Short film exposes anti-LGBT+ hate crime in Commonwealth.
The Human Dignity Trust’s new film, A Wake Up Call: Hate Crime Law in the Commonwealth, is funded by the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office.
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Peter Tatchell reveals gross abuse of LGBT refugees in Kenya
Alleged homophobia by UNHCR staff, Kenyan police and fellow refugees The UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) is accused of “neglect, collusion, and inaction” over the victimisation of LGBT+ asylum seekers in Kenya’s refugee camps. The accusation comes from the Peter Tatchell Foundation (PTF). It has written to the head of […]
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Peter Tatchell Foundation secures charitable status
Six year battle confirms human rights is a legitimate charitable objective The Peter Tatchell Foundation has secured charity status from the Charity Commission, after a six year battle, with the Commission confirming the Foundation’s human rights and charitable bona fides. The Peter Tatchell Foundation seeks to promote and protect the human rights of […]
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Being queer in Morocco: we pretended to be sisters
I never forgot: This is what LGBT Moroccans face every day Of all the things I could’ve been arrested for in my 26 years, the expression of my homosexuality has never been one of them. Yet that is the precise risk I ran going to Morocco with my partner this month. […]
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LGBT people in China subjected to electroshock “conversion” therapy
A new report by Human Rights Watch urges China to stop using electroshock therapy to “convert” LGBT people LGBT people in China are still being subject to medication, forced confinement and electroshock therapy in an effort to “convert” them into heterosexuality. The shocking details have emerged following a report published by […]
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Gay man who escaped Chechnya opens up about his experience
“If it becomes known, you are in danger, and so are those close to you.”
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Kiss the Kremlin: Global movement embracing power of technology to fight for human rights
Now LGBTQ people can protest in Russia, thanks to Instagram and Ssex Bbox.
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Transgender teen who cut parents out of his life wins payout from council
Leicestershire County Council has been ordered to pay a transgender teen almost £5,000 after they revealed his new identity to his parents.
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First LGBT torture case brought before Americas’ top human rights body
In a landmark case, Americas’ top human rights body is hearing the first LGBT torture case.
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