EDGE on the Net

GetEQUAL responded to yesterday’s vote by the North Carolina State Senate to send a homophobic state constitutional amendment to the voters in May 2012, by issuing lawmakers and leaders a blunt warning: "We will no longer accept state-sponsored hatred."

Uganda’s High Court has ruled that the media should not publish the names and photos of gay Ugandans following a vitriolic campaign in the east African country which urged citizens to hang those featured.

A man who worked as a drag performer in Tel Aviv was kidnapped and assaulted by members of his own family, according to news accounts.

Homophobia in Africa stymies efforts to stem the rising tide of HIV infection--and the situation is only getting worse.

In the African nation Malawi, sexual contact between consenting adults of the same gender is illegal--and even non-sexual conduct can bring charges grounded in the country’s "decency laws."

A newspaper in Egypt faces lawsuits and banning after claiming that several actors were arrested in a police action against a gay prostitution ring.