Xulhaz Mannan

Xulhaz Mannan
Xulhaz Mannan
Born	12 October 1976
Died	25 April 2016 (aged 39); Dhaka, Bangladesh
Known for	LGBTQ 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]

^ "Gay Activist Killed". No. 6 May 2016. The Week. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
^ 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.

[the_week-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.

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