Its main purpose is to produce, organize, and disseminate knowledge about sexuality from a human rights perspective, in order to help fight gender inequality and to contribute to the struggle against the discrimination of sexual minorities in the region.
Blue Diamond Society (BDS), Nepal's only organization for sexual minorities, was founded in 2001 in an effort to address the needs of sexual minorities.
A website on gay and lesbian affairs in Africa. Law and legal advice, Africa by country and news.
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ProGay-Philippines
Progressive Organization of Gays in the Philippines advocates the full recognition of economic, social and political rights of all sexual minorities to freedom from all forms of sexual discrimination in family, the community, the government, church and mass media.
Sexual Minorities Uganda
Organisation that works towards achieving full legal and social equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender people in Uganda. It is the umbrella organization of all homosexual organizations in Uganda.
Sexuality, Health and Society
This on-line journal is a project by the Latin American Center on Sexuality and Human Rights (CLAM-IMS/UERJ), seeking to promote the exchange of Latin American scholarly production and its dissemination among researchers, activists and policymakers.
Swara Srikandi
Workgroup of Indonesian lesbians who voluntarily work in supporting the existence of lesbians in Indonesia. Based in Jakarta, providing information, educational entertainment for lesbian communitiy in the closet and encourage better understanding among the general public.
Tehila
Association of parents, families and friends of Lesbians and Gays. Israel.
The Humsafar Trust
India’s first openly gay organization helping self-identified gay men and men-having-sex-with-men to come to terms with their sexuality. It is also concerned with male sexual health in India which impinges on gender issues.
The Samabhavana Society
The objective of the organization is to help all people from sexual minorities to lead life with dignity and without discrimination by providing access to better health care facilities and training them in vocational skills for their own livelihood. India.
Voices Against 377
A coalition of Non Governmental Organisations (NGO) and progressive groups based in Delhi. It is a point of intersection and dialogue between various social movements that these groups represent, where a united voice is being articulated against Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code which criminalizes private consensual sexual acts deemed to be against the order of nature. India.
The Argentinean Congress voted in favour of the “Egalitarian marriage law” which will grant equal marriage and adoption rights to same-sex partners. This and the first ever in Latin America and the Caribbean. This triumph is the result of a long struggle as well as the social changes pushed by the LGBTI community in the country.
Malawi and homophobia: The fight for the full inclusion of everyone
Like many people around the world, Sokari Ekine is ‘elated’ by the news that Malawian gay couple Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga, have been pardoned and freed. But, asks Ekine, ‘How can we claim justice has been done when the law used to convict the couple has not been successfully challenged?’
Mexican educators and officials defended the country's public school sex education from criticism by a Roman Catholic bishop who said such teachings make celibacy vows more difficult for priests to keep.
Seventysix countries around the world still consider homosexuality illegal, five of them punish homosexual acts with death. To raise awareness on the extent of State Sponsored Homophobia in the world, the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intesex Association (ILGA) presents a series of resources in different languages: an updated world survey of laws prohibiting same sex activity between consenting adults, maps on Lesbian and Gay rights in different regions, videos and more.
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