TAG: LGBTQ rights
Laws, policies and politics
2.4 Laws, policies and politics Australia: Australia recognises ‘non-specified’ gender. Read more. USA: A restriction on abortion coverage was added to the health care bill on November 7, 2009. The provision would block the use of federal subsidies for insurance that covers elective abortions. The Obama White House is refusing to weigh in on an […]
Read moreGlobal and regional relevant events
2.3 Global and regional relevant events > The Panel Discussion on Opposing grave Human Rights Violations on the basis of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity took place in New York, USA on December 10, 2009. Read more. > See an overview of transgender rights, presented at the founding meeting of the Asia and Pacific Transgender […]
Read moreSEXUALITY AROUND THE WORLD: MAIN DEBATES
II. SEXUALITY AROUND THE WORLD: MAIN DEBATES Since its very first issue, this section of the SPW newsletter has underlined the sharp paradoxes of sexual politics in our times, when major breakthroughs in policies, laws and mobilization coexist and contrast with regressive measures that curtail further erotic justice. In this issue, such a paradox is […]
Read moreThe same sex marriage debate
2.2 The same sex marriage debate > Mexico: Mexico City backs gay marriage in Latin American first (contents available in English and Spanish) > Argentina: Latin America’s first gay marriage thwarted > Portugal: Portugal parliament approves gay marriage
Read moreThe Uganda case
2.1 The Uganda case > The article Draconian laws against homosexuality in Africa, by Cesnabmihilo Aken’ova > A complete coverage available at SPW’s website
Read moreCalling for the de-pathologization of transexuality
As a result of the Latin American Regional Dialogue on Sexuality and Geopolitics, the participants have written a statement to join efforts with the international campaign Stop TransPathologization 2012.
Read moreBack to the Future? Beijing +15 and the UN Commission on the Status of Women Only Partly Delivers on SRRH
Read the article “Back to the Future? Beijing +15 and the UN Commission on the Status of Women Only Partly Delivers on SRRH”, by Cynthia Rothschild, a sexual rights and human rights activist based in New York, on the 54th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) from March 1-12, 2010.
Read moreThe stand taken by one brave catholic priest against Prop-8, the California referendum on gay marriage
USA: Read about the stand taken by one brave catholic priest against Prop-8, the California referendum on gay marriage.
Read morePre-conference event themes
Planned preparatory meetings on the 26th and 27th of January 2010, preceded the main event, with themes directly related to the defence of LGBT rights. They were: 1st Forum of Gays, MSM and Trans of Latin America and the Caribbean on HIV/ AIDS, co-ordinated by ASICAL 1st Meeting on Homo-Lesbo-Transphobia in Schools, promoted by GALE […]
Read moreInternational instruments, commitments of the United Nations and international policy
As well as examples of achievements regarding public policy and LGBTI citizenship in Latin America, the conference also promoted the exchange of experiences about different forms of doing LGBTI politics in the international arena. Specialists and activists with advocacy experience in international policy spaces, such as the UN, OAS and others, helped to lead group […]
Read more5th ILGA-LAC Conference brings together more than 400LGBTI activists in Curitiba, Brazil
Brazil: 5th ILGA-LAC Conference brings together more than 400 LGBT activists in Curitiba, Brazil.
Read moreMANIFESTE LA TRANSEXUALITÉ N’EST PAS UNE MALADIE! POUR LA SUPPRESSION DE LA TRANSEXUALITÉ DU DSM ET DU CID!
MANIFESTE LA TRANSEXUALITÉ N’EST PAS UNE MALADIE! POUR LA SUPPRESSION DE LA TRANSEXUALITÉ DU DSM ET DU CID! Nous, participants du Dialogue Latino-américain sur Sexualité et Géopolitique, dans la réunion réalisée entre le 24 et le 26 août 2009 à Rio de Janeiro (Brésil), nous nous ajoutons à la campagne internationale Stop Pathologization 2012 et […]
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