South Africa: Tutu’s Daughter Marries Woman, Loses License as Anglican Priest Mpho Tutu-Van Furth, Bishop Desmond Tutu’s daughter, was forced to give up her license to function as a priest in the…
Tuesday, May 17 was commemorated as International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, or IDAHOT. Among the many projects undertaken: The Bedayaa Organization for LGBTQI in the Nile…
Plus: Religious Nationalists Support Anti-Gay Push In Kyrgyzstan; Malaysian Religious Police Target Trans People; and more, in this week’s Global LGBT Recap.
The Observatory on the Universality of Rights (OURs), a collaboration of more than a dozen NGOs, has launched a new web platform. The project’s purpose is “to monitor, analyze, and share information…
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power addressed the Obama administration’s promotion of LGBT human rights around the world in an address to a Human Rights Campaign gathering. Georgia…
Pope Francis and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill met in Cuba last Friday, the first meeting between the heads of the two churches since 1054, and they declared, “we are not competitors, but brothers…
The current issue of ILGA-Europe’s Destination EQUALITY magazine focuses on reconciling sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and religion. The magazine includes personal testimonies…
International Activism and Advocacy The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights released “ Born Free and Equal: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in International Human…