Scores of participants in the LGBT march, who were wearing white shirts with the logo of the No Fear social campaign, were evacuated in buses by police after eggs and water were thrown at them by those attending the counterprotest.
Members of the local lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community have taken to sharing their coming out stories via social media, in an effort to raise awareness of the challenges they face with societal acceptance.
Police in Bangladesh stormed a community center outside the capital of Dhaka early Friday and arrested 27 men. Their crime? They’re suspected of being gay.
“I have Cambodian friends who are very comfortable with themselves and who they are, but they still don’t feel they’re in a position to reveal that to their family or friends,”
While Malta, Norway and the U.K. get good grades in the ILGA Europe report, there is a massive gulf between them and the worst EU performers: Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.
"Our day was canceled because the hotel received threats and the Islamist organization put pressure on the management, which became afraid for the security,"
