A Texas Universalist Church provided sanctuary to LGBT activist Sulma Franco after she was scheduled for deportation to Guatemala, a place known to be responsible for...
The U.N. Human Rights Council has just voted to adopt a resolution expressing "grave concern" over anti-LGBT violence and discrimination.
Last month, as part of the partnership forged by the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) and LADLAD LGBT Party, members of the Philippines...
Last month, as part of the partnership forged by the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) and LADLAD LGBT Party, members of the Philippines...
Guest author Grace Poore talks with Thailand’s National Human Rights Commissioner about LGBTI Rights at ILGA-Asia Conference BANGKOK — Three years ago the fourth ILGA (International Lesbian...
Eleanor Roosevelt’s biographer says if she were alive today she would celebrate the  advancement of the LGBT, economic and social human rights movements globally Today marks...
var addthis_config = {“data_track_addressbar”:true};Ricky Martin will be discussing homophobia and “combatting violence and discrimination against LGBT persons” with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, LGBT Human Rights...
var addthis_config = {“data_track_addressbar”:true}; The fundamental philosophy behind intersectional feminism is that, while all women are negatively affected by sexism, not all experience sexism in the same...
Many countries in the Southeast Asian region are incrementally shifting on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people’s rights: ·      Vietnam’s Minster of Justice said publicly that rights of same-sex...
Guest post by Ging Cristobal, Asia Project Coordinator International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission  The Ninth Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Civil Society Conference/ASEAN...
The International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission  (IGLHRC) reports this week that groups of LGBT people are being targeted in Iraq, noting “close to 40 people...
Guest post by Brian Tofte-Schumacher Voices of lesbian, bisexual and trans women from around the world are rising at the United Nations—and important people are listening....
 A Landmark occasion for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender human rights. Guest post by Peter Dunne, International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission  At the...
Paula Ettelbrick, the former legal director of Lambda Legal, the former executive director of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission and a heralded LGBT activist of...
Last summer when Bhumika Shrestha travelled to New York City to represent Nepal at the United Nations, she encountered some special questions during her layover in...