| 20130503104331| Pan Africa ILGA
The 53rd Ordinary session of the Commission was held in Banjul in The Gambia from 9 to 22 April. It was preceded by a three day NGO Forum (5 to 8 April) which brought together human rights defenders from across the continent and beyond.

| 20130520030919| ILGA-ASIA
In a three-year project, the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission partnered with activists in five Asian countries to document and analyze violence against LBT people. Three of the researchers, Azusa (Japan), Jay (Sri Lanka) and Thilaga (Malaysia) presented preliminary findings of their research and discussed their experience working on the project at the 57th Commission on the Status of Women.

NETHERLANDS | 20130516132607|

ISRAEL | 20130515094821| ILGA-ASIA
An award winning mathetmatics teacher in Israel was told she faces dismissal after coming out to her students as a transgender woman.

JAMAICA | 20130222010322| ILGA-LAC - Oficial de Comunicación
The Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS) and the Jamaica Manufacturers' Association (JMA) have joined forces in a bid to reduce stigma and discrimination in the local food-services industry and protect the rights of persons living with HIV and AIDS.

CANADA | 20130515034523| ILGA-ASIA
A group of Toronto city councillors will file a motion on 28 May to cut the grant to Toronto Pride unless the organisers agree to ban the participation of a pro-Palestinian LGBT group, Queers Against Israeli Apartheid. They also want to ban the use of the term ‘Israeli apartheid’.

FIJI | 20130516211309| ILGA-ASIA
Today, Friday May 17, marks the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT). This day is meant to raise awareness about the issues of ongoing discrimination and violence committed by states, societies and individuals against lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer people on various scales, from homo and transphobic legislations and forms of state repression to hate crimes including insults, attacks and murders. IDAHOT is observed by more than 70 countries around the world.

PAKISTAN | 20130516215234| ILGA-ASIA
My mother and I both married men from Pakistan. Both marriages ended in divorce, but their circumstances and our attitudes towards them could not have been more different: it is a sign of how much has changed.