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Byline: Fabrice Houdart In February 2014, Jim Yong Kim, then-president of the World Bank, received calls from Rep. Barney Frank, the influential former chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, [...]

Byline: Leo Sands and Rael Ombuor Uganda's president signed into law a wide-ranging anti-LGBTQ bill on Monday that imposes life imprisonment for same-sex activity and the death penalty in some [...]

Byline: Ishaan Tharoor The global backlash to Uganda's new anti-LGBT law, approved by the East African nation's parliament Tuesday, has been scathing. Widely seen as one of the most extreme [...]

Byline: Niha Masih; Rael Ombuor Uganda passed legislation that compels life imprisonment for being LGBTQ and the death penalty for gay sex with a minor amid a widening crackdown on [...]

Byline: Niha Masih and Rael Ombuor Uganda passed legislation that compels life imprisonment for being LGBTQ and the death penalty for gay sex with a minor amid a widening crackdown [...]

Byline: Victoria Bisset; Chico Harlan Pope Francis condemned 'unjust' legislation criminalizing same-sex relationships around the world, saying 'being homosexual is not a crime' in an interview published Wednesday. He said [...]

Byline: Francesca Ebel The lower house of Russia's parliament has passed the final reading of a bill that bans the promotion of 'LGBT propaganda' to children, expanding on a law [...]

Byline: Francesca Ebel The lower house of Russia's parliament has passed the third and final reading of a bill that bans the promotion of 'LGBT propaganda' to children, expanding on [...]

Byline: Annabelle Timsit and Sarah Dadouch The Saudi Arabian government is confiscating toys, clothes and other items bearing rainbow colors that it says evoke the well-known Pride flag and promote [...]

Byline: Danielle Paquette DAKAR, Senegal - Lawmakers in Senegal have drafted a bill that would double prison time for those convicted of engaging in same-sex relations and 'LGBTQ behaviors,' supporters [...]

Byline: Marisa Iati When LGBTQ students at Brigham Young University caught wind of the change, they ran to the statue of the university's namesake to celebrate. Women kissed women and [...]

Byline: Rick Noack BERLIN - When Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif faced questions from foreign journalists on Monday in Tehran after a meeting with his German counterpart, Heiko Maas, [...]

Byline: Sonia Rao Actor George Clooney called for the boycott of nine hotels owned by the sultan of Brunei in an op-ed published Thursday by the industry website Deadline. The [...]

Byline: Emily Tamkin Beginning next week, adultery and sexual behavior between people of the same gender will be punishable by death by stoning in Brunei under a new law that [...]

Byline: Marisa Iati When LGBTQ students at Brigham Young University caught wind of the change, they ran to the statue of the university's namesake to celebrate. Women kissed women and [...]

Byline: Max Bearak NAIROBI, Kenya - Across Africa and the world, LGBT communities are anxiously watching a court case in Kenya's capital. On Friday morning, a magistrate here is expected [...]

Byline: Max Bearak NAIROBI -- The high court in Botswana struck down two colonial-era laws Tuesday, effectively legalizing gay sex and making this southern African country the first on the [...]

Byline: Tom Odula;Khaled Kazziha NAIROBI, Kenya -- Kenya's High Court on Friday upheld sections of the penal code that criminalize same-sex relations. The unanimous ruling was a disappointment for gay [...]

Byline: Cleve R. Wootson Jr. Among the things the Malaysian newspaper Sinar Harian saw fit to print in the past week: a story about a pricey government plan to prevent [...]

Byline: Vincent Bevins JAKARTA, Indonesia - Prodded by religious conservatives, Indonesia is moving toward outlawing gay sex - and even sex outside marriage - in a jarring change for a [...]

Byline: Sudarsan Raghavan CAIRO - A crackdown on gay people in Egypt intensified over the weekend as security forces raided cafes in downtown Cairo and courts delivered harsh prison sentences, [...]

Byline: Max Bearak NAIROBI -- Across Africa and the world, LGBT communities are anxiously watching a court case in Kenya's capital. The court is expected to either retain a colonial-era [...]

Byline: Julie Zauzmer People who have 'deep-seated homosexual tendencies' or who 'support the so-called 'gay culture'' cannot be priests in the Catholic church, the Vatican said in a new document [...]

Byline: Erin Cunningham ISTANBUL - It was just after sunset when patrons began to arrive, climbing a dark stairwell to the bar's modest entrance. Here, in dimly lit corners, is [...]

Byline: Eugene Volokh From Agence France-Presse: The bill would also allow criminal punishment of 'the parties, co-parties and accomplices' to a same-sex marriage, with punishments of up to three years [...]

Byline: Annie Gowen 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. Zahangir Hossain [...]

Byline: Max Bearak A pastor from Tempe, Ariz., has been trying to spread his fervently anti-gay message in Africa. Steven Anderson's message is conveyed in his church's doctrinal statement, which [...]

Byline: Melissa Etehad Egypt's grand mufti recently said that hurting gays and lesbians is unacceptable despite the fact that homosexuality is not allowed in Islam. In an interview with Germany's [...]

Byline: Rama Lakshmi NEW DELHI -- A group of gay Indians who are prominent in their fields have joined together to petition the Supreme Court on Wednesday to demand the [...]

Byline: Pamela Constable Two young men kissing on the streets of Miami. A wealthy older man fondling a pretty young boy in Afghanistan. The first scene, reportedly encountered by Omar [...]

Byline: Rajesh Sampath The gay rights movement in the United States has experienced historic successes in recent years. Gay couples can marry legally in 36 states, and growing social acceptance [...]

Byline: Pamela Constable For years now, a gay man from Liberia named Bill has been living quietly in suburban Maryland, working at various hotels. He never worried seriously about what [...]

Byline: E.J. Graff W he n a federal judge in Kentucky sent county clerk Kim Davis to jail last month for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, many [...]

Byline: Michael Luongo With the legalization of same-sex marriage in the United States, a new crop of honeymooners has entered the market. The travel industry has positioned itself to capitalize, [...]

Byline: Eugene Volokh The Colorado Civil Rights Division has held that Azucar Bakery didn't discriminate based on religion when it refused to bake a cake with an anti-homosexuality message, reports [...]

Byline: Sudarsan Raghavan NAIROBI - In the latest setback for gay people across Africa, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Monday signed a new law that imposes tough penalties for homosexual [...]

Byline: Zachary A. Goldfarb RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. - President Barack Obama on Sunday sharply criticized Uganda's government for its plans to enact legislation that would apply strict prison sentences for [...]

The following editorial appeared in Tuesday's Washington Post: Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan is expected to seek reelection next year despite opposition from northern Nigeria's majority Muslim states. His attempt to [...]

Byline: Ian Ayres and William Eskridge Controversy over a Russian law that prohibits advocacy of homosexuality threatens to overshadow athletic competition at the upcoming Sochi Olympics. Thoughtful world leaders, including [...]

Byline: Enze Han;Joseph O'Mahoney During the past half-century, many countries have eliminated criminal laws against what are variously called 'homosexual offences', 'sodomy,' 'unnatural acts' or other terms used to describe [...]