For the first time, a meeting was held between U.S. LGBT Envoy for the Human Rights, Randy Berry, and Vatican officials. Berry said he spoke with officials, including representatives of the Holy See’s Secretary of State office. Since…
From now on, the United Nations General Assembly is chaired by Sam Kutesa, Foreign Minister of Uganda, a country that criminalize homosexuality and forces people to denounce homosexual relationships. Following the rotation of the countries to chair…
The UN Security Council holds a meeting for the first time to discuss the persecution of LGBT people by the terrorist group ISIL (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant). Samantha Power, US ambassador to the UN,…
The Human Rights Council of the United Nations has appointed its first independent expert, a Thai Professor Vitit Muntarbhorn, in charge of making an investigation on discrimination and violence against the LGBTQ community. For three years, Muntarbhorn will therefore…
Yesterday, we had focused on Asia after a poll of the most welcoming countries for the LGBT community. The Philippines had led the way, some of you have pointed out elsewhere the beauty of Filipinos women that cannot be…
It’s true that in the UK it is not a first. We have seen the rainbow bus, the rainbow pedestrian crossings, it is also found in other countries as the United States, so are we really surprised by “Gay”,…
In July 2014, the United Nations (UN), through the voice of its Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, announced the opening of benefits to married same-sex couples, or in a civil union, even though the country or the state in…
Recently, I told you about the attempt by Russia to block a law allowing UN married LGBT employees receive the same benefits as others. And although Russia has failed! Secretary General of the UN Ban Ki-Moon had…
The Pew Research company recently went and meet people living in 40 different countries to ask them the following question: “Do you personally believe that homosexuality is morally acceptable, morally unacceptable, or is it not a moral issue?” Here…
The 27th World Conference of ILGA (International Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans & Intersex Association), which is the largest association for the defense of the LGBTI rights in the world, will take place from October 27 to 31, 2014 in…