UN SOGI Expert: Process, Results and Implications
The defining event of the 32nd Session of the Human Rights Council was the passing of the resolution appointing an Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.
Read moreClassifying bodies, denying freedoms
From sex to race, classification is a tool of oppression. Particularly examining abuse directed at Caster Semenya, this article looks ahead this week’s AWID International Forum’s theme ‘Bodily Integrity and Freedoms’.
Read moreSexual politics in August 2016
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In August, the Rio Olympic Games provided a privileged stage for the critical observing of gender and sexuality performances. Several SPW partners positively and generously responded to our invitation to share their views on this peculiar scene. Fernando Seffner, for example, wrote the article Rio 2016: the “Sexual Games”? that glances over sexuality at large. […]
Read moreBulletin on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and the Internet
Guest-edited by Tactical Tech, the 2016 AFC bulletin includes contributions from 16 sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and tech activists, researchers, and writers, who explore the relationships and interdependencies influencing the promises of being online: voice, visibility, and power; and look at the possibilities offered by technologies to SRHR work, amidst challenges related to access, the corporatisation of the internet, collusion between governments and technology companies, censorship, violations of privacy, sexism, and violence, amongst others.
Read moreSexual Justice and political culture in Colombia
by Franklin Gil Hernández [1] The implementation of sexual and reproductive rights in Colombia can be described as ”half way done”. In all areas in which these rights are disputed — such as access to abortion, equal marriage and parenting rights, HIV&AIDS, sexual education, gender identity, sex work – rights have been “partially granted”, although […]
Read moreFemale Sexuality at the Rio Olympics: many paradoxes
by Laura Molinari Alonso and Jimena de Garay The 2016 Olympics have been portrayed as the women’s Games. In fact, 2016 has seen the highest percentage of female competitors in the history of the Games as well as excellent performance of these athletes. Yet, women’s sexual bodies continued to be a recurring in media Olympic […]
Read moreWhere were the trans bodies in the Rio Games?
by Leonardo Peçanha The Rio Olympic Games were a landmark in regard to gay and lesbian athletes openly disclosing their sexual orientation. This visibility and expression is very important because homophobia in sports is still very strong and pervasive. Rafaela Silva, the Judoka gold medal, who is lesbian, black and comes from the City of […]
Read moreThe ‘sexual games’ are over: what’s next?
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Since August 5th, as in an extended Carnival, ordinary life in Brazil, particularly in Rio, was suspended. At their end the Olympic Games 2016 have been predominantly experienced and assessed by both Brazilian and foreigners as a major success story, despite the many threats that haunted the event until the very last moment before they […]
Read moreRio 2016: the “Sexual Games”?
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The most commented sport modalities of the Rio Olympics were the gender relations obstacle course competition, racism target shooting and out-of-closet leaping by Fernando Seffner[1] The Rio Olympics were many things, all at once. Records were broken, sports fans became excited, sweat and tears flowed and people celebrated. But these were also games preceded by […]
Read moreUprooting Whorephobia: Why We Must Change the Stigma of Sex Work
Counting money on a bed is taboo in my family. Growing up, I never fully understood why but I suspected it was another one of our countless every day South American customs that ensured we were in right relationship with the spirit world.
Read moreCapturing Semenya
As the women’s 800m approaches, headlines about Caster Semenya proliferate — once again, seven years after she won the World Championship in the 800m and became a news headline, we have been saturated with “debates” about her presence on the track. This year, these stories unfold in striking contrast with those celebrating other athletes who dominate their events.
Read moreWhy don’t humanitarian organizations provide safe abortion services?
Although sexual and reproductive health services have become more available in humanitarian settings over the last decade, safe abortion services are still rarely provided. The authors’ observations suggest that four reasons are typically given for this gap: ‘There’s no need’; ‘Abortion is too complicated to provide in crises’; ‘Donors don’t fund abortion services’; and ‘Abortion is illegal’.
Read moreReport: Indonesia’s LGBT Community Under Threat’
(Jakarta) – The Indonesian government stoked an unprecedented attack on the security and rights of sexual and gender minorities in early 2016, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The government campaign included hateful rhetoric, discriminatory edicts, and the use of force to repress peaceful assembly. The 56-page report, “‘These Political Games Ruin […]
Read moreSri Lanka: Discrimination on Grounds of Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation
(New York) – Transgender people and others who do not conform to social expectations about gender face discrimination and abuse in Sri Lanka, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The 63-page report, “‘All Five Fingers Are Not the Same’: Discrimination on Grounds of Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation in Sri Lanka,” finds that […]
Read moreLiterature Review of LGBT Youth in Pakistan
NAZ Pakistan is committed to working with youth who identify as sexual and gender minorities. As a first step to establish a baseline, the technical team at NAZ has drafted a literature review of the very little information that is currently available on LGBT youth. There is a deficiency of information about the experiences of […]
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