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.
ASWAT (which means Voice in Arabic) is a courageous and dynamic group of Palestinian gay women who have decided to organize to challenge the status quo and to improve their lives and hopefully secure these rights for the coming generations.
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.
NGO
sites
African-Rapport
An organization fighting for the human, civil and sexual rights of African LGBT community.
Agua Buena
Human Rights Association created in response to the crisis surrounding the AIDS epidemic in Central America, with a focus on access to medical treatment for People who Live with AIDS. A parallel focus of the Association involves the situation of sexual minorities in Central America. Costa Rica.
Bahamian Gays and Lesbians Against Discrimination
Support/advocacy group which, in addition to creating an atmosphere where gay people can feel comfortable in expressing themselves, intends to sensitize the public on the dilemma facing the gay community.
Black Sash
They work to ensuring the recognition and protection of citizens´ human rights. Black Sash began as women´s anti-apartheid movement opposed to the gross human rights violations practised under apartheid in South Africa.
Gay and Lesbian Alliance of Uganda (GALA Uganda)
The GALA programming and planning agenda are currently set by an approach designed to examine, enhance, and improve the emotional, social, political, educational, and spiritual lives of Lesbians, Gay Men, Bisexuals and Transgendered people in Uganda.
Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe
GALZ provides gay men and lesbians in Zimbabwe with a network to facilitate communication within the gay community. The objective is to increase awareness of gay rights in as broad a forum as possible thereby integrating these rights with the other basic human rights for which civil society is currently battling.
Horizons
Social service organization run and managed by volunteers with an objective to provide information, reference, education, counseling and refererrals concerning lesbian, gay and bisexual issues in Hong Kong.
Iranian Gay & Lesbian Healthcare Providers Association
A professional organization with a mission to provide opportunities for gay/lesbian Iranian healthcare providers to network and unite, promote mental and physical health within the Iranian GLBT Community and challenge homophobia in the Iranian community.
Jamaica Forum of Lesbians, All-Sexuals & Gays
The site is committed to working towards a Jamaican society in which the human rights and equality of lesbians, all-sexuals and gays are guaranteed.
Jerusalem Open House
Organization fighting for the rights of gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people. It also offers discussion groups and weekly activities. Israel.
Lavender Phoenix
Networking of Lesbians and Bisexual Women from Mainland China. The basic purpose for this group is to get connected with other lesbians and bisexual women in Mainland China, and those who originally came from China.
Lebanese Protection for LGBT - HELEM
Helem leads a peaceful struggle for the liberation of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community in Lebanon from all sorts of legal, social and cultural discrimination.
Lesbian and Gay Equality Project
Formerly the National Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Equality, the new Lesbian and Gay Equality Project is a civil and human rights group that lobbies against discriminatory practices by government and the private sector. Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender and martital status is specifically outlawed in the Bill of Rights chapter of the South African Constitution (1996).
People Like Us
Organization of gay, lesbian and bisexual Singaporeans, coming together to affirm their dignity, support each other, educate for understanding and work towards integration.
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.
Human Rights
/Sexual diversity
- Fri Jun 13 2008
OAS adopts resolution to protect sexual rights
The General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) has unanimously adopted a resolution condemning human rights violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
The United Nations is a large and complex set of institutions. It has three great mandates: peace and security, development and human rights. On the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people (LGBTI) the UN is divided. In the political bodies many States oppose recognition, but the ground is shifting, if slowly, underneath their feet. In the meantime progress has been occurring in two other parts of the UN system – the treaty bodies and the special procedures.
Fuente:
International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission
