Scott Long: Gay hanging in Iran: Atrocities and impersonations
Everybody on earth knows that last week a deal on Iran’s nuclear program was announced. Everybody also knows that this apparent step toward peace launched a new stage in an old war: of propaganda.
UN Human Rights Council adopts text on the protection of the family
In early July, UN Human Rights Council adopted the resolution concerning the protection of the family, whose text points that the family is the natural and
The challenges of a “progressive” Pope
by Juan Marco Vaggione Since his inauguration as the new pontiff, Bergoglio has generated new complexities for those of us who think that it is
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
Deport me
Scott Long writes about the case involving a Libyan student whom police expelled from Egypt in 2008, after a complaint that he was gay, which
Porn. Panic. Ban.
Originally from GenderIT.org by Bishakha Datta I’m convinced we’re having the wrong conversation around digital porn. Late last year, the British government banned a bunch
U.S. Push for Abstinence in Africa Is Seen as Failure Against H.I.V.
Originally published on NYT on 26/02/2015. Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/27/health/american-hiv-battle-in-africa-said-to-falter.html?_r=0 By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. FEB. 26, 2015 SEATTLE — The $1.3 billion that the United
As Women Die from Illegal Abortions in Brazil, Presidential Candidates Remain Silent
By Lucy Jordan September 25, 2014 | 8:05 pm In late August, a 27-year-old woman named Jandira dos Santos Cruz went to a bus station
Portuguese written materials on the cases, few of which also look into the connections with electoral politics
Caso Jandira e aborto no Brasil: crime com pena de morte – Pragmatismo político Coragem para enfrentar o preconceito – Observatório da Imprensa Sobre princípios,
English written articles about the deaths of Jandira and Elizângela
Brazil’s Criminal Abortion Laws Are Killing Women – Reality Check Aborto clandestino en Brasil provoca muertes trágicas – Diário Rotativo (México) Stigma of Brazil abortions