TAG: sexual identity

LGBTI organizations navigating imperial contexts

This article presents the first sustained social analysis of the Kaleidoscope Trust, the UK’s leading social movement organization on LGBTI issues internationally, and its engagement with the Commonwealth – particularly through forming The Commonwealth Equality Network, comprising national NGOs. A contribution is made to sociological and critical analysis of transnational LGBTI movements, through argument for […]

Call for proposal: Astrea’s Intersex Human Rights Fund

Submit by March 15, 2017. We recognize that the entrenched practice of organizing the world into the sex binary and gender binary has alarming and rights-violating consequences for intersex bodies. People with intersex variations face invisibility, stigma, discrimination and violence. Intersex babies and children are widely subjected to “normalizing,” non-consensual, harmful surgeries and other medical […]

Ensuring an inclusive global health agenda for transgender people

Article authored by Rebekah Thomas,a Frank Pega,b Rajat Khosla,c Annette Verster,d Tommy Hanaa & Lale Sayc. Published at Bull World Health Organ. Click here to read it.

Reviews of the National Geographic’s special issue Gender Revolution

This is a review of some of the European editions of the National Geographic Special Issue “Gender Revolution” as translated into European languages. Comments on the translations are listed in alphabetical order according to country of issue. Where possible trans people from the country or region have given comments on the national editions and suggestions […]

Defending LGBT rights in South Asia: Stories of Survival and Justice

Six countries in South Asia (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) have established a national human rights institution (NHRI), all of which include complaint mechanisms. The establishment of these NHRIs has provided LGBT people with access to complaints mechanisms that can help resolve human rights violations these marginalised communities often face. However, several […]

TGEU publishes revised legal gender recognition toolkit.

Transgender Europe (TGEU), launching the revised edition of the Legal Gender Recognition toolkit hope it can inspire more change across Europe in the area of gender recognition procedures. The Legal Gender Recognition Toolkit is the most up to date overview based on European human right standards. Legal gender recognition in Europe is complex but also […]

Queering Islamophobia – The Homonationalism of the Muslim Ban

As we resist Trump’s potential anti-LGBTQ orders, it’s important to remember that even though Trump is himself transphobic and homophobic, he can get on the side of LGBTQ rights when it’s convenient.

An European response to the National Geographic special issue ‘Gender Revolution’

Transgender Europe (TGEU) calls on the National Geographic to publish a response[1] to the European trans community who has been negatively affected by the translation, and original content in several European editions, of the National Geographic’s special issue magazine published in January 2017. While in the USA the special issue “Gender Revolution”, along with a […]

Sexual Politics in January 2017

In January, the first and foremost events to be reported are avalanche of draconian and regressive policy measures adopted in the chaotic first two weeks of the Trump administration. Though buried beneath the impact of outrageous closure of borders and decisions about trade agreements – which are subject to contradictory interpretations — gender and sexuality […]

Lebanon Edges Closer to Decriminalizing Same-sex Conduct

A Lebanese judge challenged the legal basis of the arrest of men for same-sex conduct, declaring in a Metn court ruling last week that “homosexuality is a personal choice, not a criminal offence”.

Nepal: SC directs to ensure citizenship to LGBTI on the basis of identity

Supreme Court on Monday issued a verdict requesting to provide citizenship to gender and sexual minority under the Others (O) category. The Ministry of Home Affairs has already begun providing citizenship on the basis of identity but there are still obstacles in the districts.

New e-bulletin – ARC International

Once more, Happy New Year! There have been so many things we have been working on during the last months of 2016 that we want to share them with you. We have been working intensively in United Nation spaces, helping to ensure the appointment of the Independent Expert on SOGI. We also attended meetings and conferences in different […]