Women's rights and the regulation of gender and sex norms in the Arab world have long been put under the spotlight by local and international activists in addition to local and international politicians and NGOs. This year, the ongoing uprisings in the Arab world have brought into focus…

Cape Town - Likamva Cekiso was cleaning her older cousin's room when he walked in, shut the door and locked it, trapping her in darkness and fear. He turned up the music and attacked her in a horrific demonstration of his masculinity that was aimed at "correcting" her sexuality. "I…

Dharun Ravi's attorney admitted his client did something that wasn't very bright. However, Steven Altman insisted Ravi broke no laws. 'We all do stupid things,' Altman said, as reported by the Star-Ledger. 'But he never committed a crime.' Ravi's trial started yesterday. The 20 year old is charged with using…

The National, a respected newspaper in the United Arab Emirates has reported on the removal of a gay 'cure' video made in the UAE from YouTube. The response from the country's most widely respected English language broadsheet follows the story on Gay Star News about the video.  Local LGBT activists…

Tunisia’s human rights minister has attacked an online gay magazine while being interviewed by homophobic TV presenter Samir El-Wafi. Minister Samir Dilou said ‘freedom of expression has its limits’ and agreed homosexuality was a ‘perversion’ which needed to be ‘treated medically’. Continues: http://gaymiddleeast.com/news/news 352.htm