Ghana: Fighting for peace and human rights for Ghana’s LGBT youth

To mark the United Nations International Youth Day and its theme of ‘youth building peace’, LGBT human rights activist Appiah Kwadwo explains how Concern Youth Association in Ghana are building peace amid violence against the LGBT community.

UK: Council rejects redevelopment proposals for LGBT venue Joiners Arms

Marc Francis, chair of Tower Hamlets council’s development committee, told developer Regal Homes on Wednesday that its plans had failed to win approval because not enough had been done to ensure that a new LGBT bar would thrive amid the development of offices and luxury flats.

US: Discharging Transgender Troops Would Cost $960 Million

The upshot of our analysis is that implementing President Trump’s transgender service ban would cost $75,000 per person in order to accrue an annual savings of $656 per person. For the military as a whole, fully implementing President Trump’s ban would cost $960 million in pursuit of saving $8.4 million per year.