Xulhaz Mannan

Xulhaz Mannan
Born12 October 1976
Died25 April 2016(2016-04-25) (aged 39)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Known forLGBTQ activism in Bangladesh

Xulhaz Mannan (Bengali: জুলহাজ মান্নান; 12 October 1976 – 25 April 2016) was an employee of the United States embassy in Dhaka and the founder of Bangladesh's first and only LGBT-themed magazine, Roopbaan.[1] He was killed in his apartment along with another LGBT activist Mahbub Rabbi Tonoy in a machete attack by Islamist extremists.[2]

  1. ^ "Gay Activist Killed". No. 6 May 2016. The Week. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  2. ^ Al-Mahmood, Syed Zain (26 April 2016). "Editor of Bangladesh Gay Magazine Hacked to Death in His Home". The Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 30 April 2016.