UNAIDS is concerned that the vilification of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities in Uganda could lead to heightened violence, stigma and discrimination against them and reduce their access to HIV and other essential services. In a recent media interview, the President, Yoweri Museveni, described being LGBT as a “deviation”.
China: Facilitators and Barriers of HIV Self-Testing
Nigeria: HIV self-testing has stakeholders at a policy impasse
For around $5 on Konga.com, one of Nigeria’s major e-commerce platforms, Nigerians can buy an oral HIV self-test kit. After ordering the product, Devex found that the kit was easy to use, but the package contained no information about where to get treatment, counseling, confirmation, or any other post-testing services following a positive result.
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the human rights of LGBT persons
The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented global challenge that has exacerbated inequalities prevalent in all regions of the world. The United Nations General Assembly has acknowledged that “the poorest and most vulnerable are the hardest hit by the pandemic” and the UN Secretary General has noted that it is “highlighting deep economic and social inequalities and inadequate health and social protection systems that require urgent attention as part of the public health response”.
UNAIDS issues guidance on reducing stigma and discrimination during COVID-19 responses
From leprosy to COVID-19, how stigma makes it harder to fight epidemics
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.
Book launch "Palgrave Handbook of Critical Menstruation Studies"
Colombia: A Black Trans Sex Worker Died After Paramedics Failed To Take Her To The Hospital
Zimbabwe: A better understanding of African MSM’s behaviour patterns will lead to optimised HIV service provision
Trans Inclusion in the Development Framework of Zimbabwe
Colombia: Three investigations open after the death of a trans woman in Bogotá
Egypt: Our lives are not conditional: On Sarah Hegazy and estrangement
Any one of us could have been Sarah, with her carefree gesture on a fun night out, drunk on delusions of hope. Celebrating camaraderie and the bliss of being surrounded by people who see and accept. Her happiness was rewarded with imprisonment, electrocution, sexual assault and exile. A reminder, as if any more are needed, that we, queer Arabs, must always keep our masks within reach.