4 news briefs: Anti-gay laws undercutting AIDS efforts
In each of these four news items, the point is the same — countries’ anti-gay laws create problems…
Will UN goals exclude gays, lesbians and transsexuals?
Advocates for women, LGBTI people and other disadvantaged people worldwide have launched a campaign to persuade the United…
UN on anti-gay laws: 2013 hate from 1800s prejudice
A recent appeal from “Free & Equal” campaign of the United Nations Human Rights Office. For more information, see…
43 anti-LGBT violations in Zambia; 'accident waiting to happen'
In the midst of a crackdown on homosexuals, Zambia has been the scene of at least 43 LGBT-related…
UN warning to countries that harass human rights activists
As activists from Cameroon prepared to travel to Switzerland to challenge their government’s rejection of proposals to end…
Gay Somali refugees face death threats if they return
The African social justice website Pambazuka reports: Gay, lesbian and HIV-infected refugees from Somalia are facing persecution –…
How to enlist World Bank in fight for gay rights
Human rights activists are pushing the World Bank to use its clout to fight discrimination against LGBT people…
U.N. support for LGBTs from Ricky Martin, Yvonne Chaka Chaka
This is the United Nations press release on its Human Rights Day event on Dec. 11. LGBT people…