Human Rights

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Added on: 02/25/2023
A Utah lawmaker says he has listened to concerns from the LGBTQ community and updated a bill that had been a close copy of the law in…

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Added on: 02/24/2023
Festus Mbandeka, the Attorney General of Namibia, has described homosexuality as “unacceptable” and “immoral” in a bid to uphold the country’s discriminatory ban on same-sex sexuality. Mbandeka…

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Added on: 02/22/2023
Dr. Sarah Gill was just 14 when she ran away from home in Karachi. For most of her childhood, she had suffered the humiliation of feeling like…

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Added on: 02/22/2023
Government officials across the Middle East and North Africa region are targeting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people based on their online activity on social media,…

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Added on: 02/21/2023
02/20/2023
An intense interaction between allies and members of the LGBTQ community and a religious group got heated and loud according to attendees. The tensions and volume escalated…

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Added on: 02/21/2023
02/20/2023
Keiry Molina’s world turned upside down last May when a police officer arrived at her home in San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador. The 46-year-old trans…

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Added on: 02/19/2023
02/17/2023
Spain’s parliament on Thursday passed legislation which makes it easier for trans people to change their gender, expands access to abortion procedures and grants menstrual leave to…

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Added on: 02/19/2023
02/17/2023
A court ruling this week that rejected an Oklahoma woman’s petition of custody over the son she raised for two years with her estranged wife should serve…

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Added on: 02/18/2023
02/17/2023
The furore surrounding the placement of transgender offenders in Scottish prisons has sharpened personal safety fears across Scotland’s LGBTQ+ community, the Guardian has been told. Soon after…

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Added on: 02/18/2023
02/17/2023
Florida Senator Marco Rubio on Thursday introduced legislation that would disqualify most people with a history of gender dysphoria from serving in the U.S. Military. The bill…

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Added on: 02/18/2023
02/17/2023
What was considered to be a historic act in the country’s history is now being amended to erase any minor gains or goodwill that was generated. On…

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Added on: 02/18/2023
After its passage in the Senate, Spain’s lower house passed the Law for the Real and Effective Equality of Trans Persons and for the Guarantee of LGTBI…

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Added on: 02/16/2023
After the Chinese government reversed its draconian “Zero Covid” policy and fully lifted pandemic restrictions, it is now beaming a new message into Europe: China is open…

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Added on: 02/16/2023
In June 2021, Amani’s girlfriend ended their relationship. Amani told Human Rights Watch that for months prior to the breakup, her girlfriend’s parents had been “refusing to…

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Added on: 02/15/2023
02/14/2023
The killing of Brianna Ghey, a trans teenage girl from Warrington, comes amid a “wider atmosphere of hostility towards trans people, perpetuated through apathy and malice”. Brianna…

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Added on: 02/15/2023
The Ugandan Government’s National Bureau for Non-Governmental organization is currently investigating the operations of 22 NGOs suspected to be involved in so called “promotion of LGBTIQ activities”….

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Added on: 02/14/2023
A year ago, Kuwait’s Constitutional Court overturned a law that criminalized “imitating the opposite sex,” ruling that Article 198 of the penal code, which authorities had used…

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Added on: 02/12/2023
Ten years ago, a judgment by Hong Kong’s top court was hailed as a breakthrough for the city’s transgender community. Last week, another landmark ruling was rightly…

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Added on: 02/12/2023
02/11/2023
Bangladesh said on Saturday it had withdrawn two new school textbooks after protests from Islamist groups incensed by a curriculum overhaul to recognise transgender identities, same-sex relationships…

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Added on: 02/12/2023
02/11/2023
The government should “comprehensively criminalise” activities that promote homosexuality in the country and lay down stringent requirements for registration of civil society organisations, a leaked report reveals….

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Added on: 02/11/2023
02/11/2023
The Center for Religion and Public Life (CRPL-Ghana) has petitioned the Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee of Parliament not to pass the bill against Lesbians, Gays,…

World Voices

Added on: 02/07/2023
Sarah Lestico
Alturi Contributor
Where is home for you? I have not found “home” yet. A home is a place that accepts me; where I can move freely as an LGBTIQ…

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Added on: 01/04/2023
01/03/2022
Born in 1957, Simon Tseko Nkoli had just turned 41 when he died, in 1998, of an AIDS-related illness. In his short life, the South African activist…

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Added on: 01/03/2023
01/02/2023
In 2015, the Ukrainian parliament approved an anti-discrimination in employment law concerning sexual orientation and gender identity, and in 2016 Ukrainian authorities simplified the transgender transition process…

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Added on: 01/03/2023
12/29/2022
Progress for the world’s LGBTQ+ people has not been evenly spread in 2022, with some countries marking new milestones and others rolling back rights. In wins, Singapore,…

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Added on: 01/01/2023
The year that was 2022, thankfully, saw a decline in the number of reported LGBTIQ+ hate crimes in South Africa, compared to 2021. There were nonetheless still…

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Added on: 12/30/2022
12/29/2022
The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, during a direct line broadcast for the first time in English and Arabic, addressed the Arab world and all Muslims with…

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Added on: 12/29/2022
Annet Kezaabu, is the chairperson of the Anti-Pornographic Control Committee at the Directorate of Ethics and Integrity. It has reportedly warned that members of the LGBTQ+ community…

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Added on: 12/28/2022
As reported by the BBC, a group of lawmakers in Niger has supported a motion seeking to criminalize same-sex relationships in the country….

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Added on: 12/28/2022
During the past year, the world has witnessed slow progress toward full recognition of the human rights of LGBTQ people, though many nations remain obstinate in their…