TAG: LGBTQ rights
The Sexual Politics Landscape in September 2015
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 female sex work by displaying a detailed summary of the laws, regulations and policies in over 75 countries. The novel IDS research tool was made […]
Read moreAbortion politics in Brazil: a wider frontline to cope with
The front slide image is a detail of Social Fabric, a drawing by the Brazilian artist Rosana Paulino Article by Sonia Corrêa and Fábio Grotz * In Brazil, the proposition to legalize abortion presented to Congress (known as SUG 15/2014) held its final public hearing at the Senatorial Committee on Human Rights. On September 24th, four […]
Read moreJoint UN statement on Ending violence and discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people
On 29 September 2015, 12 UN entities (ILO, OHCHR, UNAIDS Secretariat, UNDP, UNESCO, UNFPA, UNHCR, UNICEF, UNODC, UN Women, WFP and WHO) released an unprecedented joint statement calling for an end to violence and discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people. The statement is a powerful call to action to Governments to do […]
Read more“Christian Role Models for LGBT Equality” Guide
Stonewall Acceptance without Exception has launched the “Christian Role Models for LGBT Equality” Guide, which contains 20 stories from LGBT Christians and allies for LGBT equality from around the world. Click here to access it.
Read moreHow Sex Workers’ Rights Made the Mainstream
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 flipped.
Read moreBrazilian academic institutions and CSO’ submissions to the OCHR’s resolution on the protection of the family
The Brazilian academic institution and civil society organizations listed below offered a contribution to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights’ Report on the impact of the implementation by States of their obligations under relevant provisions of international human rights law with regard to the protection of the family, as requested by Resolution 29/22 of […]
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The UN Security Council debates gays and ISIS: Why this is a bad idea
By Scott Long I. Questions On August 18, the Islamic State (also known as ISIS or ISIL or by its Arabic acronym, Da’ish) assaulted history. They beheaded an 82 year-old archaeologist, the resident expert on the ruins in the occupied city of Palmyra. Two days earlier, on August 16, Syrian government warplanes assaulted daily life; Assad’s pilots bombed a crowded […]
Read moreIntersectionality of sexuality, inequality and poverty
I recently had the pleasure (and challenge) of being part of a team of Research Assistants working for the Institute of Development Studies (IDS). My two colleagues and I were tasked with coding, analysing and summarising eighteen IDS Sexuality, Poverty and Law programme Evidence Reports under five thematic areas, one of which was ‘Economy, employment […]
Read moreHomophobia and Transphobia in Caribbean Media: A Baseline Study
During the month of July 2014, the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission and United and Strong, in collaboration with Groundation Grenada, Guyana Rainbow Foundation, J-FLAG, and United Belize Advocacy Movement, conducted the first-ever LGBTI-focused media-monitoring project in the English-speaking region. These groups monitored the media in five countries—Belize, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia. […]
Read moreFRIDA Young Feminist Fund Call For Proposals
The Young Feminist Fund is the only youth-led fund focused exclusively on supporting global young feminist activism to advance social justice movements and agendas. FRIDA was created to bring new resources and new opportunities to young women and trans* youth globally. DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 14th September 2015 Who can apply? Groups founded or led by […]
Read moreThe sexual politics landscape in July 2015
In July the hottest topic to be reported on is, undoubtedly, the global controversy that emerged when Amnesty International made public a draft policy defining a new line of work aimed at the protection of the human rights of sex workers, to be approved by the forthcoming meeting of its International Council (beginning on August […]
Read moreCritically examining the US Supreme Court decision on same –sex marriage
Of course I cried. I cried because these nine antiquarian arbiters in funeral garb – five of them anyway, each looking about as forward-thinking and progressive as a constipated grandparent – informed me at last that I am part of this Great Community they help to govern.
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