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European court rules Russia discriminated against gay people
Russia discriminated against gay people by banning their rallies, the European Court of Human Rights ruled yesterday, Tuesday, eight years after a judgment on the issue that led to no change. The court ruled in 2010 that a Moscow ban on gay pride marches violated the right to freedom of assembly, to an effective remedy, […]
LGBT Version of #MeToo – #MeQueer – Now on Twitter
It started with an angry tweet. But by Wednesday, the #MeQueer hashtag had morphed into a global online storm with thousands of LGBT people taking to Twitter to detail their experiences of verbal abuse, sexual attack, and physical violence. Comments ranged from criticism of media representation to descriptions of assault. “Nearly crying because you saw […]
UN envoy wants global ban on ‘barbaric’ conversion therapies
Banning the “barbaric” practice of giving people electric shocks and injections to “cure” them of homosexuality is a key priority, the UN envoy on LGBT rights has said. Despite global gains in LGBT rights, many gay people are still forced to undergo invasive therapy based on the idea that homosexuality is a mental disorder or […]
Wattpad and ILGA Announce Pride Month Partnership to Empower LGBTIQ+ Youth
Wattpad, the global multiplatform entertainment company for original stories, and the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) have announced a partnership to celebrate, empower, and give back to LGBTIQ+ youth around the world. Throughout Pride Month, Wattpad will host the Pen Your Pride write-a-thon, a global writing event, encouraging Wattpad users to […]
ILGA Vacancy: Senior Research Officer
ILGA seeks a Senior Research Officer to head-up its world-renowned research work, based out of its Geneva office. Specifically, the position will take responsibility for two major streams of research: ILGA’s State-Sponsored Homophobia Report and the ILGA-RIWI Global Attitudes Survey. The position is one that has the potential to develop and grow over time, including possibly […]
ILGA invites bids from consultants to develop new visual identity
ILGA is seeking to procure the services of a consultant to develop and produce a new visual identity for the organisation. ILGA will turn 40 years old in 2018: celebrations of this anniversary will begin in August 2018 and culminate at the next ILGA World Conference, taking place in Aotearoa/New Zealand from 18-22 March 2019. […]
Global LGBT funding up but bulk goes to North America
(Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Although funding to support sexual minorities is growing, reaching about $250 million in 2016, three-quarters of the money is going to western countries, campaigners said on Wednesday. More than 500 foundations and governmental agencies gave a total of $524 million to LGBT causes in 2015 and 2016 combined, almost a quarter […]
