Winds of Change

Queer Groups Condemn Study Claiming Computers Can Tell If You’re Gay From Photos

A new study used “deep neural networks to extract features” from more than 35,000 facial images that appeared to determine a person’s sexuality with remarkable accuracy. 

Canada sets international example in LGBT rights, op-ed

"Take them to Canada," Chechen despot Ramzan Kadyrov said when renewing his cynical vow to rid the North Caucasus territory of gay people. 

Canada: How Canada has been secretly giving asylum to gay people in Chechnya fleeing persecution

Canada has quietly brought in 22 people, with more to come, despite risks to Canada-Russia relations, John Ibbitson reports

Ukrainian LGBTQ Shelter a Home for ‘People Who Have Lost Everything’

 In a four-bedroom apartment found among a row of typical Eastern bloc-styled buildings in one of Kiev’s sleeping districts, a group of strangers from around Ukraine is making a fresh start in a place they now consider home.