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World - LGBTQ RightsTime for the Sun to Set on the British Empire’s Homophobic Legacy
A common refrain of Victorian politicians was that the 'sun never sets on the British Empire.' Read More
World - LGBTQ RightsIndian Supreme Court re-criminalises same-sex activity
India's Supreme Court today ruled to re-criminalise same-sex intercourse. This major human rights setback means citizens in the 1.2…
World - LGBTQ RightsIndia Supreme Court Defies Human Rights, “Recriminalises” Love
The Human Rights Campaign, America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation condemns a ruling by…
World - LGBTQ RightsSenegal arrests 5 ‘lesbians’
Senegalese police detained five women accused of violating the country's anti-gay law, highlighting increased pressure on suspected lesbians in…
World - LGBTQ RightsHRC Foundation Launches Program to Fight Homophobia and Transphobia Internationally
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) communities around the world face stigmatisation, harassment, violence and blatant human rights violations.…
World - LGBTQ RightsTurkey’s Democracy Reform Package fails LGBT citizens
At the end of last month, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan presented a ‘Democracy reform package’, including constitutional…
World - LGBTQ RightsHomosexuals ‘to be barred from entering Kuwait’
The routine clinical screening of expatriates coming into the Gulf Cooperation Countries (GCC) might be also used to “detect”…
World - LGBTQ RightsNOM’s Brown Traveled to Russia to Support Bill That Would Deny Adoption to “Abnormal” Gay Parents
As a growing chorus of condemnation mounts against a bevy of new anti-LGBT legislation in Russia, today it emerged…