From an Oscar to church weddings, five big wins for LGBT rights in 2017
Advances and setbacks in a busy year for LGBT rights
Tunisia's first LGBTQ radio station keeps playing despite threats
Since launching the station, Bouhdid Belhedi said he has received more than 4,000 hate messages and threats
Second court rejects Trump bid to stop transgender military recruits
The Obama administration had set a deadline of July 1, 2017, to begin accepting transgender recruits
U.S. court rejects Trump bid to stop transgender military recruits on Jan. 1
Several transgender service members filed suit in Maryland after Trump said in July he would ban transgender people from the military
Philippines' Duterte, in about-face, says he supports same-sex unions
"Why impose a morality that is no longer working and almost passed"
FEATURE -Out of the shadows: New York immigrants fear raids as city retains ID card records
Under Obama, New York’s undocumented immigrants gave away personal documents for a city ID card. Now, with Trump, they fear that data will be used to find them.
ANALYSIS-India's digital ID sparks debate over human right to personal data
More than 1 billion people have been issued the Aadhaar, but campaigners say its ubiquitous use could create a surveillance state
Botswana court orders govt to recognise transgender woman as female
A conservative southern African nation of 2 mln people, Botswana has been reluctant to fully acknowledge the rights of the LGBT community
U.S. military must accept transgender recruits by Jan. 1, judge rules
Several transgender service members filed a lawsuit after Trump said in July he would ban transgender people from the military
Police raid shuts down Uganda's only gay film festival
Homosexuality is illegal in the socially conservative East African country and violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people is common