The suicide of a gay rights activist in Azerbaijan is prompting the country’s LGBT community to become more assertive in fighting for civil rights. Isa Shakhmarly, the head of the Free LGBT non-governmental organization, died on January 22, using a rainbow flag to hang himself in his Baku apartment. He was 20. In a suicide note, he faulted Azerbaijani society at large for pushing him to take his life. “This world . . . is not able to hold my colo...

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