In an overwhelmingly positive vote for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in the Central African nation of Burundi, the country's Senate has rejected a provision that would have criminalized consensual same-sex activity.

The meeting, the first-ever dialog between lawyers who have worked on litigation related to LGBT rights and African LGBT leaders, was held in Cape Town, South Africa and attended by participants from 11 African countries.

The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) awarded its 2009 Felipa de Souza Award to the Lebanese group Helem.

In a surprising victory for the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, Ugandan Justice Stella Arach issued a ruling in favor of LGBT activists and human rights defenders Victor Mukasa and Oyo Yvonne.

A coalition of international human rights organizations urged all the world's nations to support the statement in affirmation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights' basic promise: that human rights apply to everyone.

The National Assembly of Burundi passed a law on Friday November 21, 2008, making same-sex acts punishable for the first time in the history of the country.

This ground breaking work provides a critical analysis of shifting theoretical perspectives and activist strategies regarding sexual politics and their larger geopolitical context in the twenty-first century.

Being gay in Nigeria is hard: homosexual sex is illegal, but there is also the sanction contained in a rising tide of religious fundamentalism, and with cultural traditions that generally abhor same-sex coupling.

Presentation by Elena Reynaga of the Women Sex Worker's Network of Latin America and the Caribbean (RedTraSex) on sexual workers and human rights at the 17th International AIDS Conference being held in Mexico. (doc).

New research is revealing shockingly high rates of HIV among the transgender communities of Latin America and Asia. Delegates gathering at the International AIDS 2008 conference in Mexico City will hear stark news about the hidden HIV crisis among transgender people.