CCHR recently called on the Cambodian government to use its position as chair of ASEAN to lobby for the inclusion of provisions protecting the human rights of LGBT people in the draft ASEAN human rights declaration please see attached CCHR's press release dated 16 January 2012  >>>

The National Association of African American Studies opens 2012 call for papers which relate to any aspect associated with race, gender and sexuality. Application deadline: 28 April 2012.  >>>

The European Court of Human Rights says that criminal conviction for distributing leaflets offensive to homosexuals was not contrary to freedom of expression  >>>

ILGA-Europe’s Statement on a law on prohibition of the so-called propaganda of 'sodomy, lesbianism, bisexualism and transgenderism, and paedophilia to minors' and introduction of administrative offense adopted by St. Petersburg’s Legislative Assembl...  >>>

This morning, the federal Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled today 2-1 that Proposition 8, violates the Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution. It's a historic ruling--the first time in the nation's history that a federal appeals court has struck down a statew  >>>

Prop. 8: Gay-marriage ban unconstitutional, court rules. A federal appeals court Tuesday struck down California's ban on same-sex marriage, clearing the way for the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on gay marriage as early as next year The 2-1 decision by a panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court o  >>>

Three African transgender and intersex rights advocacy organizations (Gender DynamiX, Support Initiative for People with atypical Sexual Development and Transgender and Intersex Africa) have formed an alliance to enhance the trans and intersex movement on the continent.  >>>

In commemoration of World AIDS Day and the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence/AIDS, Gender Action, joined by over a hundred civil society organizations and activists, sent a letter to World Bank President Robert Zoellick urging the World Bank to increase and improve its HIV preven  >>>

The Brazilian Association of Studies on Homoculture (ABEH) released the first version of the schedule, the menu of group themes, and the composition of the scientific commission of the VI International Conference of Studies on Sexual and Gender Diversity that is going to take place at UFBA  >>>

While speaking to delegates at the African Union’s summit, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged stronger protection of homosexual rights.  >>>