Xulhaz Mannan
October 13, 1976 –April 25, 2016
LGBTQ rights activist, Editor-in-chief, Journalist
Lived 39 years
- Passed away in
- Kalabagan
Xulhaz Mannan (Bengali: জুলহাজ মান্নান, pronounced [dʒulɦaz manːan]; 12 October 1976 – 25 April 2016) was an LGBTQ+ rights activist, USAID employee, and the founder of Bangladesh's first and only LGBTQ-themed magazine Roopbaan (Bengali: রূপবান). He was murdered, along with his friend and fellow-activist Mahbub Rabbi Tonoy, in a 2016 machete attack by Ansar al-Islam, the Bangladeshi branch of Al-Qaeda.
Source: Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xulhaz_Mannan