HIV Health and Wellness

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LGBTI Inclusion in Development Policy and Agenda 2030

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In late 2015, the UN General Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda, a resolution containing the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that will guide international development activities during the next decade. The goals offer an opportunity for LGBTI advocates to seek inclusion in the international development agenda and in national policies and programs.

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Why Argentina still doesn’t have comprehensive sex education

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#ConMisHijosNoTeMetas: Don’t mess with my kids

Thirteen years after Argentina passed a law that proposed a country-wide comprehensive sexual education curriculum, it is still being met with resistance.

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Australia: NSW government 'on the same page' as Victoria on gay conversion therapy

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NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard has expressed support for moves by the Victorian Labor government to ban so-called "gay conversion therapy", indicating he would take the issue to the Council of Australian Governments for a national solution.

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India: State of Gujarat establishes Transgender Welfare Board

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In a landmark ruling in April 2014, India’s Supreme Court introduced recognition of a third gender and directed that transgender people must have access to the same rights to social welfare schemes as other minority groups in the country.

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Gay parenting 'boot camp' moves to Asia to meet growing demand from China

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“We have been witnessing over the last three years, a growing interest from Asia - mostly Chinese - intended parents coming to the United States for surrogacy,” said Ron Poole-Dayan, founder and executive director at MHB.