TAG: LGBTQ rights

Film and diversity over the rainbow in Fortaleza

By Vagner de Almeida* The first For Rainbow Festival of Cinema and Sexual Diversity held in Fortaleza, in the state of Ceará, is the first film festival in the Northeast of Brazil that highlights positive aspects of gender and sexual diversity. For one week many artists, directors, actors, actresses, and critics were involved in more […]

Neo-nazis make suastic graffities on the walls of a Brazilian non-governmental gay organization

By Alexandre Boer* The headquarter of the Brazilian gay organization SOMOS – Communication, Health & Sexuality, from Porto Alegre – capital of Rio Grande do Sul state – has been the target of a neo-nazi group on January, 21st. During the night, just few hours after the first black President of the USA get to […]

Supreme Court’s Translation of the decision on LGBTI rights ruling on writ by Blue Diamond Society

Supreme Court, Division Bench Honorable Justice Mr. Balram K.C. Honorable Justice Mr. Pawan Kumar Ojha Order Writ No. 917 of the year 2064 (BS) (2007 AD) Case: Request for the order of Certiorari, Mandamus, Prohibition including other appropriate decrees. Petitioners: Sunil Babu Pant, Executive Director of Blue Diamond Society Meena Nepali, Vice Chair of MITINI […]

Y por fin (no todas) bailamos

Por Alejandra Sardá-Chandiramani* El XI Foro Internacional AWID de Ciudad del Cabo fue mi tercer Foro AWID, ya que antes había estado en Guadalajara (2002) y en Bangkok (2005). Por un lado, es muy difícil pensar estos eventos en términos de procesos porque l*s participantes generalmente cambian (más allá de un cierto “elenco estable” del […]

And finally (not all of them) danced!

Alejandra Sardá-Chandiramani* The 11th AWID International Forum in Cape Town was my third AWID event, as I had previously attended ones in Guadalajara (2002) and Bangkok (2005). On the one hand, it is very difficult to think of these events as interrelated, since the participants (except for a permanent cast that could very well include […]

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