It may happen in Cameroon, in Egypt, in Kenya, in Lebanon, in Turkmenistan, in Uganda and in Zambia. And, also, in Tunisia. The police will take you to a doctor,…
Pier Cesare Notaro24 September 2023
On 24 March this year a Belarusian girl, Viktoria Biran, wanted to protest against an article that had appeared a few days before on the website of the interior ministry…
Alessandro Garzi10 August 2018
This year’s edition of the Seoul Pride has seen record numbers of participants, with more than 100,000 people attending (120,000 according to organizers - the police did not release official…
Alessandro Garzi24 July 2018
Just 10 days ago a wave of optimism came from the African side of the Mediterranean, when the Tunisian imams’ union expressed a favourable opinion for the work of a…
Michele Benini20 July 2018
“Bhinneka Tunggal Ika” (Unity in Diversity) is the motto of Indonesia, the country in the world with the largest number of Muslim inhabitants, mainly Sunnis. The country is extremely vast…
Giovanni Gottardo14 June 2018
In Nigeria, same sex relationships are illegal. It has been so since the British Empire, which imposed the crime of “sodomy” to a people who, until then, were not inherently…
Pier Cesare Notaro16 November 2017
On Wednesday October 18, Il Grande Colibrì, with Coordinamento Arcobaleno, took to the streets to denounce the Egyptian authorities’ policies of persecution against sexual minorities and the sales of Italian…
Pier Cesare Notaro26 October 2017
It is unacceptable to characterize homosexuals as "trash." What if the Minister of Justice and Liberties was the one to do it? Mustafa Ramid, an official of the Islamic right-wing…
Pier Cesare Notaro24 October 2017
In a world ever more entangled in doubts and insecurities, Malaysia is shining like a safety beacon. If you are looking for examples illustrating the absurdity of homophobia, and how…
Pier Cesare Notaro9 October 2017
The town of Kaariat Arekmane, in north-western Morocco near the Algerian border, is famous for its beautiful beach. Along the beach there is an abandoned house, in which two young…
Pier Cesare Notaro13 June 2017
I was homophobic, but I am no longer. I thought that admitting the existence of homosexual Muslin was blasphemy. I rejected homosexual Muslim, turned my head and invoked “astaghfirullah” (Allah’s…
Redazione31 May 2017
