Issues

The Caribbean is a region of great cultural and linguistic diversity, but there’s something that unites many of its countries. Today, in nine Caribbean countries, same-sex intimacy is still criminalized through what are called “gross indecency” laws....

We unequivocally oppose this law and we will continue to advocate for equal rights for #LGBTQI Ugandans.

After Rainbow Railroad and advocates across the country press our concerns, the Biden Administration has re-adjusted its resettlement numbers to 62 500 from a historic low of 15 000.

Executive Director Kimahli Powell speaks out on the recent news that the Biden administration is wavering in its commitment to support resettling a greater number of refugees in the United States.

Jamaica’s history of colonial violence and religious-excused homophobia and transphobia have made community-level hatred rampant.

Rainbow Railroad monitors conditions in the over 70 countries that criminalize same-sex intimacy. For a detailed look at those countries, see ILGA’s state-sponsored report on homophobia.

Rainbow Railroad has partnered with a number of organizations and shelters providing life-saving legal, housing and basic needs support for migrants and asylum seekers.

LGBTQI+ individuals are particularly vulnerable in the context of this crisis. We have partnered with a number of organizations and shelters providing life-saving legal, housing and basic needs support for migrants and asylum seekers.

In collaboration with a number of local and international human rights defenders, Rainbow Railroad launched a joint response to the situation in Tanzania that includes both advocacy and direct intervention.

We responded to this crisis directly and, in partnership with a number of international human rights associations, grassroots LGBTQI+ organizations and activists based in Cairo, were able to relocate 12 survivors.

The purge involved forced disappearances and extrajudicial killings by the police, military and state actors. Gay men have been identified through online profiles and underground intelligence, and rounded up and tortured for information regarding the...