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May 21, 2020 Dispatches

Hungary Ends Legal Recognition for Transgender and Intersex People

President Ader Should Not Sign Problematic New Law

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, center right, speaks during a plenary session in the House of Parliament in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, March 23, 2020.
May 20, 2020 Dispatches

Albanian Psychologists Prohibit Anti-LGBT “Conversion Therapy”

Becomes Third European Country to Ban the Practice

Participants ride bikes during the Gay Pride Parade in Tirana, Albania, May 13, 2017.
May 19, 2020 Dispatches

LGBT Africans Share Challenges of Life During Pandemic

AfroQueer Podcast Explores Varied Experiences of Coping with Covid-19

A Ugandan transgender woman in a town near Kampala, shortly before she fled the country. She left to escape police harassment and violence.
May 19, 2020 Commentary

Supreme Court Strikes Down Bigotry in Brazil’s Schools

Rulings Affirm Equality, Comprehensive Sexuality Education

The Supreme Federal Court (Supremo Tribunal Federal) in Brazil.
May 18, 2020 News Release

Panama: Government Takes Step to End Quarantine Gender Discrimination

Protect Transgender People From Police, Security Guard Abuse

Panama Trans Community Members
May 18, 2020 Commentary

A Global Report Card on LGBTQ+ Rights for IDAHOBIT

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May 17, 2020 Statement

Joint Statement on the Rights of Trans People in the UK

The transgender pride flag.
May 15, 2020 Commentary

Why Banning Anti-LGBT ‘Conversion Therapy’ isn’t Enough

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May 15, 2020 News Release

Japan: Introduce LGBT Non-Discrimination Law

Nearly 100 Civic Groups Urge Prime Minister to Act

Participants March during the Tokyo Rainbow Parade. On October 22, hundreds of activist groups throughout the world will gather to mark the 8th annual International Day for Trans Depathologization.
May 15, 2020 Letter

Letter to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Regarding National LGBT Non-Discrimination Law

May 13, 2020 Dispatches

Covid-19 Backlash Targets LGBT People in South Korea

Government Should Act to Prevent Discrimination

A rainbow flag is carried during a parade as a part of the Seoul Queer Culture Festival in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, July 14, 2018. © 2018 AP Photo/Lee Jin-man
May 11, 2020 Letter

Letter to Uganda’s Director of Public Prosecutions Calling for the Dismissal of Charges Against Homeless Youth

May 11, 2020 News Release

Uganda: Drop Charges Against 19 Homeless Youth

Gay and Transgender People Still Detained Under Bogus Covid-19 Pretext

Ugandan police and other security forces chase people off the streets, after police cleared a stand of motorcycle taxis which are no longer permitted to operate after all public transport was banned for two weeks to halt the spread of the new coronavirus,
May 8, 2020 Commentary

Bangladesh Should Support Hijra, Trans Under Covid-19

A Hijra in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
May 7, 2020 News Release

Lebanon’s LGBT People Reclaim Their Power

Videos, Report Highlight Coexistence, Solidarity, New Possibility for Rights

Rana, 32, standing in Riad El-Solh Square, one of the main protest sites in downtown Beirut. December 22, 2019. 

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