From the UN

UN: Call for inputs on conversion therapy

The Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity will present a thematic report at the 44th session of the Human Rights Council which will focus on practices of so-called “conversion therapy” on lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and gender diverse people around the world.

Ensuring that people and communities have the power to choose, to know, to thrive and to demand is the key to ending AIDS

Game-changing approaches, such as medicine to prevent HIV (PrEP), integration of contraceptive services with HIV testing, viral load suppression (U = U), harm reduction, and comprehensive sexuality education, give people the power to protect themselves from HIV and, for people living with HIV, the power to thrive

Communities at The Forefront in the HIV/AIDS Response

Since the first identification of HIV/AIDS in the United States of America (USA), in 1981, approximately 80 million people have been infected with HIV, and over 40 million have died of AIDS – the highest global death toll of all time – and also one of the world’s most serious public health challenges. 

Colombia: Fight against homophobia and transphobia

For the first time, the International Association of Gay, Lesbian, Bi and Trans in Latin America and the Caribbean (ILGALAC) invited activists from Martinique, Guadeloupe and Guyana to participate in its annual conference. This approach corresponds to ILGALAC's desire to develop deeper and deeper relations with the French territories of America beyond the language barrier.

El Salvador: Naciones Unidas llama a investigar y sancionar crímenes de odio

The United Nations System in El Salvador calls on national authorities responsible for investigating these crimes to punish the perpetrators, to recognize transphobia as aggravating, and to take urgent measures to prevent further acts of violence based on prejudice and hate against the LGBTI community.

UNAIDS: COMMUNITIES MAKE THE DIFFERENCE

The commemoration of World AIDS Day, which will take place on 1 December 2019, is an important opportunity to recognize the essential role that communities have played and continue to play in the AIDS response at the international, national and local levels. 

Kenya: LGBT+ delegates say sidelined at 'inclusive' global sexual health summit

A global summit on sexual and reproductive health hailed by organisers as being an inclusive event failed to adequately hear the voices of sexual minorities, some LGBT+ delegates said as the three-day event ended on Thursday.

UNFPA: ICPD25 Outlines Pathway for Attaining the Rights of Women and Girls

ICPD25, held in the Kenyan capital Nairobi from November 12-14 and marking the 25th anniversary of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo, Egypt, ended with bold commitments towards attainment of the rights of women and girls.