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Athletic Stars Call on UN States to Protect Sexual Orientation in Olympic Truce
Today, 17 professional athletes came out against attempts by Egypt and Russia to thwart non-discrimination protections based on sexual orientation in the United Nations Olympic Truce Resolution.
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TLDEF Brief Warns of Serious Harm to Transgender People if Supreme Court Sides with Denver Bakery Owner Challenging Colorado’s Anti-Discrimination Law
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) has filed an amicus or “friend of the court” brief to the United States Supreme Court in Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, spotlighting the immense need for public accommodations laws that protect more than two million people in our nation who identify as transgender.
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Russia and Egypt Attack Sexual Orientation Protections in Olympic Truce at the UN
Over the next two weeks, a decision will be made at the United Nations (UN) on whether governments globally will accept discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation at the 2018 Olympics in South Korea.
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Defending the United Nations Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
The IE SOGI mandate was created through UN Human Rights Council resolution A/HRC/RES/32/2 in June of last year and was confirmed through six separate votes over the UNGA session in 2016.
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Egypt: Stop Anti-LGBT Crackdown, Intimidation
Egypt should stop arresting and harassing people suspected of homosexuality using trumped-up “debauchery” and “inciting debauchery” charges, Human Rights Watch said today.
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UAE: Stop Policing Gender Expression
The United Arab Emirates should stop arbitrarily arresting transgender, gay, and gender non-conforming people on the grounds of a law that criminalises men “disguising” as women, Human Rights Watch said today.