Tag: LGBT
Lord Michael Cashman to launch UK’s first LGBTQ+ business and media centre
A founder of the UK’s largest national LGBTQ+ charity and member of the House of Lords will head to the North East later this month to open a trailblazing media centre.
New Health Guidelines Propel Transgender Rights
The World Health Organisation (WHO) approved a major change to its global manual of diagnoses on May 25, 2019, that will greatly benefit transgender people around the world, Human Rights Watch said today.
Kenya: Court Upholds Archaic Anti-Homosexuality Laws
Kenya’s High Court on May 24, 2019 upheld laws criminalising homosexual acts between consenting adults, a step backward in the progress Kenya has made toward equality in recent years, Human Rights Watch said last Friday.
Russia: New Anti-Gay Crackdown in Chechnya
Police in Chechnya have carried out a new round of unlawful detentions, beatings, and humiliation of men they presume to be gay or bisexual, Human Rights Watch said today.
Indonesian University Censors Lesbian Love Story
Officials Shut Down Student News Website Over Story ‘Promoting Homosexuality’.
Japan: Compelled Sterilisation of Transgender People
Japan’s government should stop forcing transgender people to be surgically sterilised if they want legal recognition of their gender identity, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.