homosexual propaganda , which effectively makes it a crime to publicly support LGBTI equality or even discuss homosexuality. This pernicious law is the basis for similar so-called antipropaganda legislation in countries across Eastern Europe and Central Asia, including in Moldova, Kyrgyzstan, and Belarus. (8) In December 2013, the Government of Nigeria adopted a law that further criminalized same-sex relations and support for LGBTI people, endangering neighbors, friends, doctors, and landlords of LGBTI people. (9) Several countries in South Asia continue to have draconian laws that criminalize homosexual acts which place LGBTI people in danger and undermines their ability to live free from persecution. (10) In April 2014, the Supreme Court of India recognized transgender people as a third gender, improving the legal rights of transgender people in that country. Though an important step, the decision does not grant full legal rights to transgender people. (11) In February 2014, the Government of Uganda adopted a law making aggravated homosexuality a crime punishable with life imprisonment and concurrently, the Government of Uganda also passed laws severely limiting the basic freedoms of speech and assembly for LGBTI citizens. While the Constitutional Court overturned the Anti-Homosexuality Act on a technicality in August 2014, LGBTI Ugandans continue to be subjected to discrimination and violence, and their government has in recent years forcibly shut down even private Pride celebrations in Kampala. (12) On April 1, 2017, the Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta reported that the government of the autonomous republic of Chechnya had been arresting, detaining, and torturing gay and bisexual men in secret prisons since early 2017. International human rights groups and Russian LGBTI rights activists estimate that as many as 20 people may have been murdered thus far and potentially over 200 people were detained during the purge. (13) On May 23, 2017, two gay men were publicly caned in the Indonesian province of Aceh,