Tag: anti-LGBT
Vigilante Raid on Indonesian HIV Group
Militant Islamists, Military, and Local Residents Storm Office
The Coalition for Family’s Referendum Fails to Constitutionally Ban Same-Sex Marriage in Romania
A victory for LGBTIQ people in Romania was won on Sunday, October 7 as an initiative to constitutionally ban same-sex marriage in Romania failed to garner enough votes to move any further in the political process.
Indonesia: Anti-LGBT Crackdown Fuels Health Crisis
Indonesian authorities are fuelling an HIV epidemic through complicity in discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
The Economic Cost of Homophobia
Peter Tatchell, just back from Russia, has launched a new report, with the backing of the Lord Speaker, Lord Fowler, which shows that countries that criminalise homosexuality suffer significant economic disadvantages; lost tourism revenue lost inward foreign aid and investment and lost talent and skills as LGBT+ people flee abroad.
Philippine City Passes Law Against LGBT Discrimination
Ordinance Should Prod Passage of National Anti-Discrimination Legislation.
Indonesian Police Arrest Transgender Women
Indonesian police and Sharia (Islamic law) police jointly raided five hair salons owned by transgender women in Aceh province on January 27th.