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"60 Minutes" to profile life-saving work of Rainbow Railroad

"60 Minutes" to profile life-saving work of Rainbow Railroad | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

Toronto-based international nonprofit helps LGBTQI people in danger find legal pathways to safety - Rainbow Railroad — an international nonprofit that helps lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI) people in danger find legal pathways to safety — announced today that the organization's life-saving work will be the subject of a profile on CBS' iconic newsmagazine program, "60 Minutes."

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Ticket to heaven: activists pluck LGBT people from danger

Ticket to heaven: activists pluck LGBT people from danger | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

Homosexuality is outlawed in more than 70 nations and punishable with death in eight, including Iran, Sudan and Saudi Arabia

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Rainbow Railroad to Receive IGLTA’s Pathfinder Award

Rainbow Railroad to Receive IGLTA’s Pathfinder Award | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

The international organization headquartered in Toronto, which helps persecuted LGBTQ individuals reach safety, will be honored on 11 May at the Voyage benefit during IGLTA’s 35th Anniversary Global Convention

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This group is secretly helping LGBT Chechens escape a "gay purge"

This group is secretly helping LGBT Chechens escape a "gay purge" | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

Reports that gay men in Chechnya were being rounded up and tortured in prison camps there first emerged this past April. One St. Petersburg group stepped up to help, communicating with survivors through social media and a secret hotline to  get LGBT Chechens to safety. So far, more than […]

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