday, 28 November) and running tomorrow and all weekend, TILDE, Melbourne’s trans and gender diverse film festival is taking place at the …

Australia is the 17th safest country for LGBT travellers according to new research, ahead of the United States but behind Canada, the United Kingdom and …

A petition has been launched to free two gay Saudi journalists, who have been detained in Australia after seeking asylum in the country. Brian Greig …

The UK Home Office has refused at least 3,100 asylum claims from people identifying as LGBTIQ, from countries where same-sex acts are criminalised, it has …

As we look ahead to 2015, the Star Observer reflects — in no particular order — on some of the highs and lows of gay and lesbian news in 2014, and what had people around Australia talking.

THE Ethiopian government is preparing to further strengthen its anti-gay laws this week, with a bill to make homosexual acts a non-pardonable offence. The country’s Council …

 An open letter from the Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations Dear Ambassador Ayo Olukanni, Nigerian anti-gay legislation threatens to violate fundamental human rights and devastate …

NOBEL Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu has joined several African authors in criticising the growing homophobia on their continent in light of nations like Uganda …

This week’s top stories in Star Observer LGBTI news Ugandan president blocks homophobic bill REPORTS have emerged that Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has blocked the Anti-Homosexuality Bill. …