Anti-LGBTI Crackdown in Chechnya Continues

The Washington Blade has confirmed a report that indicates several men and women were recently detained in Chechnya because of their sexual orientation. Igor Kochetkov, a prominent Russian LGBTI rights activ...
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5 LGBT things you need to know today, Oct. 24

1. Upon learning that Playboy’s first transgender Playmate, Ines Rau, is getting a centerfold in the magazine’s November issue, former porn star Jenna Jameson took to Twitter with some unkind words. “Playboy ju...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Sept. 6

1. In the wake of Hurricane Harvey, here's how the Montrose Center is helping to ensure no LGBT residents slip through the cracks. 2. The Washington Post profiles a transgender Chechen woman who escaped pers...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Aug. 3

1. Nearly 250 faith leaders gathered on the steps of Texas' capitol this week to denounce the state legislature's proposed transgender "bathroom bills." 2. The Russian LGBT Network just released a 30-page re...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, July 19

1. Brigham Young University-Idaho fired a professor after she wrote a pro-LGBT statement on her personal Facebook page and refused to take it down. 2. The Atlantic explores the effects inclusive sex educatio...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, June 28

1. Read the resolution proposed by Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Florida) for the US House to condemn the violence against gay men in Chechnya. 2. Also happening in Congress this week, Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wi...