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Ahbab
Ahbab is an online community for Queer Arabs worldwide. Its purpose is to help gay and lesbian Arabs communicate, network and stay in touch within Arab communities all over the world.
Al-Fatiha Foundation
An international organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Muslims, including those questioning their sexual orientation and/or gender identity, as well as their friends, families, partners, and allies.
Amnesty LGBT
Amnesty International's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Network
International Lesbian and Gay Association - ILGA
A world-wide network of national and local groups dedicated to achieving equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) people everywhere.
Iranian Queer Organization – IRQO
International organization based in Toronto, Canada with key workers in Europe and Iran, which helps Iranian gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered refugees all over the world.
Naz Foundation International
Naz Foundation International promotes sexual health among MSM (males who have sex with males) by providing technical, financial and institutional support to MSM networks, groups and organizations in South Asia.
Organisation Intersex International (OII)
OII is devoted to systemic change to end the fear, shame, secrecy and stigma experienced by children and adults through the practice of non-consensual genital surgeries for people born with atypical anatomy, and the arbitrary assignment of a particular gender without an informed consultation with the individual concerned.
Sexuality Policy Watch - SPW
Global forum composed of researchers and activists from a wide range of countries and regions of the world. The SPW's mandate is twofold: to contribute to sexuality related global policy debates through strategic policy-oriented research and analysis projects, and to promote more effective linkages between local, regional and global initiatives.
 
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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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Turkey urged to respect LGBT people's right to freedom of association
Uganda: condemn the arrest and torture of LGBT human rights defender
Peru: demand investigation in rape case



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Sexual diversity - Fri Aug 15 2008
Nigeria: gays hesitate at the closet door
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.
Source: PlusNews Global

Health /Sexual diversity - Thu Aug 07 2008
Sex workers participate in AIDS2008 plenary session
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).
Source: RedTraSex

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