Serbia: Revoke Ban on Belgrade Pride Parade
Repost from Human Rights Watch (Berlin) – Serbia’s ban on the Belgrade Pride Parade, scheduled for October 6, 2012, violates the country’s international legal obligations and should be…
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Napolitano’s same-sex couples directive: a milestone in immigration justice
Repost from The Guardian Until now, even legally married gay couples were discriminated against in immigration cases. Meaningful reform begins at last Things seemed grim, last fall, for…
Read moreWill LGBT Issues Feature in the Upcoming Presidential Debate?
Presidential debates rarely shed new light on what a presidential candidate really believes. Set-piece statements and rehearsed position points are the order of the night – and the…
Read moreBorn Free and Equal, New Report from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Today the Officer of the High Commissioner for Human Rights released a report on sexual orientation and gender identity in human rights law titled, “Born Free and Equal“.…
Read moreLatin American LGBT activists visit the U.S. on State Department-sponsored trip
Repost from the Washington Blade Nine Latin American activists continue to tour the United States on a State Department-organized trip that is part of its ongoing efforts to…
Read moreWitch-hunt in Iraq
Repost from BBC News Iraqi law enforcement agencies are involved in the systematic and deadly persecution of gay men and women there, a BBC investigation has revealed. Dozens,…
Read moreJudy and Dennis Shepard Speak Up for LGBT Rights in Europe
Repost from DipNote Blog by Frankie Sturm, Deputy Cultural Attache at U.S. Embassy Warsaw in Poland. Sitting down to dinner to wrap up two jam-packed days of outreach by Judy…
Read moreTaking LGBT Business to the International Stage
Guest blog post by Justin G. Nelson, Co-Founder and President of the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) Last month, I had a chance to talk about international…
Read moreZimbabwe’s Assault on LGBTI Group Indicative of Larger, Worrisome Trend
The following blog post by RFK Partners for Human Rights Advocacy Officer Jeffrey Smith appeared yesterday in the Huffington Post: With a constitutional referendum and historic elections looming in Zimbabwe, one might assume…
Read moreWhat to Expect From Romney
The Council for Global Equality has urged elected representatives and their staff from both major political parties to stand against LGBT human rights abuse and support LGBT-fair policies…
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