On October 14, the internationally known Argentinean trans activist Amancay Diana Sacayán was found dead in her apartment. She was the third Argentinean trans woman murdered since August. Her death [...]Read more
Check the main facts in October 2015. We highlight the Stop Trans Pathologization Campaign 2015; the Synod on the Family's final statement; Brazilian feminists protests against partially approved legislation that [...]Read more
Draconian new by-laws came into effect in Indonesia’s Aceh province last week, mandating harsh punishments for gambling and adultery, and the option of 100 lashes for gay people “caught” having [...]Read more
The legal status of trans* individuals in India was discussed quite extensively in the 2014 case of National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) judgment by the Supreme Court of India.Read more
The Research Report for Transilience Project on Violence against Transgender Women 2014 offers relevant qualitative data to understand the discrimination and violence faced by transgender community in different parts of [...]Read more
At the global stage, one even to be highlighted was the launching of the Sex Work Law Map, produced by the Institute of Development Studies. It provides a perspective on [...]Read more
Shiv Visvanathan @ShivVisvanathan If Facebook has face value, Modi’s interview with Mark Zuckerberg at the Town Hall was an immaculate performance. It was controlled, correct and precise to the point [...]Read more
When law enforcement targets sex workers and the websites they use, mainstream outlets and organizations tend to give them a pass. But with the raid on Rentboy.com, that script has [...]Read more
SPW has the great pleasure to announce the publication of Working Paper nº 11 Emerging Powers, Sexuality and Human Rights: Fumbling around the elephant. Authored by Sonia Corrêa and akshay [...]Read more
Pope Francis once more gained global visibility by allowing priests to forgive women who have had an abortion. His speech — delivered on September first apparently signaling a Vatican’s step [...]Read more
After prompting a major flare of global controversies, Amnesty International’s draft policy supporting the decriminalization of sex work was voted and approved at organization’s International Council Meeting, in Dublin, in [...]Read more
Since the heyday of preparation for the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD, Cairo, 1994), UN debates on the family have been contentious. However, since then, as morally conservative [...]Read more
With great sadness as SPW we mark the departure of Gigi Francisco – activist, scholar, teacher and for a long time a working partner and wonderful friend of many of [...]Read more
Gay and lesbian tourism companies have, in the past several years, taken a turn for the calculative. More and more, we are seeing rankings like Spartacus International Gay Guide’s “Gay [...]Read more
On June 18th, the Vatican launched the encyclical “Laudato Si – On Care for Our Common Home”. The encyclical is the first one to have been solely written by Pope [...]Read more
