LGBULLETIN #57 – THE WEEK IN LGBTI NEWS (JULY 22-28, 2016)

Friday, July 22

Tanzania restricts access to sexual lubricants in attempt to curb same-sex sexual activity

#Tanzania officials say #lube not banned but now only available @ hospitals,not distrib’d by NGOs. Still bad:#MSM mistrust public hospitals.

— Neela Ghoshal (@NeelaGhoshal) July 25, 2016

The Tanzanian government has announced it has put in place restrictions on imports and sales of sexual lubricants. According to AFP, Health Minister Ummy Mwalimu would have justified the move on the grounds that such products would encourage same-sex sexual activity.

Since then, Mwalimu and Deputy Minister of Health Dr. Hamisi Kigwangalla have appeared to backtrack, Broadly reports, claiming that lubricant will still be allowed in Tanzania as long as it is distributed by a hospital, while NGOs would be barred from handing it outbeing open about their diverse sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or sex characteristics..

 

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Sunday, July 24

Colombia: peace deal ending armed conflict to encompass equal rights for women and LGBTIacronym for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex people. Although this is not the acronym available to describe people of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and sex characteristics, it is the most commonly used in United Nations spaces and advocacy. persons

Directora Ejecutiva @ONUMujeres @phumzileunwomen en presentación acuerdos de paz con perspectiva d género en Cuba pic.twitter.com/Xe3U1KKXKh

— ONUMujeresCol (@ONUMujeresCol) July 24, 2016

The Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), who have recently announced the “end of the conflict” in Colombia, have agreed to incorporate a gender-based approach that will develop in 8 thematic areas these areas will also include the effective implementation of economic, social and cultural rights of LGBTIacronym for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex people. Although this is not the acronym available to describe people of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and sex characteristics, it is the most commonly used in United Nations spaces and advocacy. persons of the rural sector, the public recognition of LGBTIacronym for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex people. Although this is not the acronym available to describe people of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and sex characteristics, it is the most commonly used in United Nations spaces and advocacy. persons as political subjects, among others.

The draft of the new deal was presented during a session of the peace talks taking place in La Habana, Cuba, in the presence of UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka and Zainab Bangura, UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict.

“Including genderrefers to a social construct which places cultural and social expectations on individuals based on their assigned sex. (issues) in a peace agreement is a first,” Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin said. “It has never before been done in (ending) war.”

“We are aware that the changes that the country needs for peace-building cannot be possible without a society that recognizes and respects differences,” a joint statement reads, “and in which stigmatization and gender-biased discriminationunequal or unfair treatment which can be based on a range of grounds - such as age, ethnic background, disability, and diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions or sex characteristics, amongst others. remain in the past.”

A sub-commission was created in September 2014 to review and include a genderrefers to a social construct which places cultural and social expectations on individuals based on their assigned sex. perspective in the peace accord, and delegates from 18 organisations advocating human rights of women and of LGBTIacronym for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex people. Although this is not the acronym available to describe people of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and sex characteristics, it is the most commonly used in United Nations spaces and advocacy. persons were part of it.

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Sunday, July 24

Australia: Census to include option for individuals to identify as other than male or female

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On August 9, Australia will undertake its five-yearly national Census, and this year’s consultation will mark a country’s first: according to reports by SBS, respondents will have the option to identify as neither male nor female but ‘other’.

The possibility has opened up after, in February, the Australian Bureau of Statistics had issued a new standard for Sex and Gender Variables, including question modules for the collection of information on the issue.

Identifying as “other” will not be as simple as ticking a box: the paper form requires the male and female boxes to be left unmarked, and the response written in. Responding online, on the other hand, would require to call the Census Inquiry Service, request a login for the special online form and then select the preferred answer.

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Monday, July 25

Pakistan: enquiry committee hears case of alleged abuses against transadjective/umbrella term to describe a person whose gender identity does not match the sex they were assigned at birth. persons

A station house officer, who was reportedly involved in illegally detaining seven transadjective/umbrella term to describe a person whose gender identity does not match the sex they were assigned at birth. persons for about 10 hours, presented himself before an enquiry committee at the Human Rights Directorate K-P, according to reports by The Express Tribune.

