Posts tagged Outright Action International

KAMPALA: 67 people are facing charges in Uganda after police raided a gay bar which is considered to be one of the last safe spaces …

“Same-sex relations are a crime in around 70 countries. Today that number has decreased by one.”

Forced anal examinations have largely been used to ‘prove’ whether or not a man is gay in countries where homosexuality is criminalised.

Twenty-two countries across Europe currently require sterilisation for legal gender amendment.

Belize is the first Caribbean country to change its anti-sodomy laws

Each month, with the help of Kaleidoscope Australia Human Rights Foundation, the Star Observer’s “Snapshot” segment shines a light on the current state of LGBTI rights and law reform in one of our regional neighbours. This month, we take a look at Myanmar (formerly Burma).