Trans Teenager Has Fled Brunei to Seek Refuge in Canada
Zoella Zayce says she didn't feel safe in her home nation due to its anti-LGBTQ laws and culture.
APRIL 17 2019 9:30 AM
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Brunei Reminds Us of the Perils of LGBTQ Travel
Following Brunei's death penalty, misterb&b is adding 30,000 curated gay-friendly, non-discriminatory hotels to its platform. Here's why.
APRIL 09 2019 1:13 PM
Is Donald Trump's Silence on Brunei Due to Sordid Past?
Trump has yet to condemn brutal antigay laws greenlit by the Sultan of Brunei, who also owns The Beverly Hills Hotel -- a popular site for the president's sordid past.
APRIL 03 2019 2:27 PM
Brunei's Antigay Laws Are Too Much Even for Ted Cruz
The notoriously homophobic senator has condemned Brunei's plan to punish gay sex with death by stoning.
APRIL 01 2019 1:50 PM
College Won't Revoke Sultan of Brunei's Honorary Degree
King's College London has rejected an alum's call for the school to rescind the Sultan of Brunei's honorary doctoral law degree.
JUNE 10 2014 11:54 AM
Op-ed: Who Do You Wear to a Stoning?
No, the Beverly Hills Hotel isn't the only big business owned by someone antigay, but one activist says that by condemning it, it could be the last.
MAY 23 2014 4:20 AM
Nothing Has Changed: The Dorchester Hotels Boycott Is Still in Place
The boycott has contributed to the sultan and his Brunei Investment Agency, the sovereign wealth fund of Brunei, losing hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue.
JANUARY 25 2022 2:31 PM
100 LGBTQ Groups, Leaders Urge White House to Condemn Brunei's New Law
Every major LGBTQ rights group was joined alongside prominent elected officials and religious leaders to denounce the Sultan's law allowing the stoning of queer people.
APRIL 11 2019 3:20 PM
Expedia, Trivago Slammed for Booking Sultan of Brunei's Hotels
Activists like Peter Tatchell and Dustin Lance Black say the travel booking companies are complicit in supporting antigay violence.
APRIL 08 2019 2:40 PM
LGBTQ Asian-American Org.: Brunei Stoning Law 'Vicious,' 'Abhorrent'
The National Queer Asian Pacific Alliance wants to know why the Sultan of Brunei passed the most dehumanizing antigay law in decades.
APRIL 07 2019 2:13 PM
Re-Boycott the Beverly Hills Hotel and Its Gay-Stoning Bruneian Owner
Sharia law goes into effect next week, mandating a grisly death for LGBTQ people and adulterers.
MARCH 27 2019 7:11 PM
Lawmakers Urge U.S. to Stand Against Brunei's Antigay Penal Code
Rep. Mark Pocan of Wisconsin has drafted a letter, supported by 20 House members, urging the United States to exclude Brunei from free trade talks until its human rights violations are addressed.
MAY 23 2014 3:40 PM
PHOTOS: Stars Join Beverly Hills Hotel Boycott
The red carpet at the opening for Lisa Vanderpump's new WeHo lounge, Pump, was abuzz about another property currently in hot water -- The Beverly Hills Hotel, owned by the sultan of Brunei, who recently implemented Sharia law in his Asian nation.
MAY 16 2014 6:00 AM
Brunei Says It Will No Longer Stone Gays to Death
The Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah says new laws still have merit, but will not be enforced.
MAY 06 2019 9:15 AM
University Revokes Degree for Brunei Sultan Following Gay Stoning Law
The University of Aberdeen in Scotland took back an honorary degree given to Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah.
APRIL 17 2019 1:56 PM
Trump's Brunei Silence Exposes His Apathy Toward LGBTQ People
The president tweets about everything under the sun. But when it comes to barbaric laws attacking queer people, he's at a loss for words.
APRIL 11 2019 5:33 AM
28 Photos of NYC Protesters Denouncing Brunei's Anti-LGBTQ Laws
Over the weekend, protesters took to the streets of New York City to let their anger towards Brunei's new anti-LGBTQ laws that have recently come under fire be known.
APRIL 08 2019 10:10 AM
Lesbians Forced to Pay Cancellation Fees to Royal Brunei Airlines
Australia's largest retail travel outlet would not cover the cost.
APRIL 05 2019 4:10 PM
Trump's Silence Is Deafening As Brunei's Brutal Anti-LGBTQ Laws Arrive
Today, new laws go into effect that require death by stoning if one is caught having any type of queer sex -- marking a brutal set-back for LGBTQ rights.
APRIL 03 2019 12:39 AM
Cailtyn, Gus Kenworthy Roll With Sultan of Brunei's Son
The two LGBT Olympic medalists attended a party for the son of the sultan of Brunei, who implemented Sharia law in his island nation and calls for the death penalty for gays. Kenworthy later expressed regret.
AUGUST 03 2016 11:02 AM