Repost from The Moscow Times A demonstration outside the State Duma on Tuesday ended in fisticuffs as Orthodox activists clashed with opponents of a bill targeting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. Police and at…
Read moreFrom UNAIDS The international community is talking a lot about what development will look like post the Millennium Development Goals in 2015. Of great concern to UNAIDS/us is…
Read moreThe White House Office of Public Engagement invites you to an LGBT Policy Briefing When: January 18, 2013, 9:00 AM – Noon Where: U.S. Department of Commerce Herbert Clark Hoover Building…
Read moreRepost from Time Until late last week one of Europe’s most progressive nations had one of the continent’s most repressive policies on transgender people. Swedish law had required…
Read moreFrom BBC News An appeal court in Cameroon has acquitted two men jailed in 2011 for homosexual acts, their lawyer has said. Alice Nkom said she was pleased…
Read moreIn an article on the Huffington Post website on December 31, Freedom House listed its best and worst human rights developments of 2012. LGBTI victories were listed as…
Read moreRepost from Guardian Media Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has been congratulated by regional and international organisations on her commitment to end discrimination against gay people in T&T. The…
Read moreRepost from Freedom House. As activists from around the world celebrate Human Rights Day, Freedom House is pleased to announce the launch of its newest global program: the Dignity for…
Read moreFrom Whitehouse.gov written by Samantha Power Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights at the National Security Council. During Human Rights Week, we reaffirm…
Read moreAs it appeared today in Uganda’s Daily Monitor newspaper To Ugandan MPs: God does not discriminate among our family Uganda’s Parliament is – unbelievably – on the verge…
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