Pride Month is a secret celebration in Bangladesh

DHAKA, BANGLADESH — Pride Month, the monthlong celebration of LGBTQ+ culture and rights, is not publicly celebrated in Bangladesh, a Muslim-majority country where same-sex relationships are illegal under a colonial-era law dealing with “unnatural offences,” and conservative religious values are rising, despite the nation's self-imposed secular label. A teenage high school student from an affluent Dhaka family who identifies as a lesbian and asked that her name not be used told VOA she limited...