Tunisia youths to face homosexuality trial next year
Two young men in Tunisia face imprisonment after they were arrested and charged with homosexuality. The men, Achref, a 20-year-old student, and Sabri, 22, were apparently stopped by police as they walked down a street in the city of Sousse earlier this month. According to L’Express, they were asked if they were gay and were accused […]
Second attempt to block UN’s LGBTI expert thwarted
Yet another attempt to block the United Nations’ Independent Expert on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) has failed. In a tight vote on Monday at the UN General Assembly in New York City, states refused to support an attempt to “defer consideration of and action on” the new expert position. The move targeted the […]