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LGBTI Rights

Although lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender and intersex people have won greater rights in recent years, the struggle for equality continues in the United States and around the world. Pulitzer Center grantee stories tagged with “LGBTI Rights” cover the continuing efforts of LGBTI activists and their allies to achieve full legal and social equality with heterosexual and cisgender peers. Use the Pulitzer Center Lesson Builder to find and create lesson plans on LGBTI rights.

 

August 04, 2014 | Mashable

The People Fighting for LGBT Freedom in Uganda

Daniella Zalcman

Uganda’s Constitutional Court has struck down the Anti-Homosexuality Act of 2014 on a procedural technicality. These are some of the people who continue to fight for LGBT equality.

July 18, 2014 | Ozy

A New Era of Civil Rights in India?

Michael Edison Hayden

Government recognition of transgender women in India could bring game-changing employment quotas for this oppressed minority.

March 13, 2014 | Vocativ

Kuchus in Uganda: Double Lives

Daniella Zalcman

In Kampala even the most outspoken activists from the LGBT community are forced to lead double lives when their very existence is illegal.

February 25, 2014 | CNN

Gay Couples in Uganda

Images by Daniella Zalcman

When their sexuality (and their very existence) is illegal, these couples can only be together behind closed doors. This is a look at Uganda's secret LGBT relationships.