Letter to the Indian Foreign Minister on Human Rights Crisis in Afghanistan
Protest Demands End to Harmful Surgeries on Intersex Children
Hospital Should Halt Medically Unnecessary Surgeries
![Demonstrators gather for an #EndIntersexSurgery protest outside Weill-Cornell hospital in New York City in August 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/09/202108us_intersex_surgery.jpg?h=45f12da3&itok=vt71IlU-)
No End to Chechnya’s Violent Anti-Gay Campaign
Kidnapping, Interrogation Exposes Brutal Intent
![Campaigners protest for LGBT rights in Chechnya outside the Russian embassy in London, Britain on June 2, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/08/202108chechnya_lgbt_rights_russia.jpg?h=c8e955ed&itok=qCERhLTZ)
Political Homophobia Ramps Up
![Demonstrators wrapped in LGBT and European Union flags are seen on August 30, 2020 in Warsaw, Poland. © 2020 Aleksander Kalka/NurPhoto via AP](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/08/202108lgbt_eu_pride.jpg?h=f26cc6a9&itok=6UX9_lvM)
Video Captures Vicious Transphobic Attack in Cameroon
Repeal Anti-Homosexuality Law, Protect LGBT People
![Patricia and Shakiro, two transgender women who were convicted in May of "attempted homosexuality," record a video after their release to thank those who supported them in Douala, Cameroon, July 16, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/08/202108cameroon_lgbt_rights_trans.jpg?h=6eb229a4&itok=JqpgRc9q)
Homophobic Ghanaian ‘Family Values’ Bill is Odious and Beggars Belief
Russia, Nigeria, Uganda and Hungary have all passed odious laws in recent years that discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. Ghana’s proposed legislation takes bad parts from all of these and adds some.
![A young lesbian woman at an LGBT community center in Accra, Ghana.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201801africa_ghana_lgbt_main.jpg?itok=-GDbeMw_)
Uzbekistan: Forced Anal Testing in Homosexuality Prosecutions
President Should Immediately Prohibit Torturous Exams
![Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev speaking in Qingdao, China on June 9, 2018. © 2018 AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko.”](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/08/202108lgbt_Uzbeki_President.jpg?h=6f98d453&itok=GYiwu-0O)
"Clean the Streets of Faggots"
Digital Targeting of LGBT People by Middle East/North Africa Governments
![Sarah Hegazy, Egyptian LGBTQ activist, photographed by a friend who wished to remain anonymous, at a Mashrou’ Leila concert in Cairo in 2017 © 2020 anonymous.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/08/202108lgbt_sarah_hegazy_0.jpg?h=93582055&itok=UQTTUF4a)
The Trouble With the ‘LGBT Community’
![LGBT activists in Beirut, Lebanon shout slogans and hold up a rainbow flag as they march to demand equal rights in a country gripped by economic and financial crisis, June 27, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/07/202107lgbt_MENA_Overview.jpg?h=49e8d009&itok=4t-Z7Gh-)
Argentina Recognizes Non-Binary Identities
Decree Allows for Third Gender Option in Identification Documents
![President Alberto Fernández (center) with other authorities and members of social organizations, form an 'X', at the Bicentennial Museum in Casa Rosada, Buenos Aires, Argentina, on July 21, 2021](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/07/202107argentina_non_binary.jpg?h=f89ea7c3&itok=isq5Obie)
Panama’s Gender-Based Lockdown and the Resilience of Transgender Activism
An Interview with Pau González of Hombres Trans Panamá
![Pau González. © Alexandra Gil](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/07/202107lgbt_Panama_PauGonzalez_1.jpg?h=b70c9d42&itok=Ufz1aRyz)
Lawmakers Are Harming LGBTQ+ Youth
![Protesters gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington, DC on Oct. 8, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/03/202103lgbt_trans_protest.jpg?h=82591ca0&itok=7nGhrh2Z)
Japan: Prime Minister Should Back LGBT Equality Act
Activists’ Videos Highlight Long Struggle for Equality
![EqualityActJapan](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/11/eaj_logo_2_jpg.jpg?h=f988c29a&itok=EZcSWgGx)
New York City Hospitals Prohibit Unnecessary Intersex Surgeries
Ending Early ‘Normalizing’ Interventions Signals Commitment to Rights
![People rally to end intersex surgeries in New York City, October 27, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/07/202107us_new_york_intersex_surgeries.jpg?h=63e300f9&itok=yOxSz51n)