Virginia is the first state in the South to make discrimination against LGBTQ people illegal
Georgia Man Gets 40 Years in Prison for Hot-Water Attack on Gay Men
4 men charged with hate crime in ‘brutal’ attack of gay couple at Miami Beach
Chechen Authorities Arresting and Killing Gay Men, Russian Paper Says
Trump/Pence and the future of global LGBT rights
If Trump enables Pence’s attitudes toward sexuality and gender identity to prevail in U.S. foreign policy, it will shift the already precarious balance of power in the United Nations. The internationalization of LGBT rights will slow if not halt.
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LGBT Institute Symposium Call for Papers
We Are Orlando: Community Statement and Gathering
Key Constituencies Impacted by HIV Epidemic to Hold Counter Conference During National HIV Prevention Conference
Mirroring the need for intersectionality and inclusivity in the fight to end HIV/AIDS, the People’s Mobilization on the National HIV/AIDS Strategy Counter Conference is a community-built space that aims to empower constituencies most impacted by HIV to be in control of the dialogue. The Counter Conference will happen in parallel with the National HIV Prevention Conference (NHPC) as an alternative and accessible space for those who cannot attend the larger NHPC.
Congressional Forum to Investigate 'Epidemic of Violence' Against Trans People
Global-Local Connection for LGBT Rights event stirs up conversation
LGBT Institute to Host National Leaders, Develop Research Agenda
“Our LGBT community, at home and abroad, is facing a pivotal moment. Despite recent legal gains, there is still much work to be done. The LGBT Institute provides a unique opportunity for us to be bold and layout an agenda that seeks to provide voice for those most often marginalized within the LGBT community."
Report: LGBTQ Prisoners Routinely Beat, Raped, and Harassed
Ashley Diamond, Transgender Georgia inmate, released early from prison
"Her release does not erase her barbaric treatment by GDC officials, which was tantamount to torture. Nor is her plight isolated. We will continue to advocate for an end to prison practices that unfairly punish and inflict pain on transgender inmates.” -- Chinyere Ezie, Southern Poverty Law Center staff attorney
Black Trans Lives Matter rally takes over Underground Atlanta
Gay Refugees Address U.N. Security Council in Historic Meeting on LGBT Rights
"Members of the LGBT community really fear persecution as they watch these horrendous sights of people being hurled off buildings…they won’t come out and request protection because they’re too afraid to tell anyone.”
Subhi Nahas, a gay Syrian refugee, speaks at the United Nations headquarters in New York, August 24. The U.N. Security Council held its first-ever meeting on LGBT rights on Monday. Photo: MIKE SEGAR/REUTERS
Gay and Marked for Death
“The Iraqi refugee I interviewed told me that on social media earlier this year, he saw images of a rooftop execution and learned later that the victim — unrecognizable because he was blindfolded and shown mostly from behind — was a friend of his who hadn’t left Iraq.”
Photo from The Daily Mail: Two ISIS militants wait for an order to throw the men over the edge of the building.
#BlackLivesMatter unveils Campaign Zero
The comprehensive set of policy demands on the federal and state level introduced by Black Lives Matter activists on Friday, named Campaign Zero, comes after months of discussions with protesters from across the country and was informed by the recommendations of President Barack Obama's Task Force on 21st Century Policing.