Multimedia about LGBT Rights
  • July 29, 2009
    It was never easy to be gay or lesbian in Burundi. But now it’s illegal. The country’s new criminal code makes same-sex relations a crime for the first time in the country’s history. Human Rights Watch interviewed members of Burundi’s LGBT community after the new law was adopted and teamed up with photographer Martina Bacigalupo to create portraits of 10 of these young people who feel that their very identities have been rendered criminal by Burundi’s new law.
  • July 2, 2009

    From the recent legal victory for the LGBT community in India, to attacks on gay men in Iraq and murders of transgender people in Honduras, this week we’re talking about how these communities continue to fight for their rights despite the dangers they face. With HRW's Rasha Moumneh and a special report from Ruxandra Guidi.

  • May 28, 2009
    Despite pledges by the Honduran authorities to curb violence and protect vulnerable groups, attacks on transgender people continue to be commonplace in Honduras.
  • May 21, 2009

    Human Rights Watch interviewed a transgender activist in Honduras just weeks before she was killed. Ruxandra Guidi reports.