February 26, 2015

Courts in more than two-thirds of Mexico’s 31 states have granted same-sex couples the right to marry over the past two years in a series of rulings that will likely make marriage equality a reality nationwide in the near future. “Outside of Mexico, and even inside of Mexico, these advances are not widely known ... but it is irreversible,” the lawyer who started the wave of cases now sweeping the country told BuzzFeed News.

Egyptian Doctors Think This Torturous Exam Can Detect "Chronic Homosexuals"

February 16, 2015

Human Rights, LGBTQ

Anal exams are performed by police in many countries that criminalize homosexuality — and they base their work on 150-year-old European science. BuzzFeed News' J. Lester Feder and Maged Atef report from Cairo.

Meet The Trans Sex Worker Who Transformed A Gang-Controlled Prison

February 8, 2015

Human Rights, LGBTQ, Transgender Rights

Karla Avelar survived a serial killer, gang attacks, and four years in a Salvadoran prison to become a trans activist on the global stage. J. Lester Feder and Nicola Chávez Courtright report from El Salvador.

J. Lester Feder

Journalist and photographer

Mexico's Quiet Marriage Equality Revolution

Egyptian Doctors Think This Torturous Exam Can Detect "Chronic Homosexuals"

Meet The Trans Sex Worker Who Transformed A Gang-Controlled Prison

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