This was the decade when it became clear that “gay rights are human rights,” but it was also the decade when the very notion that humans have universal rights came under attack.
Jimmy Sham, Kenneth Cheung and Alice Wei became Hong Kong’s first openly gay and lesbian district councillors three weeks ago. While none of them campaigned on equality issues, they say they hope the results reflect a rise in liberal attitudes at district level
Nathalie, a trans woman, was violently attacked on Saturday December 21 in the Vergnes district, in Clermont-Ferrand. It is the second transphobic attack in Puy-de-Dôme in a week.
An LGBTQ activist on the Kenai Peninsula says she was slashed with a knife and beaten in her home this month within a few weeks of two threatening incidents.
The LGBTI advocacy group Alternatives-Cameroon has organized specialized sessions for doctors in need of training in how to treat LGBTI patients, in particular patients at community centers who need proctology services.
Authorities in Russia continue to persecute Yulia Tsvetkova, charging her with offences relating to pornography and gay propaganda. Tsvetkova, 26, is a prominent activist focusing on feminism, equality for women, and LGBTQ equality.
The nation’s peak legal body has condemned the Morrison government’s revised religious discrimination bill, declaring it remains “a deeply flawed piece of legislation” that puts freedom of religious expression ahead of other human rights.
