Moving Beyond Biomedicalization in the HIV Response
Global AIDS Policy Watch (GAPW) has announced the launching of the article Moving Beyond Biomedicalization in the HIV Response: Implications for Community Involvement and Community
WHO Launches groundbreaking report: Sexual health, human rights and the law
The WHO Human Reproduction Program has made public this week (June 15-19th, 2015) a new groundbreaking report titled Sexual Health, Human Rights and Law.
Gender and sexuality at the June 2015 Turkish Elections
One political event to be noted as relevant from a gender and sexuality perspective was the electoral defeat of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on
Women and Girls Rising – Progress and resistance around the world
Capturing voices and experiences from around the world, Women and Girls Rising – Progress and resistance around the world, edited by Ellen Chesler and Terry McGovern,
Statement regarding the arrest of two homosexuals in Rabat – « Aswat »
Aswat Collective has condemned the arrest of two Moroccan homossexuals accused of “Homosexuality ” and “breach of public modesty”. Click here to read the Statement.
Sex Workers in Nicaragua Break the Silence and Gain Rights
After living in the shadows, thousands of Nicaraguan sex workers have broken their silence, won support from state institutions and gained new respect for their rights.
Anti-LGBT groups are making inroads across East Africa
Originally published on the Global Post on 12/06/2015. Available at: http://www.globalpost.com/article/6580371/2015/06/12/anti-lgbt-groups-making-inroads-across-east-africa Kenyan gay and lesbian organizations demonstrate outside the Nigerian High Commission in Nairobi on February
Paraguay denies respect to older persons in the Americas
Paraguay denies respect to older persons in the Americas The 45th General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) adopted the Inter-American Convention on
TERFs of the Times
Originally published on http://trans-fusion.blogspot.com.br/2015/06/terfs-of-times.html This week’s Sunday Review section of the New York Times has as its headline article an opinion piece by feminist
The gay sex worker who defied sharia law in Banda Aceh to organize
Originally published on The Global Post on 04/06/2015. Available at: http://www.globalpost.com/article/6571484/2015/06/04/indonesias-unique-religious-and-political-culture-makes-strange Faisal Riza is a national organizer for the Organisasi Perubahan Sosial Indonesia (the Organization for Social Change,