Tag: World Health Organisation
Malaysia: Health Ministry Propagates Harmful Anti-LGBT Myths
The Malaysian Ministry of Health, in its call for submissions to a National Creative Video Competition on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health, has endorsed an erroneous and harmful theory that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) identities can be “prevented” or “controlled,” Human Rights Watch said today.
Indonesia: Police Raids Foster Anti-Gay Hysteria
Indonesia’s national police force should immediately investigate recent raids by local law enforcement on gatherings of gay men, Human Rights Watch said Last Friday in a letter to national police chief Gen. Tito Karnavian.
South Korea Backslides on Sex Education
Education ministry officials in Seoul said this week that South Korea’s new national sex education curriculum, due to roll out in March, will not mention homosexuality.
Sweden announces it will stop classifying transgender people as ‘mentally ill’
Transgender people will no longer be labeled as ‘mentally ill’ in Sweden, in a move campaigners said was ‘long overdue’.
New report takes stock of fundamental rights in the EU, including LGBTI rights
Yesterday, the European Parliament adopted a new comprehensive report on fundamental rights in the EU. The report assesses how fundamental rights are implemented in the EU, and what must still be done to reach standards laid down in the Charter of Fundamental Rights.