On July 14, seven transadjective/umbrella term to describe a person whose gender identity does not match the sex they were assigned at birth. persons were arrested, but no First Information Report was registered against them; taken to the police station, they were allegedly sexually abused by officers.

At the hearing, the station house officer admitted to have arrested the group and to have acted under pressure from a religious political party. He reportedly failed to present any legal justification for his act.

“How can we expect justice from others,” a human rights activist commented, “if the people appointed by the government would do such a thing with a vulnerable group of society?”

 

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Wednesday, July 27

United States: 12 states to support Obama administration in court on policies advancing protections for transadjective/umbrella term to describe a person whose gender identity does not match the sex they were assigned at birth. students and workers

12 States Will Support Obama’s Transgender Policies In Court https://t.co/JxZybMkLfU via @dominicholden @buzzfeed

— ACLU (@ACLU) July 27, 2016

Twelve U.S. states have filed a brief asserting that the federal court should not impede enforcement of the Obama administration policies aimed at advancing anti-discrimination protections for transadjective/umbrella term to describe a person whose gender identity does not match the sex they were assigned at birth. students and workers.

The filing, Buzzfeed reports, is led by Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson, whose brief claims that federal protections for transadjective/umbrella term to describe a person whose gender identity does not match the sex they were assigned at birth. people are “strongly in the public interest.”

This move comes after, in May, officials in Texas and 10 other states sued the federal government over its interpretation of civil rights laws, especially challenging guidance from the Department of Education and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Several weeks later, another group of states filed a similar lawsuit.

 

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Thursday, July 28

The Netherlands: European Bisexualadjective used to describe a person who has the capacity to form enduring physical, romantic, and/ or emotional attractions to those of the same gender or to those of other genders. Conference kicks off in Amsterdam

Opening European Bisexualadjective used to describe a person who has the capacity to form enduring physical, romantic, and/ or emotional attractions to those of the same gender or to those of other genders. Conference in Amsterdam. #EuroBiCon pic.twitter.com/fcDk0aTlhF

— Sergio Belfor (@sergiobelfor) July 29, 2016

Hundreds of activists and human rights defenders – including ILGA’s co-Secretary General Ruth Baldacchino and ILGA-Europe’s Executive Director Evelyne Paradis – gathered in Amsterdam for the third European Bisexual Conference (EuroBiCon), a community organised event bringing together bisexualadjective used to describe a person who has the capacity to form enduring physical, romantic, and/ or emotional attractions to those of the same gender or to those of other genders. people and their allies from across Europe and beyond.

The event, held under the theme ‘Join our VisiBility’ and coordinated by the Dutch Bisexualadjective used to describe a person who has the capacity to form enduring physical, romantic, and/ or emotional attractions to those of the same gender or to those of other genders. Network, began with the first European Bisexual Research Conference (EuroBiReCon), a day dedicated to academic research on bisexuality.

#EuroBICon16 pic.twitter.com/TkzktTgZC1

— sandrahopkins (@sandrahopkins) July 29, 2016

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, held at the Old Luteran Church lit in the colours of the bisexualadjective used to describe a person who has the capacity to form enduring physical, romantic, and/ or emotional attractions to those of the same gender or to those of other genders. flag, a three-day meeting kicked off, offering almost 60 workshops on such issues as, amongst others, bi culture, improving bisexualadjective used to describe a person who has the capacity to form enduring physical, romantic, and/ or emotional attractions to those of the same gender or to those of other genders. healthcare, and challenging biphobiathe fear, unreasonable anger, intolerance or/and hatred toward people attracted to more than one gender. and bi erasure.

 

 

Is that all? More LGBTIacronym for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex people. Although this is not the acronym available to describe people of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and sex characteristics, it is the most commonly used in United Nations spaces and advocacy. news bites

LGBTIacronym for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex people. Although this is not the acronym available to describe people of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and sex characteristics, it is the most commonly used in United Nations spaces and advocacy. activists worldwide mourn the loss of Deborah Lambillotte, a passionate activist and inspiring role model who had long been involved with organisations in Italy and in Belgium, and had served as ILGA-Europe’s co-chair and as ILGA’s alternate board member.

