News and analysis on the Indonesian crackdown on LGBTI people
Indonesian Psychiatrists Classify LGBT People As Mentally Ill In Order To ‘Treat’ Them – Think Progress The Next Big LGBT “Propaganda” Ban Is Being Written
Report on the UN Human Rights Council’s resolution on the Protection of the family
The present report, by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 29/22.
New report maps West African LGBTQ organizing
Though funding for LGBTQ activism in West Africa has historically focused on gay men and other men who have sex with men (MSM), the scan shows that more broad-based LGBTQ organizations are emerging. Several of these nascent groups are led by queer-identified women and gender non-conforming people.
Human rights contestations: sexual orientation and gender identity
This article asks if and why sexual orientation and gender identity-related rights should connect to a human rights framework. To answer that question it begins by addressing how we understand what makes human rights resonate or not resonate and if addressing a contentious issue such as sexual orientation or gender identity from within a human rights frame advances or detracts from such resonance.
The sexual politics in February 2016
In February, there were good news to report from both Haiti and Europe. In the case of Haiti, the Penal Code reform is underway and
Gay rights are human rights
The human rights of LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer) people have reached centre stage. Curative petitions have been referred to a Constitution Bench with observations by Chief Justice of India (CJI) T.S. Thakur that “the issues sought to be raised are of considerable importance and public interest …”.
The many places of prostitution
In late November, 2015, the Institute of Philosophy and Social Sciences of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (IFCS/UFRJ) hosted a one week course
Equality Is Not Enough: Seeking Full Liberty for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People
The book, by Andrew Park, is about the American political context, so the audience is mostly in the US. It advocates using international human development
Lohana Berkins – Travesti Rage Always!
Originally published on AWID. Available at: http://www.awid.org/news-and-analysis/lohana-berkins-travesti-rage-always#sthash.NHwWZ69A.dpuf Argentinean trans* activist, Lohana Berkins, died in Buenos Aires on February 5, 2016. AWID joins the voices and hearts remembering Lohana,
Remembering Lohana Berkins: Activist, Leader and Proud Transvesti
The LGBTQ community in Argentina, and the region at large continues to mourn the loss of one of its most vocal and compassionate leaders. Lohana Berkins, founding president of The Association for the Fight for Travesti and Transexual Identity (ALITT) passed away last week after a long period of hospitalization.