100,000 people have signed a petition calling on Commonwealth countries to roll back their anti-gay laws. More than one billion people live in Commonwealth countries with colonial-era gay sex laws.
Kimi Avalos is a young transgender woman who lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Because of stigma and discrimination, she couldn’t continue with her studies and complete high school.
As the nation celebrates the Human Rights Month, some organisations and individuals have little to celebrate as they believe that their rights are still suppressed and discriminated against by society.
“Today has been insanely overwhelming. I had NO idea that me sharing something would have such an impact,” he said. “For those of you who dm’d with your stories THANK YOU.”
Emma González talks LGBTQ+ issues and organizing to end gun violence with Parkland students Sarah Chadwick and Jaclyn Corbin, and activist Nza-Ari Khepra
The Nigerian state continues to oppose same-sex marriage and the respect for human rights of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexual and Transgendered (LGBT) persons locally and internationally.
The KP REACH programme is funded by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) to impact on HIV prevention and reduce HIV-related deaths among two main Key Population (KP) categories