Discrimination against gayadjective to describe people whose enduring physical, romantic, and/ or emotional
attractions are to people of the same gender. Men, women and non-binary people may use this
term to describe themselves., bisexualadjective used to describe a person who has the capacity to form enduring physical, romantic, and/ or emotional attractions to those of the same gender or to those of other genders., and other men who have sexrefers to the classification of a person as male, female, or other - usually made at birth, written on a birth certificate, and usually based on the appearance of their external anatomy. A person’s sex, however, is actually a combination of bodily characteristics, including chromosomes, hormones, internal and external reproductive organs, and secondary sex characteristics. with men could have a worldwide cost of up to $119.1 billion GDP, a research has found.

“Each person is equally inviolable,” a leading religious figure in Egypt was quoted as saying. “Even if we view homosexuality as a religious sin, that does not give anyone the freedom to injure another person in any way.”

Human rights organisations in Denmark are criticizing a court’s decision to deport three lesbianadjective/noun to describe a woman whose enduring physical, romantic, and/or emotional attraction is to other women. Women and non-binary people may use this term to describe themselves. women to their homeland, Uganda, where they claim they will be at risk of persecution.

The new marriage equalitywhere national marriage legislation also includes same-sex couples or gender-neutral reference to the spouses. References to “gay marriage” that are sometimes made by media outlets and decision-makers incorrectly are incorrect, as no country has created a marriage law specifically for same-sex couples. law has just come into effect in the Isle of Man, while the Civil Partnership Act will come into force in February 2017 in Slovenia.

According to reports, the department of Education in the United Kingdom announced that it will provide more funding to support a LGBT adoption and fostering charity.

In a move considered ‘historic’ by human rights organisations, the Venezuelan government pledged to advance the inclusion of members of the LGBTIacronym for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex people. Although this is not the acronym available to describe people of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and sex characteristics, it is the most commonly used in United Nations spaces and advocacy. community in the social programs it will conduct.

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has welcomed the recent creation of the Core Group on the Rights of LGBTIacronym for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex people. Although this is not the acronym available to describe people of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and sex characteristics, it is the most commonly used in United Nations spaces and advocacy. persons of the Organization of American States.

In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration signaled it may start reconsidering its blood donor deferral recommendations for gayadjective to describe people whose enduring physical, romantic, and/ or emotional
attractions are to people of the same gender. Men, women and non-binary people may use this
term to describe themselves., bisexualadjective used to describe a person who has the capacity to form enduring physical, romantic, and/ or emotional attractions to those of the same gender or to those of other genders. and other men who have sexrefers to the classification of a person as male, female, or other - usually made at birth, written on a birth certificate, and usually based on the appearance of their external anatomy. A person’s sex, however, is actually a combination of bodily characteristics, including chromosomes, hormones, internal and external reproductive organs, and secondary sex characteristics. with men.

In Canada, an image objectifying lesbianadjective/noun to describe a woman whose enduring physical, romantic, and/or emotional attraction is to other women. Women and non-binary people may use this term to describe themselves. women in a campaign to promote national oil has sparked outrage, and was later removed from social media.

In New Zealand, co-conveners of a cross-party working group on LGBTIacronym for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex people. Although this is not the acronym available to describe people of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and sex characteristics, it is the most commonly used in United Nations spaces and advocacy. human rights are urging Education minister to consider the safety of LGBTIacronym for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex people. Although this is not the acronym available to describe people of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and sex characteristics, it is the most commonly used in United Nations spaces and advocacy. students as a topic that schools will be assessed on.

A letter-writing network was established in New Zealand to connect LGBTIacronym for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex people. Although this is not the acronym available to describe people of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and sex characteristics, it is the most commonly used in United Nations spaces and advocacy. prisoners with the outside community.

A civil society organisation has released a report describing how laws and law enforcement practices in China affect the ability of sexrefers to the classification of a person as male, female, or other - usually made at birth, written on a birth certificate, and usually based on the appearance of their external anatomy. A person’s sex, however, is actually a combination of bodily characteristics, including chromosomes, hormones, internal and external reproductive organs, and secondary sex characteristics. workers to access and carry condoms.

According to reports, potential leaders of the top broadcasting body in Indonesia have voiced opposition to LGBT characters being shown on TV.

 

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