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, 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.

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