The First Lady of Panama, Lorena Castillo de Varela, has delivered a passionate speech in favour of the zero discrimination agenda
US: Middle Eastern LGBTQs Underrepresented in Health Research — And That’s a Problem
While the demand for a more intersectional approach to LGBTQ activism is heartening, as an Arab American I can’t help but feel that the voices LGBTQ people of Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) origin are not being heard at a time when anti-Arab, anti-refugee, and Islamophobic sentiment is at an all-time high.
HRC35 | Highlights of the Trans Advocacy Week
Sixteen trans and gender diverse activists from fifteen countries across all regions of the world - including Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, North America, the Pacific, and the Caribbean - participated in the first Trans Advocacy Week at the 35th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Germany: Parliament in Germany Approves Same-Sex Marriage
Lawmakers in Germany voted on Friday to allow same-sex marriage after a brisk but emotional debate in Parliament
Germany: Bundestag passes bill on same-sex marriage
China: Landmark Ruling on HIV Employment Discrimination
UK: Private religious school faces closure for not teaching pupils about LGBT issues
Canada: Black Lives Matter, police and Pride: Toronto activists spark a movement
Here's How People Celebrated Pride Around The World
LGBTQ Pride Around the World
UK: op-ed, Is the saccharine message of #Loveislove really what Pride is about?
I’d prefer the old Queer Nation chant – “We’re here, we’re queer, get used to it” – to a statement that says ‘picture LGBT people falling in love and you’ll hate us less’