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Fast Five Fix: March 6
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State Dept. brings foreign journalists to Blade office
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Advocates to mark global day against homophobia, transphobia
Special U.S. Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTI Persons Randy Berry is scheduled to attend events in D.C. and New York next week that will commemorate the International Day Against Homophobia and...
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Honoring Indonesia’s brave LGBT advocates
The last time I saw Yuli Rustinawati was in Jakarta. Arus Pelangi, the Indonesian National Federation of LGBTI Communities, which she co-founded and chairs, and 14 other Indonesian human rights...
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UN approves first-ever LGBT rights watchdog
The U.N. Human Rights Council on June 30, 2016, approved a resolution that would create the organization’s first-ever LGBT rights watchdog.The U.N. Human Rights Council on Thursday approved the...
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‘Southside’ explores budding romance
Tika Sumpter and Parker Sawyers in ‘Southside With You.’ (Photo by Matt Dinerstein; courtesy Miramax and Roadside Attractions) “Southside with You” is, quite literally, the ultimate date movie, a...
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US-backed Indonesian group supports anti-LGBT crackdown
An affiliate of Nahdlatul Ulama, an Indonesian group that supports a crackdown on LGBT rights in the country, has received a $2.6 million grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development to...
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Indonesian president speaks against anti-LGBT discrimination
President of Indonesia Joko Widodo (Photo courtesy Government of Indonesia)Indonesian President Joko Widodo this week said he opposes anti-LGBT discrimination. “There should be no discrimination...
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No ‘exemption’ under new USAID contractor rule
More than 300 LGBT rights advocates from nearly two dozen countries gathered in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, from Oct. 2-3, 2015, for an LGBT rights conference the U.S. Agency for International Development...
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Gay men in Indonesia’s Aceh province face 100 lashes
Banda Aceh is the capital of the Aceh province of Indonesia. (Photo by Rachmat04; courtesy Wikimedia Commons)Sharia police in Indonesia’s Aceh province on March 29 arrested two men for having sex. The...
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Indonesian police arrest 141 men at ‘gay sex party’
Police in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta on May 21, 2017, arrested 141 men at a sauna. The raid took place against the backdrop of an ongoing LGBT rights crackdown in the country that has the...
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Anti-gay crackdowns overshadow global Pride month commemorations
Supporters of Mariela Castro, daughter of Cuban President Raúl Castro, take part in an International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia March in Havana on May 13, 2017. (Washington Blade photo by...
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Indonesia police arrest 51 at ‘gay party’
Police in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta on Oct. 6, 2017, arrested 51 people who were attending a “gay party” at a sauna. The raid took place against the backdrop of an ongoing LGBT rights crackdown...
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Chad Griffin urges Tillerson to ‘speak out’ on anti-LGBT crackdowns
Human Rights Campaign President Chad Griffin on Nov. 3, 2017, urged Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to “speak out” on anti-LGBT crackdowns that are underway around the world. (Washington Blade photo...
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AIDS sufferers give up meds in bleak gay culture
Jakarta, Indonesia (Photo by Global Panorama via Flickr) JAKARTA, Indonesia — Pernicious HIV-infection rates among gay men here that have skyrocketed in the last decade-plus amid police raids and...
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Activists in Commonwealth countries respond to India sodomy law ruling
Singapore is among the Commonwealth countries in which consensual same-sex sexual relations remain criminalized. (Photo public domain)Activists in Commonwealth nations with whom the Washington Blade...
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Former U.S. ambassador to Vietnam criticizes new diplomatic visa policy
Former U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius, right, takes part in Viet Pride in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Aug. 21, 2016, with his son Tabu and then-Dutch Ambassador to Vietnam Nienke Trooster. Osius has...
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Pinkwashing at a crossroads
Pinkwashing is a relatively new phenomenon; it refers to the practice of corporations not living up to their purported promises with regard to LGBT rights. The assumption behind the moniker is some...
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Activists around the world celebrate Biden-Harris victory
(Washington Blade photo by Michael K. Lavers) Activists around the world are celebrating the election of President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. OutRight Action International...
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Two men in Indonesia’s Aceh province caned for having sex
Banda Aceh, Indonesia (Photo public domain) Two men in Indonesia’s Aceh province were publicly caned on Thursday after their neighbors caught them having sex. The Associated Press reported the two men...
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