Discrimination and Equality

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Added on: 02/19/2021
02/19/2021
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) found in a landmark decision released Wednesday that the Jamaican government is responsible for violating the human rights of two…

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Added on: 02/19/2021
02/19/2021
As a gay footballer, I am very aware of the status I have as a role model – even more so being a gay footballer with an…

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Added on: 02/18/2021
02/17/2021
Bills in at least 20 states are targeting the transgender community in what LGBTQ advocates say is an organized assault by conservative groups. On Thursday, the North…

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Added on: 02/18/2021
02/17/2021
Over 800 footballers have signed up to a campaign by a German football magazine aimed at offering support to LGBTQ players. But World Cup winner Philipp Lahm…

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Added on: 02/18/2021
02/17/2021
KINGSTON, Feb 17 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Jamaica should repeal its colonial-era gay sex ban, the top rights body of the Americas said on Wednesday, in a…

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Added on: 02/18/2021
02/17/2021
SAO PAOLO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A group of major Brazilian churches came under fire for supporting LGBT+ people for the first time in an annual Lent…

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Added on: 02/17/2021
02/16/2021
An LGBT+ History Month seminar for under-18s was interrupted by a cyber attacker who shouted homophobic, transphobic and racist slurs. Education non-profit Academus Education was hosting a…

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Added on: 02/17/2021
02/16/2021
An attack that a police detective describes as “very vicious and violent” has authorities searching for the killer of a 45-year-old transgender woman found dead two weeks…

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Added on: 02/17/2021
02/16/2021
LONDON — For decades, L.G.B.T. members of Britain’s military were systematically dismissed from the ranks and stripped of their medals. Now, after years of campaigning by those…

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Added on: 02/17/2021
02/16/2021
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Homophobic language and hate speech against transgender people are on the increase among European politicians, an advocacy group said on Tuesday as…

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Added on: 02/17/2021
02/15/2021
For the first time, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people are now protected from housing discrimination under federal law. The Department of Housing and Urban Development announced…

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Added on: 02/17/2021
02/15/2021
Trans, non-binary and gender divergent immigrants and refugees living in British Columbia now have a support group to call their very own. Beyond Borders and Binaries, a…

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Added on: 02/17/2021
02/16/2021
A new draft policy suggests a major review of the identity management system to the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) in order to include various categories to…

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Added on: 02/17/2021
After LGBT+ Rights Ghana held a fundraiser at the new site, anti-gay campaigner Moses Foh-Amoaning called for the police to shut it down, arrest the group’s leaders…

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Added on: 02/17/2021
02/15/2021
The Covid-19 pandemic and its consequences have highlighted the fragility of the human rights of LGBTI people, according to the annual report by a leading rights NGO,…

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Added on: 02/16/2021
The UN’s special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran has expressed concern over reports that the country has subjected lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender…

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Added on: 02/16/2021
02/16/2021
Former military members who were dismissed from service because of their sexuality are now able to reclaim lost medals. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said it wanted…

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Added on: 02/16/2021
02/15/2021
Homophobic language and hate speech against transgender people are on the increase among European politicians, an advocacy group said on Tuesday as it sounded the alarm about…

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Added on: 02/15/2021
For transgender person, Bali Jetty, learning the art of embroidery brought gradual respite from the banality of the stereotypical roles. Unfortunately, the transcendence proved to be short-lived…

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Added on: 02/15/2021
Feb. 11, 2021, will remain unforgettable for 12 boys arrested and taken to the Nkolbikone police station after they were spotted kissing each other near the Grand…

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Added on: 02/15/2021
Sam Edelman felt like a girl for as long as he could remember, his dad said. As Sam’s 18th birthday approached, and after years of researching hormone…

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Added on: 02/14/2021
2/13/21
The angry tirade comes after Biden vowed to advance the cause of LGBT+ rights around the world, threatening financial sanctions on regimes deemed to have infringed on…

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Added on: 02/13/2021
Byun Hee-soo, South Korea’s first transgender soldier, who was discharged from the military last year after undergoing gender reassignment surgery, is battling her way back into the…

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Added on: 02/13/2021
2/12/21
Military veterans who were stripped of their medals for being gay or transgender will be able to get them restored under a new scheme to remedy historic…

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Added on: 02/13/2021
02/12/2021
A United Nations report found the Islamic Republic of Iran imposed electric shock torture on LGBT+ children, among other human rights violations. British LGBT+ campaigner Peter Tatchell…

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Added on: 02/13/2021
02/12/2021
The Minister-designate for Foreign Affairs, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, says Ghana’s Parliament must make up its mind on whether it wants to decriminalise LGBT laws in the country….

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Added on: 02/13/2021
02/12/2021
QAnon supporters are peddling the false conspiracy theory that COVID-19 vaccines turn people gay or transgender. BBC investigative reporter Shayan Sardarizadeh posted screenshots from Telegram – the…

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Added on: 02/12/2021
The legislative fight to pass discriminatory anti-transgender legislation is ramping up in state houses across the country, with a significant number of bills expected to have hearings…

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Added on: 02/12/2021
02/11/2021
The LGBT+ Rights Ghana has responded to calls by the Executive Secretary of the National Coalition for Proper Human Sexual Rights and Family Values, Moses Foh-Amoaning, on…

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Added on: 02/12/2021
02/11/2021
After passing a new law decriminalising same-sex relationships in 2019, Angola has finally enacted its new penal code which is against the discrimination of LGBT Angolans. Angola…