Discrimination and Equality

Global News

Added on: 08/16/2018

Baker Who Refused to Make a Gay Wedding Cake Back in Court

08/16/2018

A baker who won a US Supreme Court battle over his refusal to bake a gay wedding-themed cake is again in the headlines, this time for turning…

World Voices

Added on: 08/02/2018

‘Visibles’ Shine a Light on LGBTI Rights in Guatemala

Robert Blackmon

Alturi Project Director

Visibles early work has included promoting public debates around issues relevant to the LGBTI community — equal marriage, the right to gender identity, promoting safe spaces for…

World Voices

Added on: 08/02/2018

‘Evening Shadows’ Give Way to Light

Robert Blackmon

Alturi Project Director

‘Evening Shadows’ is currently on the international festival circuit including a recent screening at Outfest in Los Angeles. In addition to a glowing audience reception, Sridhar took the…

Global News

Added on: 07/09/2018

Pride in London Sorry After Anti-Trans Protest

07/08/2018

Pride in London organizers have apologized after anti-trans protesters “forced their way to the front of the parade”. Members of lesbian and feminist group Get The L…

Global News

Added on: 07/09/2018

Gay Marriage Does Not Fit in a Communist Country, Cuban Evangelicals Say

07/08/2018

Five Evangelical churches in Cuba say they oppose same-sex marriage because the ideology of gender is totally foreign to Cuban culture or “the historic leaders of the…

Global News

Added on: 07/09/2018

A Ray of Hope for LGBTI Community

07/09/2018

A five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court will on Tuesday hear petitions for scrapping Section 377 of the penal code, a 149-year-old archaic law which criminalizes…

Global News

Added on: 07/09/2018

LGBT Issues Are of Huge Interest to People Not Just from Those Communities – the Data Proves It

07/08/2018

When the prototype version of Pride London took place in 1972, it was sneered at by a media that was “universally hostile”, according to veteran LGBT activist…

Global News

Added on: 07/09/2018

Malaysia: Numan Afifi, More than just gay

07/09/2018

I will openly admit that I have been gay since 2008 when I came out right in front of a crowd of people. Thus, when I was…

Global News

Added on: 07/09/2018

Ecuador Judges Rule Against Same-Sex Marriage Ban

07/08/2018

Two judges of an Ecuadorian court have ruled against that nation’s ban on same-sex marriage. The pair of judges sit on the Family, Women, Children and Adolescents…

Global News

Added on: 07/08/2018

These Five Court Cases Could Change the Future of LGBT Rights

07/07/2018

The Supreme Court nominee President Trump is expected to announce on Monday could play as large a role in unraveling LGBT rights as retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy…

Global News

Added on: 07/08/2018

No, LGBT People Aren’t Harming Malaysia, But Child Marriage Is

07/06/2018

When the news broke last week that a 41-year-old man from Kelantan had married an 11-year-old girl, alarm bells went off in Malaysia’s newly elected government as…

Global News

Added on: 07/07/2018

International Support for Budapest Pride March

07/06/2018

More than 100 CEOs will march together at Budapest Pride Saturday. Meanwhile, the embassies of 34 countries around the world expressed their support for the rights of…

Global News

Added on: 07/07/2018

Reconstituted Supreme Court Bench to Hear Section 377 Case

07/07/2018

Days ahead of the crucial hearing on a clutch of petitions challenging the validity of section 377 of the IPC that criminalises consensual gay sex, the Chief…

Global News

Added on: 07/07/2018

Public Support for Men in Drag in Row with Chinese Police

07/06/2018

A video of a heated altercation between three men in drag and police officers in the city of Suzhou has started tens of thousands of people talking…

Global News

Added on: 07/07/2018

Black Pride: Why We Need an Event to Celebrate Being Black and Gay

07/06/2018

Hundreds of thousands of people will line the streets on Saturday to celebrate the LGBT community at Pride in London. But many LGBT black people say they…

Alturi Partner

Added on: 02/01/2018

CariFLAGS

Caribbean Forum for Liberation and Acceptance of Genders and Sexualities (CariFLAGS) is a regional nonprofit based in Trinidad and Tobago made up of leading LGBTI NGOs across…

Alturi Partner

Added on: 02/01/2018

J-FLAG

J-FLAG operates under four broad objectives to ensure that an individual’s sexual orientation and/or gender identity are not used to discriminate against them. We work to increase…

Alturi Partner

Added on: 02/01/2018

Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD)

Our primary beneficiaries include LGBT Guyanese persons, and others who do not identify as heterosexual or cis-gender. SASOD focuses its work on combating homophobia, advancing human rights,…

Alturi Partner

Added on: 02/01/2018

Akahatá – Equipo de Trabajo en Sexualidades y Géneros

Programs: Regional and International Advocacy: Akahatá is working to advance human rights at international bodies such as the United Nations and Organization of American States (OAS) since…

Alturi Partner

Added on: 02/01/2018

Friends of Prague Pride

We are ambitious: By 2020, Prague Pride aims to be Czech Republic’s leading LGBT Centre of Influence for its excellence in advocacy, services for the LGBT community…

Alturi Partner

Added on: 02/01/2018

Friends of Zagreb Pride

When initiated, the Zagreb Pride March was conceived as a protest march against homophobia, transphobia and patriarchy, while at the same time it has been a tool…

Alturi Partner

Added on: 02/01/2018

Arus Pelangi

The vision of the founding fathers of the Republic of Indonesia has always been a pluralist, multi-cultural society where even sexual minorities should have their rightful place….

Alturi Partner

Added on: 01/31/2018

Heartland Alliance

Heartland Alliance’s Global Initiative for Sexuality and Human Rights (GISHR) stands behind activists who are improving the lives of LGBT persons — promoting their rights and protecting them…

Alturi Partner

Added on: 01/31/2018

The Advocates for Human Rights (The Advocates) is a volunteer-based non-governmental organization committed to the impartial promotion and protection of international human rights standards and the rule…

Alturi Partner

Added on: 01/31/2018

American Jewish World Service

AJWS is the fourth largest U.S.-based funder of global LGBTI rights worldwide. Since 2005, AJWS has invested nearly $9.5 million in global LGBTI rights. In 2013 alone,…

Alturi Partner

Added on: 01/31/2018

Astraea Foundation

The Astraea Lesbian Foundation For Justice is a multi-gendered, multi-racial, multi-identity organization that prioritizes and supports the leadership of women, transgender people, youth, and people of color….

Alturi Partner

Added on: 01/31/2018

Human Rights Watch

The Human Rights Watch lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights program has fought for over a decade to end human rights violations based on sexual orientation…

Alturi Partner

Added on: 01/31/2018

Human Rights First

LGBT rights are human rights, period. Human Rights First works to ensure that these rights are incorporated into the United States’ foreign policy agenda and advanced on…

Alturi Partner

Added on: 01/31/2018

Advocates for Youth

Advocates for Youth works across the U.S. and developing world to advance youth sexual health and rights to further a vision of a society in which all…

Alturi Partner

Added on: 01/24/2018

Alternatives-Cameroun

Alternatives-Cameroun’s mission includes advocating nationally and internationally for the human rights of the LGBTI population. The association also provides direct support to individual community members in the form…