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TMM Update Trans Day of Remembrance 2020

350 trans and gender-diverse people reported murdered in the last year

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From leprosy to COVID-19, how stigma makes it harder to fight epidemics

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The word “stigma” originally referred to a mark on the body. Later it came to denote a metaphorical mark of disgrace. Sociologists define stigma as the social devaluing of people who possess a trait seen as negative or deviant, such as a physical or mental disability or even an ethnicity. Almost every sense of the term comes together in leprosy.


Southern Africa #VoiceandChoice Gender Protocol Barometer

The twelfth edition of the SADC Gender Protocol Barometer will be launched virtually on Monday 17 August 2020 during the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Civil Society Forum, which is also SADC day. The SADC Council of Non-Governmental Organisations (SADC-CNGO) coordinates the Civil Society Forum.

Tanzania: Freddie Mercury’s Zanzibar museum hides his gay past

A museum dedicated to the Queen frontman Freddie Mercury has opened at his childhood home on the island of Zanzibar to celebrate his life — albeit only part of it. Mercury’s birth certificate is on show, but his death in 1991, aged 45, from an Aids-related illness goes unrecorded.

Africa: How girls’ education and safety will be harmed by the covid response

African governments must act to ensure these statistics are not further worsened by the pandemic. There are many ways that they can start to mitigate the harm to girls.

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Hate Crimes Against the LGBT Community in the Commonwealth

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This report outlines the nature and extent of anti-LGBT hate crime and its impact on individuals and societies in the Commonwealth, explores trends across the Commonwealth and surveys regional and country-specific case examples.

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Stonewall 50: Where next for LGBT+ lives?

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"I think it's unfortunate that people argue over who threw the first brick because the relevant thing is not who threw the first brick, but who built the movement, who stayed around and who actually did the tough work," LGBT+ rights activist Power said.