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23 11 2011
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Harvard May Ask Applicants About LGBT Identity
Harvard University has said that in order to better understand its students and match them with applicable resources it may start asking applicants if they are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. This admissions form question would be optional and the university, is keen to stress that informati
21 11 2011
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Israelis strip in support of Egypt blogger
Dozens of Israeli women stripped off their clothes Saturday in a show of solidarity with the 20-year-old Egyptian blogger who caused a stir in the Arab world last week when she posted a naked photo of herself in protest against the limits on free expression in her country. Touched by the spirited p
19 11 2011
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Obama’s Promise to Stop Deporting LGBT Spouses
In August when Obama promised that the Department of Homeland Security would stop tearing apart “low priority” LGBT bi-national couples and focus on “high-priority” security risks instead, we cheered. But now the DHS has just released guidelines to attorneys with U.S. Immigration & Customs Enfor
19 11 2011
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Our City of Colours
Meet Ajay. He’s Punjabi. He plays soccer. He respects his elders. And he’s interested in men. It’s one of six posters created by Our City of Colours designed to increase LGBT visibility within cultural and ethnic communities throughout Metro Vancouver. Alex (Amar) Sangha, a clinical counsellor and
17 11 2011
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A Homophobic Bill in Russia
On November 11, 2011, legal committee of the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly introduced a draft law about prohibition of the so-called propaganda of 'sodomy, lesbianism, bisexualism and transgenderism, and pedophilia to minors' and introduction of administrative offense. By combining homosexual
12 11 2011
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Transgender Rights in Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan has passed new gender marker legislation which does not require a formal document to be issued by a medical institution showing a medical intervention. The law is the result of years of work by Labrys, a group working for LGBT rights in Kyrgyzstan which has existed since 2004. The law w
11 11 2011
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Illegal "Cure the Gay" clinics in Ecuador
LGBT and women's rights groups in Ecuador have discovered over 200 illegal clinics that are holding young women captive to be raped, tortured, starved and beaten by so-called "health care professionals." Why? To cure them of the "illness" of being lesbian. Voters in Ecuador recently approved a pro
05 11 2011
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Turkish Trans-Activists Risk Imprisonment
In a joint letter sent to the Turkish Ministry of Justice today, seven human rights organizations called for an end to the continuous harassment of transgender individuals and human rights defenders and expressed alarm at the conviction and potential imprisonment of leaders from the organization Pem
05 11 2011
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LGBT Rights Abuses in Iran
The United Nations Human Rights Committee issued a groundbreaking report Thursday that puts LGBT human rights abuses in Iran in the spotlight for the first time and recommends that the government make changes. The document, which carries legal weight in the international system, could become a power
02 11 2011
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Anniversary 15th ILGA-Europe’s Annual Conference
On 30 October, the 15th ILGA-Europe’s Annual Conference concluded in Turin. 343 lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex (LGBTI) activists, European and national politicians, representatives of other organisations from 43 countries gathered in Turin, Italy between 27 and 30 October 2011 for the la
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GRADATION - installation for The Trans Day of Remembrance
GRADATION is a collaborative installation of Women's Initiatives Supporting Group (WISG) and artist Uta Bekaia, supported by Propaganda.network. The voices and video images used in the installation belong to Transfeminist activists and our sisters - Amanda, Gabi, Nata, Tako. All of us are united by the grief that will forever remind us about our Trans sisters killed in the recent years, but we are also united by the same goal - to achieve living in a country and in the society free from Transphobia! #TDOR
GRADATION - installation for The Trans Day of Remembrance
Queer Sisters Run - Social and Environmental Justice