Winds of Change

Brazil: Prisão de travestis em celas masculinas levanta discussão sobre gênero

A prisão de travestis acusadas de participarem de esquema de tráfico de pessoas levanta a discussão sobre o tratamento delas no sistema prisional. Quem não tem registro feminino é encaminhada ao Complexo Penitenciário da Papuda

The arrest of transvestites accused of participating in human trafficking scheme raises the discussion of their treatment in the prison system.

India: Conference Highlighting Role of Media

The Humsafar Trust based in Mumbai with support from Multi-country South Asia HIV program (MSA) in collaboration with National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) organized a two-day ‘Northeast Regional MSM (Men who have sex with men) Peer Conference’ at Greenwood Resort in Guwahati on September 20 and 21.

UN Human Rights Office unveils global standards for business to tackle discrimination against LGBTI people

The United Nations Human Rights Office has developed five Standards of Conduct to support the business community in tackling discrimination against lesbian, gay, bi, trans and intersex (LGBTI) people.

International Activists Fight Anti-LGBTQ Crackdowns

While levels of homophobic and transphobic violence and discrimination rose to new heights during 2016 and the first half of 2017—with anti-gay atrocities committed in Chechnya sending shockwaves around the world—a handful of countries also made unprecedented moves to recognize same-sex relations or enact stronger LGBT protections.

South Africa: Five Year Anniversary of Iranti-org

Iranti-org is proud to announce that it will be celebrating five years of activism and advocacy in the name of lesbian, transgender and intersex Africans; monitoring the lived experiences of queer communities across South Africa and the rest of the continent, and recording their stories.