The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) says people against the screening of Inxeba: The Wound should restrict their protests to the confines of the law.
The discussions around revisions to Indonesia’s penal code showed that “strains of intolerance” have crept into the country, United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said
In Part 1 of Hindustan Times series, Let’s Talk About 377, restaurateur Ritu Dalmia asks the Supreme Court to decriminalise the archaic law, arguing that it impinges on dignity and privacy.
“Medical care available to some people should be available to all, not based on sexual orientation or other factors,” Jenny Pizer, an attorney with Lambda Legal, an organization that provides free advocacy and legal representation to LGBT and HIV-positive people, told Futurism.
“There are some dark clouds on the horizon but I am encouraged by the positive momentum and hope the common sense and strong tradition of tolerance of the Indonesian people will prevail over populism and political opportunism,” Zeid said in a statement at a press conference.
The Russian Ministry of Health’s order approving a form of medical certificate for change of trans persons’ gender marker, as well as a procedure for issuing such a certificate, was published.
RECENT statistics from the Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (Galz) that the prevalence rate among the gay population is above the national figure make scary reading and calls for a balancing act to “appease the moral crusades” and at the same time ensure all the taps on HIV infection are closed
Mizoram has recorded the highest AIDS/HIV positive incidence rate with over 14,000 people found to be living with the disease since the first case was detected in the state in October 1990. The report notes no cases in Mizoram are among MSM.
“Respect” and “love” have not co-existed comfortably with the condom, but if this latex barrier against disease is promoted in the context of self-respect, love and care, more Filipinos will use it to protect themselves from sexually transmitted infections
