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Historic Decision at the United Nations
Human Rights Council Passes First-Ever Resolution on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (Geneva) – In a groundbreaking achievement for upholding the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the United Nations Human Rights Council has passed a resolution on human rights violations based…
Author: Human Rights Watch
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Appeal against transgender ruling withdrawn
By Jamie Smyth, Social Affairs Correspondent. The government has withdrawn its appeal against a landmark ruling by the High Court that Irish law on transgender rights is in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights. The decision brings to an end a 13 year…
Author: The Irish Times
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Transgender legislation pledged
by CAROL COULTER, Legal Affairs Editor Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton will publish legislation in the next year to provide for recognition of the acquired gender of transgender people. Ms Burton announced her plan when she published the report of an inter-departmental Gender Recognition…
Author: The Irish Times
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Older and More Diverse: America's Multicultural Future is Approaching Fast, But Are We Ready?
By David E. ThigpenVice President of Policy and Strategic Advancement, Insight Center Elders are revered for their experience and wisdom in many cultures around the globe, but here in America where our civic, media and business cultures worship at the fountain of youth, elders are…
Author: Huffington Post
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OIA win case for Argentina's XXY
Original Source Out in Africa is an Atlantic grantee. The Film and Publication Board’s 2008 banning order on Argentinian film “XXY” has been overturned. Out In Africa (OIA) plans to present “XXY”, director Lucía Puenzo and actor Inés Efron, at this years OUT IN AFRICA South…
Author: BizCommunity.com (South Africa)
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Gay asylum seekers speak of discrimination in South Africa
CAPE TOWN — Gay African asylum seekers struggle to find work and battle homophobic discrimination in South Africa, the continent’s only nation to allow same-sex marriage, a report showed Tuesday. Interviews with 25 Africans by a Cape Town NGO found that 90 percent were jobless…
Author: AFP
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Repairing Our Broken Justice System
By Gara LaMarche. This article appeared in the October 5, 2009 edition of The Nation. Since the levees burst in New Orleans and the interstate bridge collapsed in Minnesota, much has been written and said about the need to repair the nation’s infrastructure, too much…
Author: The Nation
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How gay marriage went mainstream
The Gay and Lesbian Equality Network is an Atlantic grantee. Kathy Sheridan THE GAY WEDDING BUS is revving up. In the driving seat is Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore, sporting a big red T-shirt with the message, “Civil partnership is NOT marriage equality”. Behind him, highly excited,…
Author: The Irish Times
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Gay activists allowed as friends of lower court
by Franny Rabkin FOR the first time in history a gay advocacy group has been admitted as a friend of a magistrate’s court — to lead expert evidence in aggravation of sentence for a hate crime case. Earlier this year the government set up a…
Author: Business Day
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LGBT Clients Who Reported Gross Mistreatment In Immigration Custody Remain Detained
The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC), an Atlantic grantee, is dedicated to ensuring human rights protections and access to justice for all immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers. This article was originally posted on NIJC’s website by Jane Zurnamer on 05 July 2011. Defending the rights…
Author: National Immigrant Justice Center