Judith Butler attacked in Brazil: a briefing
By Sonia Corrêa In the third week of October 2017, an array of openly right-wing formations comprised of the Catholic hierarchy, evangelical Christians, conservative psychologists
Health and Human Rights Journal – Vol 19, Issue 1, June 2017
Table of Contents Special Section: Abortion and Human Rights GUEST EDITORS Alicia Ely Yamin, Paola Bergallo, and Marge Berer EDITORIAL Narratives of Essentialism and Exceptionalism:
Overdiagnosed but Underserved: Trans Health Survey
The Trans Health Survey is the result of the work of Transgender Europe (TGEU) and its partner organisations Women’s Initiative Supportive Group (WISG), Trans-Fuzja, Daniela
Report LGBT in Britain: Hate Crime and Discrimination
Stonewall’s new report LGBT in Britain: Hate Crime and Discrimination is out now and reveals high levels of hate crime and discrimination in the
Sexual Politics in August 2017
Two outstandingly positive news are to be reported in sexual politics worldwide in August 2017. In India, the Supreme Court issued a groundbreaking decision on
Stray Bullet: Grasping the void
By Sonia Corrêa Anna Kahn is a Brazilian photographer who lives in Rio. In 2007, she made public the series Stray Bullet in which she
Tunisia: Landmark Step to Shield Women from Violence
The law on violence against women, including domestic violence, approved by the Tunisian parliament on July 26, 2017, is a landmark step for women’s rights,
Sexual Politics in July 2017
In July, once again, contradictory trends were registered in the abortion frontline. In Chile, the processing of a bill aimed at legalizing abortion in three cases
Brazil’s Amnesty International: Human Rights Are Not For Sale
Brazil: New Amnesty campaign will fight back as Congress considers legal changes that flagrantly attack human rights Amnesty International defending rights at risk in Brazil
Chechnya: report on the persecution of LGBT people
The report “They said that I’m not a human, that I am nothing. That I should rather be a terrorist, than a fagot” is based on