Living Nightmare: Former Shanghai Resident Arrested in Turkey for “Looking Gay”

As thousands take to the streets of Istanbul and Izmir in defiance, they risk facing tear gas and rubber bullets. The authorities should allow LGBTI Pride Marches in Türkiye to go ahead safely and without interference.
– Nils Muižnieks, Amnesty International’s Europe Director.

Slow Start: Japan’s Watered-down LGBTQ Understanding Bill a Step in the Right Direction

“Why do people have to be this lonely? What’s the point of it all? Millions of people in this world, all of them yearning, looking to others to satisfy them, yet isolating themselves. Why? Was the earth put here just to nourish human loneliness?”
― Haruki Murakami, Sputnik Sweetheart