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December 20, 2021 Letter

Joint Letter to South Korea's National Assembly Calling For the Immediate Passage of a Comprehensive Anti-Discrimination Law

December 16, 2021 News Release

Thailand: Transgender People Denied Equal Rights

Establish a Path for Legal Gender Recognition

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December 7, 2021 Dispatches

Chile Overwhelmingly Passes Marriage Equality

Addresses Parentage, Joint Adoption, Assisted Reproductive Technology

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December 7, 2021 Commentary

On LGBTQ+ Rights, Ghana’s Bishops Choose to Ignore Pope

As the Catholic Church continues to make more inclusive comments about LGBTQ+ rights, the Church's leadership in Ghana supports a violent and repressive draft law targeting LGBTQ+ people.

November 24, 2021 Dispatches

Biden Administration Confronts US Anti-Trans Violence

State and Federal Lawmakers Should Address Structural Discrimination

A person wearing a shirt that says "Black Trans Lives Matter (Las vidas negras trans importan)" at a rally
November 24, 2021 Dispatches

LGBT Qataris Call Foul Ahead of 2022 World Cup

LGBT Qataris at Risk Despite Gestures Toward Inclusion

A general view of the Al Thumama Stadium is seen in Doha, Qatar, October 22, 2021. The stadium will be one of the venues for the 2022 World Cup.
November 24, 2021 Report

South Africa: Broken Promises to Aid Gender-Based Violence Survivors

Improve Shelter Funding; Increase Access for Sex Workers, LGBT, Undocumented Survivors

General view during the Gender-Based Violence (GBV) protest march organized by the Office of The Premier in collaboration with Phepha Foundation on April 26, 2021 in Durban, South Africa.
November 20, 2021 Dispatches

Intersex Person Victim of Horrific Attack in Cameroon

Perpetrators Should Be Held Accountable

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November 19, 2021 Commentary

To Stop Anti-Transgender Violence, Lawmakers Must Address Its Roots

Participants in the National Trans Visibility March in downtown Orlando, Florida on October 9, 2021. © 2021 Sipa USA via AP
November 19, 2021 Statement

Statement by Russian and International Human Rights Organizations in Support of Russian LGBT Rights Activists under Attack

Russian blogger, Zhenya Svetski, stands with a sign reading “I am not ‘gay propaganda’” in Moscow, December 2018.
November 18, 2021 News Release

United States: Transgender People at Risk of Violence

State Laws Stoke Bias; Black Trans Women at Greatest Risk

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November 16, 2021 News Release

New Olympic Framework Backs Inclusion

New Guidelines Push Back on Discriminatory ‘Sex Testing’ Practices

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November 10, 2021 News Release

Papua New Guinea: Address Abuses Raised at UN Review

Countries Criticize Failures on Women’s and LGBT Rights and the Death Penalty

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November 10, 2021 Commentary

A Discriminatory System Killed a Transgender Man in Egypt

By reforming its own system, Egypt can influence positive changes in other countries in the region and lead the way for clear and accessible legal gender recognition mechanisms.

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October 28, 2021 News Release

Tunisia: Attack on Director of LGBT Group

Police Officers Suspected; Investigation Needed

Badr Baabou, director of Damj Association for Justice and Equality, following his assault by suspected police officers in Tunisia. © 2021 Badr Baabou

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