TAG: LGBTQ rights

Report “From Torment to Tyranny” Enhanced Persecution in Uganda Following the Passage of the Anti-Homosexuality Act 2014, 20th December 2013 – 1st May 2014

Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) and the National LGBTI Security Committee have been documenting the different cases of violences following the Anti-Homossexuality Bill Approval in 2013. Click here to read the report.

Africa: Resolution on human rights violations on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity

The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, meeting at its 55 Ordinary Session held in Luanda, Angola, from 28 April to 12 May 2014, delivered a groundbreaking resolution on human rights violations on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. This outcome is the result of systematic work performed by civili society organizations […]

Uganda: Anti-Homosexuality Act’s Heavy Toll

Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have reported a surge in human rights violations at Uganda since the passage of the Anti-Homosexuality Act in 2013. Click here to learn more.

Helen Clark: Statement on International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia

Read Helen Clark (UNDP) statement highlighting LGBT rights as matter of concern to all working on human development. Click here.

Louisiana: Repeal ‘Crime Against Nature’ Laws

According to Human Rights Watch, the Louisiana State House of Representatives voted to repeal a law, enacted in 1805, that punishes and undermines LGBT rights. The law has been supported by Christian groups and is unenforceable since the US Supreme Court struck down, in a landmark decision in 2003, laws against sodomy. Click here to […]

It’s Not Just Uganda: Behind the Christian Right’s Onslaught in Africa

The Nation brings an article about the role of American Christian organizations in triggering anti-LGBT laws. Click here.

Indian Supreme Court Recognizes 3rd Gender

In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court of India allowed a transgender people to identify as a third gender and directed the central and state governments to give full legal recognition to them. The decision comes four months later after the same Court has restored the criminalization of homosexuality by nullifying a Superior Court 2009 […]

The Pope’s Tone Softens — But The Vatican Is Still Fighting LGBT Rights Around The World

Read J. Lester Feder’s article published on Buzz Feed in which the author discusses how “Pope Francis’ softening tone on LGBT issues does not appear to have been matched by a meaningful shift in policy in the realm of international diplomacy”. Click here.

Tanzanian MP drafting tougher anti-gay Bill

According to news on the web, a Tanzanian MP is working on a private member’s Bill that seeks to tighten the law against same sex relationships. Click here to learn more.

CSW58: Statement of the Lesbian, Bisexual, and Trans* Caucus and Allies

Governments at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) ignored evidence of and regional support for key elements of sustainable development in its declaration adopted today, said a coalition of lesbian, bisexual women, trans* (LBT) and allied activists and organizations present at the United Nations in a statement released today. (Read the […]

Troubling the waters of a ‘wave of homophobia’: Political economies of anti-queer animus in sub-Saharan Africa

Read Ryan Richard Thoreson’s article, from Yale Law School, about the debate over Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill in 2009 and 2010, when journalists and activists warned of a ‘wave of homophobia’ in sub-Saharan Africa. In this article, the author illustrates how this trope elides critical differences between contemporaneous incidents. It also suggests that forms of anti-queer animus […]

Statement in the CSW58 in New York on behalf of the lesbian, bi and trans caucus

Click here to read the statement delivered in the 58th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW58) which defends sexual rights, sexual orientation and gender identity in a moment where such issues are being attacked. Here.