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Photographer Jacktone Odhiambo was found guilty of killing 25-year-old Edwin Chiloba nearly two years after the activist's body was found discarded in a metal box.
The National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission is fighting Kenya's antigay legal code.
Will President Uhuru Kenyatta nudge his nation toward the future or keep it in the past?
Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey wants the U.S. to lead in the global struggle for LGBT rights.
The 25-year-old was found in their home by colleagues after they didn't show up to work.Â
An earlier decision upholding the practice was unconstitutional and a violation of human rights, the court ruled.
Seeing the bright side in the fight for queer equality.
Family Watch International says it’s only promoting ‘family values.’
Find out why the Human Rights Campaign, National Center for Lesbian Rights, and the Southern Poverty Law Center are asking the Federal Trade Commission to step in and end 'ex-gay' therapy.Â
After she was outed by a national magazine, Rauda Morcos, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, became the most visible lesbian in both that country and in Palestine, where the Islamic fundamentalist group Hamas recently took power. Morcos, a 32-year-old Haifa resident, cofounded Aswat ("Voices" in Arabic) in 2003 as a safe space for Palestinian lesbian women to meet and empower themselves. This month the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission is honoring her work.
A sexual-abuse scandal in the Texas juvenile system highlights the plight of underage LGBT inmates nationwide.
Late activist Jean O'Leary got gays their first White House meeting and cofounded National Coming Out Day
As The Advocate reported earlier this week, a strong majority of gays and lesbians supported passing the Employment Non-Discrimination Act even though it did not include protections for transgender people, according to a poll commissioned by the Human Rights Campaign. Since then, The Advocate has obtained the full results of the poll questions about ENDA, which passed the House of Representatives Wednesday in a 235-184 vote.
Uganda's ban on homosexuality is playing out in the private sector, with a local branch of the U.K.-based Standard Chartered Bank denying account access to a trans activist.
