TAKUNDA Munashe was only 13 years old when he started selling his body to other males while living in Mtapa, a high-density suburb in Gweru, the administrative capital of the Midlands province in Zimbabwe.
Although the government is set to ease rules for blood donation by men who have sex with men, the gay community is unhappy with the coming change, arguing Monday that a broader move is needed to have any substantive impact.
The criminalization of same-sex practices constrains HIV prevention for gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) and, in part due to the conflation of gender and sexuality, transgender women.
The global fight against HIV/AIDS continues to pose challenges: infection rates are on the rise in many settings, stigma and discrimination remain rampant, and the global response is under increasing financial pressure.
The first Croatian picture book about same-sex families, "My Rainbow Family", recently published by the Rainbow Families association, was launched at the French Institute in Zagreb on Thursday evening.
Some trans people and allies attending the March in Vancouver were made to feel incredibly uncomfortable by one transmisogynistic sign proclaiming that “TRANS WOMEN ARE MEN” went viral
