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July 26, 2018 News Release

Tunisia: Landmark Proposals on Gender Bias, Privacy

Adopt Changes in Laws on Freedoms and Equality

The president of the Commission on Individual Freedoms and Equality, Bochra bel Haj Hmida with President Béji Caid Essebsi during the handing of the Commission’s report. © 2018 Commission on Individual Freedom and Equality
July 26, 2018 News Release

Revoke Discriminatory Athletics Gender Regulations

New Athletics Federation Rules Force Women with Intersex Variations Out of Competition

Caster Semenya of South Africa, Charlene Lipsey of the united States and Lynsey Sharp of Great Britain compete in the Women's 800 metres semi finals during day eight of the 16th IAAF World Athletics Championships London 2017
July 25, 2018 News Release

US: Bill Advances Bias in Adoption, Foster Care

Strip Anti-LGBT Amendment from Funding Package

Child welfare agencies could be allowed to discriminate under a recent amendment to legislation pending before Congress that would threaten the rights of children in care.
July 23, 2018 News Release

US: LGBT People Face Healthcare Barriers

Trump Administration Set to Erode Existing Protections

Dr. Brittany Brooks meets with a patient at Open Arms Healthcare Center, a clinic in Jackson, MS, that focuses on alleviating healthcare disparities for underserved populations, with a particular focus on LGBT people.
July 19, 2018 Dispatches

Chicago Protest Demands Informed Consent for Intersex Patients

Medically Unnecessary High-Risk Surgeries Should Stop

Intersex activist Sean Saifa Wall protests outside Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago for Intersex Awareness Day on October 26, 2017.
July 19, 2018 News Release

Lebanon: Same-Sex Relations Not Illegal

Homosexuality Not an ‘Unnatural Offense,’ Appeals Court Rules

People wave a Lebanese national flag during a protest in Central Beirut December 11, 2006.
July 10, 2018 News Release

Hong Kong: LGBT-Themed Books Restricted in Libraries

Restore Access to 10 Children’s Books Put in 'Closed Stacks'

A library worker indexes periodicals at the Hong Kong Central Library May 14, 2001.
July 9, 2018 Commentary

This week, the EU should press Ukraine on fundamental rights

As European and Ukrainian leaders gather in Brussels, it's time to highlight the need for further protection of fundamental rights and freedoms in Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and European Council President Donald Tusk arrive for a joint news conference following the EU-Ukraine summit in Kiev, Ukraine, July 13, 2017.
July 8, 2018 Dispatches

US Justice Kennedy’s Legacy on Gay Rights

Key Rights Protections Hinge on Choice of Replacement

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy arrives for U.S. President Donald Trump's address to a Joint Session of Congress in Washington, U.S., February 28, 2017.
July 6, 2018 Dispatches

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

Ban Marriage for Anyone under 18

Jina, a 22-year-old transgender woman, sports a tattoo of a butterfly—a transgender symbol signifying transformation.
July 1, 2018 News Release

Indonesia: Anti-LGBT Crackdown Fuels Health Crisis

Discriminatory Police Raids Violate Rights, Undermine HIV-Prevention Efforts

Police officers guard the entry of the T1 night club in Jakarta on October 9, 2017, after they raided it and arrested 10 people for alleged violations of the anti-pornography law.
July 1, 2018 Witness

Witness: Indonesia’s Anti-LGBT Tirade’s Disastrous Impact on Health

On March 29, 2018, vigilantes forcibly entered a private house in Aceh province and called the Sharia (Islamic law) police, who arrested two male college students for allegedly having sex. A police officer questions one of the men in the Sharia
June 28, 2018 Dispatches

Turkey Has No Excuse to Ban Istanbul Pride March

Protect, End Discrimination Against LGBTI Community

LGBT rights activists hold a rainbow flag during a transgender pride parade which was banned by the governor’s office, in central Istanbul, Turkey, June 19, 2016
June 26, 2018 Dispatches

UN Expert Spotlights LGBT Poverty in Ghana

LGBT People Routinely Discriminated Against in Job Market

A young lesbian woman at an LGBT community center in Accra, Ghana.
June 26, 2018 News Release

Ukraine: Fatal Attack on Roma Settlement

Stop Impunity for Hate Crimes

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