LGBT News and events indexed — Equal Eyes

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A transgender, bisexual, non-binary writer calls their future into being

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I’m trying to build new words and worlds to inhabit. Worlds that have yet to be formed within society’s accepted norms of gender and language.

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UN: International Day of the Girl: ‘Be bold in your demands’, urges UN deputy chief

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As the COVID-19 pandemic increases gender, economic and racial inequalities, the UN on Friday marked the upcoming International Day of the Girl, with a youth-driven virtual townhall to demand a more just and equitable world for girls.

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IDG 2020: Working Group on Girls Town Hall

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For International Day of the Girl, the Working Group on Girls is hosting a town hall meeting on Friday, October 9th, where girl activists, gender equity thought leaders, and United Nations representatives from around the world, come together to discuss progress and gaps around girls rights and articulate the possibilities for realizing gender equality for all girls.

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Protect Intersex Persons' Rights, 34 States Tell UN

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In a historic first, 34 States from all regions of the world called on the UN Human Rights Council to urgently protect intersex persons in their bodily autonomy and right to health, 8 NGOs said today.

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Poland: Writers, actors and directors call for end to homophobia in Poland in open letter

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More than 70 signatories including Poland’s Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk, Margaret Atwood and Mike Leigh accuse president Duda’s government of using LGBTQ+ people as ‘a scapegoat’

Canada: HIV-negative men skeptical of U=U message

As research focused on the HIV treatment care cascade has illuminated, significant challenges remain in supporting all people living with HIV in reaching and maintaining an undetectable HIV status, thwarting both the individual and population-level benefits of this state of viral suppression

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ILGA-World launches toolbox to combat 'conversion therapies'

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Today ILGA World launched its Toolbox to combat so-called ‘conversion therapies’: this publication offers a clear summary of legal tools, public policy tools and key allies available to ban or restrict these harmful practices that cause so much damage, pain and loss across the world.

The Global Divide on Homosexuality Persists

Despite major changes in laws and norms surrounding the issue of same-sex marriage and the rights of LGBT people around the world, public opinion on the acceptance of homosexuality in society remains sharply divided by country, region and economic development.

Over the Rainbow? The Road to LGBTI Inclusion

 This report provides a comprehensive overview of the extent to which laws in OECD countries ensure equal treatment of LGBTI people, and of the complementary policies that could help foster LGBTI inclusion.