Tag: LGBT
Egypt: Trans Activist Risks Serious Abuse
Egyptian security forces on March 6, 2019 arrested Malak al-Kashif, a political activist who is a transgender woman, Human Rights Watch said today. According to a lawyer with the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms, al-Kashif is being held in an undisclosed location with no access to legal counsel.
Russia: New Wave of Anti-LGBT Persecution
Russian authorities should investigate allegations of a new wave of anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) persecution in Chechnya and take steps to protect rights defenders and journalists who expose abuses there, Human Rights Watch said yesterday.
Angola Decriminalises Same-Sex Conduct
Angola has finally shed the divisive «vices against nature» provision in its law, widely interpreted to be a ban on homosexual conduct.
Vigilante Raid on Indonesian HIV Group
Militant Islamists, Military, and Local Residents Storm Office
USA : Support Taiwan Marriage Equality
A coalition of Taiwanese-American and LGBTQ organisations will jointly sponsor an event on November 2, 2018 to raise resources and visibility for the campaign to make Taiwan the first country in Asia to win the freedom to marry.
Just A Ball Game? Annual Award 2018 – Merseyside Police
On November 9th 2018 here at Just A Ball Game? we will be celebrating our eighth birthday and ahead of this we are very pleased to announce that our Challenging Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia Award this year has gone to Merseyside Police.