UN Expert Urges Greater Protection of LGBT Rights Worldwide
On June 6, 2017 Voice of America reported: A human rights expert is urgently appealing for an end to violence and discrimination against people based on their sexual orientation and […]
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There are reasons to be cheerful … LGBTI rights gains in unlikely countries
On Feb 20, 2017 The Guardian reported: In the last 12 months, Martin Luther King’s “arc of the moral universe” has bent towards lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) […]
New Mandate for LGBTI Rights at the UN
On Feb 10, 2017 Inter Press News Services reported: The first-ever independent UN expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, Thai lawyer Vivit Muntarbhorn, has already begun the process of […]
Progress in repealing anti-LGBT laws: 47 down, 73 to go
On Nov 29, 2016 76 Crimes reported: A total of 47 countries have repealed their anti-LGBT laws since 1982, leaving a total of 73 countries with such laws in place, […]
UN fight over LGBT protection threatens to undermine the human rights system
On Nov 4, 2016 The Conversation wrote this excellent article: In June 2016, the United Nations Human Rights Council created an Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based […]
Africa unites to deny gay rights are human rights
On Nov 7, 2016 The Times reported: Africa has closed ranks against gay, lesbian and transgender people by claiming that the abuse and persecution of them is not a human […]
Moving film calls for the protection of the ‘I’ in LGBTIQ
See the film here Moving film calls for the protection of the ‘I’ in LGBTIQ
