Society / Gay Rights
Articles about Gay Rights, ordered by date. 
‘They want to erase us’
After the government introduced one of the harshest anti-gay laws in the world, LGBTQI+ Ugandans have been living in an increased climate of fear. Amid preparations for a landmark case challenging the law, Sophie Neiman speaks to the people who are promoting the legislation, and the human rights activists putting everything on the line to get it overturned.
‘As long as the world keeps running, we’ll be here’
Branded as terrorists by President Erdoğan’s hardline regime, LGBTQI+ people in Turkey are finding ways to express themselves and build solidarity, writes Tuğçe Özbiçer.
LGBTQI+ backlash
LGBTQI+ people have been scapegoated and put at risk during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Vanishing point
The city can provide cover and anonymity to those who seek it, explains David Nnanna Ikpo.
Hezbollah check on rights
Morgan Meaker on Hezbollah's check on gay rights.
‘Curing’ homosexuality
LGBT+ people are still subjected to forced confinement, medication and even electric shocks to try to change their sexual orientation, writes Alessio Perrone.
Introducing... Leo Varadkar
Will Leo Varadkar, Ireland’s new, gay Taoiseach, live up to high expectations? Richard Swift reports.
Staying alive
Visibility offers no protection for trans people in Brazil. Amanda Palha analyses the roots of violence and exclusion faced by her community – and its fight to stay alive.
Transgender – the facts
This New Internationalist fact spread looks the number of trans people around the world, the violence and discrimination they face, health, education, work, legal protections and vulnerabilities.
Nine seriously easy things to do… to support trans people
Small things, as suggested by CN Lester. But if every cis – or ‘not trans’ – person followed them, we’d be living in a kinder world.
The trans revolution
It’s in the air – and calling for a mindset reset. Vanessa Baird tracks the course of transgender rights and their liberating potential for us all.
The anti-gay gospel
How foreign funds amplify hate in Uganda, by Patience Akumu.
A word with Peter Tatchell
The human rights activist has seen - and suffered - a lot in his decades of campaigning. But, he tells Cristiana Moisescu, he still believes in forgiveness.
Russia's war on its gay citizens
Isabella Moore photographs those bearing the brunt of the latest crackdown on LGBTI rights.
Argument – Should hate speech be a crime?
Feminist Joyce Arthur and gay rights activist Peter Tatchell weigh up the pros and cons.
John ‘Bosco’ Nyombi: flight and detention
John ‘Bosco’ Nyombi was removed from Britain to months of fear and persecution as a gay man in Uganda. Eventually, a British judge ruled his removal illegal and ordered that he be brought back. He tells Dinyar Godrej about his journey.
Love in a grey zone
In Bangladesh, homosexuality is illegal. Delwar Hussain talks to Suleman, a gay imam, about what this means for him and his partner.
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