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Sep 23, 2011Transgender rights are getting some attention in the Netherlands, where there's a push to amend a law that requires people to have surgery and become sterilized in order to officially change their gender. With HRW's Boris Dittrich and Thomas Wormgoor, who works with the Transgender Network in the Netherlands.
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Sep 14, 2011
HRW's Boris Dittrich explains how Dutch law violates the rights of transgender people in an interview from the BBC/PRI public radio show The World.
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Jun 27, 2011New York's gay marriage bill passed, but there are still legal hurdles for same-sex couples in the United States and around the world. Amy Costello speaks with HRW's Boris Dittrich and Tom Plummer of Immigration Equality.
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Jan 31, 2011HRW researcher Maria Burnett reports on the funeral of Ugandan LGBT activist David Kato. Burnett says the funeral was disrupted when a preacher spewed anti-gay sentiments. Kato was a leading voice in the fight against Uganda's controversial Anti-Homosexuality Bill.
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Jan 28, 2011
HRW researcher Maria Burnett reports on the funeral of Ugandan LGBT activist David Kato. Burnett says the funeral was disrupted when a preacher spewed anti-gay sentiments. Kato was a leading voice in the fight against Uganda's controversial Anti-Homosexuality Bill.
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Nov 29, 2010Being gay in Senegal has become more difficult following the prosecution of a group of men accused of having sex with men. Gay men have also been the victims of violence on the streets. But reporter Jori Lewis finds that this kind of abuse and discrimination has not always been the norm in the West African country.
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Jul 16, 2010Former Ugandan army Major Major Rubaramira Ruranga tells how living with HIV turned him into a human rights activist. He and Joe Amon of Human Rights Watch talk about Uganda's alarming steps back when it comes to HIV/AIDS policies. Amy Costello reports.
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Jun 3, 2010Dean Hamer and Joe Wilson discuss their film "Out in the Silence." It's about being gay in small town America. With HRW's Boris Dittrich; hosted by Amy Costello. The documentary is playing at the the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival in New York on June 21.
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Feb 24, 2010A bill in Uganda threatens the rights of LGBT people and could push HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment underground. With HRW's Scott Long and voices from the ground in Uganda.
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Nov 30, 2009
It's been more than two decades since the HIV/AIDS epidemic began. In places like Uganda, prevention and treatment are threatened by human rights abuses. With HRW's Joe Amon and Scott Long.