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Ending Transphobia in the Human Resources Administration
Transgender activists and allies have been urging the New York department of Social Service's Human Resources Administration to address the issues of transphobia and harassment that gender variant...
View ArticleThe Women’s Reservation Bill – Empowerment or Besides the Point?
By Martin Lehmann-Waldau (Posted at Ultra Violet)The Indian parliament recently showed intense activity to promote women’s representation in decision-making bodies. Some months back, a bill was passed...
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Rahim Mohammadi Executed in Iran for A Homosexual Act - Lavat (October 14, 2009)
On October 6, 2009, Rahim Mohammadi was executed in Tabriz, a city in northwest Iran, after being convicted of sexual abuse and rape during sexual relations between males (a homosexual act called...
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Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) Condemn the Tabled Anti-Homosexuality Bill
[via IGLHRC]As a network of human rights activists, working in the areas of sexual rights as well as other human rights issues, we write to urge you to oppose a repressive bill which was tabled in...
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Call for Papers - Good Sex, Bad Sex: Sex Law, Crime & Ethics
Inter-Disciplinary.net 2nd International ConferenceMonday 3rd May 2010 – Wednesday 5th May 2010 Prague, Czech RepublicAfter the success of the inaugural conference for this project, we are pleased to...
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China: Stop Police Discrimination Against Gay Men in Guangzhou
[via IGLHRC website]The IssueOn March 30 and April 3, 2009, in Renmin Gongyuan People's Park, police officers from the Guangzhou Public Security Bureau detained and questioned 50 and 60 men,...
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Latest Anti-Gay Surge in Turkey Against Another LGBT Organization
Black Pink Triangle Association in Izmir is the fifth LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) organization that faces closure threat from the Turkish government. The first hearing will take place...
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2009 Global Gender Gap Report
New York, USA, 27 October– Iceland (1) has claimed the top spot of the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index 2009 from Norway (3) which slipped to third position behind Finland (2). Sweden (4)...
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Women's Rights Laws in Place
By Stephen de TarczynskiMANILA, Oct 28 (IPS) - Although the enacting in August of the Magna Carta of Women (MCW) - a major law aiming to end discrimination against women across the archipelago - was...
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Chege and Ngengi; the accidental gay rights trailblazers
By Charles Onyango Obbo After the Sunday Nation broke the story of the gay wedding of Kenyans Daniel Chege and Charles Ngengi in London, hardly any other subject could get attention on call-ins into...
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Call for Papers: "Postsocialism, Transformation and Gender"
Dr. Heike Kahlert & Dr. Sabine Schäfer 06.11.20099 November 2009 marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the historical starting point of the political and social transformation...
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Senator Msane: Help Sex Workers
By Mantoe PhakathiMBABANE, Nov 12 (IPS) - It is one of the world's oldest professions, dating so far back that it is even mentioned in the Bible. But in the deeply cultural and religious country of...
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Stop Trans Murders in Guatemala
Join the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) and OTRANS Reinas de la Noche in calling on Guatemalan President, Mr. Alvaro Colom, and other authorities to condemn and seek...
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Push To Protect Sex Workers During World Cup
By Davison MakangaCAPE TOWN, Dec 4 (IPS) - As the 2010 Soccer World Cup approaches, calls for the decriminalisation of sex work in South Africa have been renewed.A steering committee has been set up...
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Female Genital Mutilation Targeted In Several Countries
Reports of progress in halting, documenting and legally barring Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) come in this week from multiple countries and news sources. In Uganda (yes...that Uganda), MP Chris...
View ArticleCFP: “What Pertains to a Man”? Transcending Gender Boundaries in Jewish and...
Call for Papers“What Pertains To a Man”?Transcending Gender Boundaries in Jewish and Israeli LawConference to be held at the University of Chicago Law SchoolMonday March 1, 2010This small one day...
View ArticleRevolution for Community Standards
Every now and then an event occurs in the adult entertainment industry that is of critical interest to every participant in the business. On Oct. 28, 2009, such an event occurred.On that day the 9th...
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Sex before marriage is rape: Delhi high court
New Delhi: The Delhi high court on Monday held that sex without marriage amounted to rape.The court rejected pre-arrest bail to a man who repeatedly had sex with a woman but refused to marry her even...
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Rape is not love
This project looks interesting. The website listed in their graphics is not working, but the video is powerful and uncomfortable to watch. -arvanRape is not loveRare are the cases when the rapist is...
View ArticleOn Child Marriage
I am interested in the issue of Child marriage in Egypt for many reasons, first because of the huge scandal of Senator Ahmed Yerima, Nigerian Senator who " married" a 13 years old Egyptian girl and the...
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