TAG: LGBTQ rights

A call to end all criminal penalties against people because of their sexual orientation or gender identity: A historical victory

By Gloria Careaga* In New York City on December 18th, 2008, 66 UN member states joined together for the first time ever to support a declaration that was presented by Argentina to the General Assembly. The declaration upholds “the principle of non-discrimination, which requires that human rights apply equally to every human being regardless of […]

O caso contra Shahzina Tariq e Shamial Raj por terem casado sendo pessoas do “mesmo sexo” *

Artigo de Nighat Said Khan, feminista do Paquistão, traduzido para português por Sonia Corrêa e Jones Freitas Histórico e detalhes Em setembro de 2006, Shahzina Tariq e Shamial Raj se casaram numa cidade de médio porte, Faisalabad, na província de Punjab. Ambos se conheciam, pois são primos. Como estavam mutuamente comprometidos e determinados a passar […]

The Nigerian same–sex marriage bill: Challenges and Gains

By Dotty Aken’ova* It has been almost two years since the bill prohibiting same sex marriage in Nigeria was introduced to the national house of assembly. Open LGBTQ activists in Nigeria at the time were very few and advocacy capacity on LGBTQ issues was very poor. The introduction of the bill shook the few LGBTQ […]

The Role of Global-Level Advocacy in Addressing HIV among Key Population & Transnational LGBT Activism

NEW! The report The Role of Global-Level Advocacy in Addressing HIV among Key Population details strategies used and outcomes achieved by five constituency-led global network organizations focused on key populations, providing numerous case study examples illustrating the concrete impact of advocacy at the global level. Download it here. SPW recommends Transnational LGBT Activism, by Ryan Thoreson, […]

Working paper n. 9 & Indian LGBTQI community issued an open letter to the editors of Bangalore Mirror

SPW presents its Working paper n. 9, in which Justin Perez (Univesity of California, Irvine) procedes to a critical understanding of lesbian and gay tourism, as well as comments on the increasingly significant role that calculative technologies play in how rights can be claimed and legitimized. Read it here. Members of the Indian LGBTQI community issued […]

SPW Newsletter No. 14

SPW Newsletter No. 14 discusses recent developments in law relating to same-sex desire in India and Uganda > Read more in this issue