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January 23, 2013
Why I admit my Speedo shoot was wrong

Khalid, frontman of My Kali, an LGBT magazine in Jordan, discusses the controversy he caused when he posed for a scantily-clad photo in front of a mosque

More than a year ago I had my photo taken wearing just a jacket and a Speedo on Rainbow Street in Amman, Jordan.

The photo was for MyKali, the digital magazine I front for LGBT people in Jordan. The theme of that edition was ‘summer stories’ and the shoot was titled ‘A very quirky summer’.

March 12, 2012
Baghdad US embassy backs gay murder vigil

San Francisco activists will carry out a vigil in solidarity with Iraqi emo, LGBT and goth youth this Wednesday as massacres continue in Iraq

The US Embassy in Baghdad has sent a message of support to San Franciscan activists holding a vigil for Iraqi emo, goth and LGBT people who are currently being murdered.

March 11, 2012
Join the global campaign to save Iraq gay and emo lives

All Out, Gay Middle East, an Iraqi blogger and Gay Star News working together to save lives after wave of killings

International digital LGBT activists All Out have started a petition to halt the emo, gay and trans killings in Iraq.

December 14, 2011
Northern Cyprus to decriminalise gays

Turkish Cypriot leaders bow to European pressure and will repeal anti-gay law without delay

Turkish Cypriot leaders in Northern Cyprus have bowed under pressure from MEPs and agreed to decriminalise homosexuality.

Dervis Eroglu, president of the Turkish Cypriot government in the northern part of the island, said he would sign a repeal of the ban ‘without delay’.

Northern Cyprus is the last part of Europe where it is gay ‘activity’ is illegal.

In October a number of men were arrested for 'homosexual offences' in North Cyprus, leading to an international outcry about the law.