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August 10, 2021 Commentary

Homophobic Ghanaian ‘Family Values’ Bill is Odious and Beggars Belief

Russia, Nigeria, Uganda and Hungary have all passed odious laws in recent years that discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. Ghana’s proposed legislation takes bad parts from all of these and adds some.

A young lesbian woman at an LGBT community center in Accra, Ghana.
August 5, 2021 News Release

Uzbekistan: Forced Anal Testing in Homosexuality Prosecutions

President Should Immediately Prohibit Torturous Exams

Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev speaking in Qingdao, China on June 9, 2018. © 2018 AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko.”
August 4, 2021 Commentary

"Clean the Streets of Faggots"

Digital Targeting of LGBT People by Middle East/North Africa Governments

Sarah Hegazy, Egyptian LGBTQ activist, photographed by a friend who wished to remain anonymous, at a Mashrou’ Leila concert in Cairo in 2017 © 2020 anonymous.
July 28, 2021 Commentary

The Trouble With the ‘LGBT Community’

LGBT activists in Beirut, Lebanon shout slogans and hold up a rainbow flag as they march to demand equal rights in a country gripped by economic and financial crisis, June 27, 2020.
July 22, 2021 Dispatches

Argentina Recognizes Non-Binary Identities

Decree Allows for Third Gender Option in Identification Documents

President Alberto Fernández (center) with other authorities and members of social organizations, form an 'X', at the Bicentennial Museum in Casa Rosada, Buenos Aires, Argentina, on July 21, 2021
July 21, 2021 Commentary

Panama’s Gender-Based Lockdown and the Resilience of Transgender Activism

An Interview with Pau González of Hombres Trans Panamá

Pau González. © Alexandra Gil
July 21, 2021 Commentary

Lawmakers Are Harming LGBTQ+ Youth

Protesters gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington, DC on Oct. 8, 2019. 
July 19, 2021 News Release

Japan: Prime Minister Should Back LGBT Equality Act

Activists’ Videos Highlight Long Struggle for Equality

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July 16, 2021 Dispatches

New York City Hospitals Prohibit Unnecessary Intersex Surgeries

Ending Early ‘Normalizing’ Interventions Signals Commitment to Rights

People rally to end intersex surgeries in New York City, October 27, 2018. 
July 12, 2021 News Release

Japan: Olympics Should Benefit Human Rights

Address Abuse of Child Athletes, LGBT Discrimination, Gender Gap

Supporters of Equality Act Japan gather in front of parliament before they submit a petition in Tokyo on March 25, 2021.
July 8, 2021 UPR

Saint Lucia Universal Periodic Review Outcome Statement

Item 6 - Universal Periodic Review

Delegates sit at the opening of the 41th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, June 24, 2019.
July 8, 2021 News Release

Bolivia: Lesbian Couple Denied Registration of Union

National Civil Registry Discriminates Against Same-Sex Relationships

The Constitutional Court of Bolivia (Tribunal Constitucional Plurinacional).
July 8, 2021 UPR

Saint Kitts and Nevis Universal Periodic Review Outcome Statement

Item 6 - Universal Periodic Review

Delegates sit at the opening of the 41th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, June 24, 2019.
July 8, 2021 Dispatches

Supermarket Chain in Russia Acts LGBT-Inclusive, Then Regrets It

VkusVill Pulls Ad Featuring Lesbian Customers

A VkusVill’s market in central Moscow, Russia on July 7th, 2021.
July 6, 2021 Dispatches

European Court Upholds Russian Transgender Woman’s Right to Family Life

Discrimination Harms Parents and Children

Activists participate in the St Petersburg LGBT Pride march on August 12, 2017.

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