C.-based organization has been collecting data on the socioeconomic status of LGBTI persons worldwide and launched several research projects on LGBTI discrimination.
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"In 2015, to further promote LGBTI rights throughout the world, I appointed the first ever Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTI Persons," he said.
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" He added that the US strongly opposes human rights violations and abuses against LGBTI persons "including violence, the criminalization of LGBTI status or conduct, and serious forms of discrimination.
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"Having visible LGBTI representatives in business can be a great catalyst, encouraging more and more LGBTI employees to be themselves at work," said Evelyne Paradis, executive director of LGBT network ILGA-Europe.
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In what Erdoğan often refers to as "the New Turkey," trans and gay people have become more visible—LGBTI News Turkey, a website that provides English translations and sources on LGBTI Turks, lists forty-eight organizations dedicated to them; Time Out Istanbul has a bustling LGBTI section that lists weekly events—and consequently they feel more vulnerable.
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The current government is progressive and LGBTI rights are respected.
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Laws prohibit discrimination against the LGBTI population, but they're rarely enforced.
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In more than 70 countries being LGBTi is not safe, according to the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA), a federation of national and local organisations dedicated to achieving equal rights LGBTi people.
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The 2020 programme is arguably gayer than ever, with at least two official panels, including "LGBTI Rights and the Role of the Private Sector" and "Free to Be (LGBTI)", which features Xavier Bettel, Luxembourg's gay prime minister.
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Even though Britain is more tolerant, LGBTi asylum seekers still face discrimination, threats and even violent attacks, said Sebastian Rocca, chief executive of Micro Rainbow International (MRI), a charity working to eliminate discrimination and poverty among LGBTi people.
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"Belarus treats LGBTI people like second class citizens ... The UK should be doing all it can to stand with LGBTI human rights defenders trying to make Belarus a safer and fairer place," she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
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What it does is to inflame the anger and hate against LGBTI people.
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In response, "we need LGBTI-friendly governments to be more ambitious," Stern said.
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LGBTI persons have the same rights as any other persons in these respects.
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We support LGBTI rights in Poland, in all EU countries and worldwide #EU4LGBTI!
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It leaves LGBTI people feeling excluded and like the butt of the joke again.
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On top of that, Pompeo has threatened the rights of women and LGBTI people.
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"La población LGBTI está comenzando a despertar políticamente", dijo el político brasileño David Miranda.
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In recent years, the LGBTI community has become particularly vulnerable to the gang violence.
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The move represents "growing intolerance towards LGBTI persons by the Turkish authorities," he continued.
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"Warsaw and big cities in Poland are asylums for the LGBTI community," Gawron wrote.
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" EVELYNE PARADIS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ILGA-EUROPE "The two biggest threats to LGBTI rights in Europe are the overall rise in populism and attacks on democracy everywhere because it is fostering hatred and fuelling hatred and violence that affects the LGBTI communities in particular.
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" EVELYNE PARADIS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ILGA-EUROPE "The two biggest threats to LGBTI rights in Europe are the overall rise in populism and attacks on democracy everywhere because it is fostering hatred and fuelling hatred and violence that affects the LGBTI communities in particular.
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Hundreds of LGBTI people across Latin America and the Caribbean have been killed in the past five years, with at least 41 attacks and murders of LGBTI people reported in the region during the first three months of this year, IACHR figures show.
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"In recognition of LGBTI Month, the Department of State affirms its solidarity with the human rights defenders and civil society organizations working around the world to uphold the fundamental freedoms of LGBTI persons to live with dignity and freedom," Tillerson also said in a statement.
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"Any initiative to fast-track asylum procedures, such as a 'safe country' list, increases the risk that those people in need, including LGBTI people, are not recognized," a spokesperson for the Intergroup on LGBTI Rights said at the time of the report at parliament.
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Labor leader Bill Shorten called the ad "offensive and hurtful to LGBTI Australians and their families".
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Campaigners say a lack of protection for LGBTi asylum seekers is a widespread problem in Europe.
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Many Indians who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or intersex (LGBTI) still face stigma and violence.
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The governor has cited security reasons and public "sensitivities" as grounds for barring LGBTI marches since 2015.
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The prohibition on the movie followed a blanket ban issued in November on LGBTI events in Ankara.
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Although homosexuality and being transgender are not illegal in Turkey, LGBTI people face discrimination and hate crimes.
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"And there is a major debate about whether LGBTi should be listed specifically and explicitly," he said.
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Human rights defenders fight for everyone's fundamental rights, including women, LGBTI people, Indigenous Peoples, and other communities.
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"In recognition of LGBTI Month, the Department of State affirms its solidarity with the human rights defenders and civil society organizations working around the world to uphold the fundamental freedoms of LGBTI persons to live with dignity and freedom," Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said in a statement.
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Ms Paradis notes Croatia and Hungary have reasonably liberal laws but an increasingly hostile atmosphere towards LGBTI people.
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No one should be punished for expressing solidarity with LGBTI individuals or based on their perceived sexual orientation.
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Soni, who represents LGBTI immigrants regularly, also acknowledged the role jurisdiction can play in making an asylum decision.
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The string of murders was just the latest threat of violence against the country's increasingly vulnerable LGBTI community.
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Van 't Noordende was speaking at the launch of the Partnership for Global LGBTI Equality at Davos on Tuesday.
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Latin America is the world's deadliest region for LGBTI people, according to research group, Transrespect versus Transphobia Worldwide (TvT).
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I am absolutely not joking about Karl Stefanovic's nomination for an LGBTI media award for making an apology pic.twitter.
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READ: Saving Beirut's crumbling architecture READ: Documenting lives of Syria's LGBTI refugees READ: Does Dubai frame paint ugly picture?
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Political and economic troubles are reflected in worrying trends in social norms, such as increasing polarization over LGBTI rights.
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When they wish to preserve basic human dignity for LGBTI people, we proudly link arms and stand in solidarity.
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She hopes therefore that the next anthology will inspire more discussion, and bring African LGBTI issues further into the light.
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"A majority of young LGBTI people report bullying and 80% of those say that it happens at school," it said.
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To counter this, the ACI runs a program to raise awareness among Ivorian journalists about the lives of LGBTI people.
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The Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Intersex (LGBTI) event has reportedly been banned by Turkish authorities for the past four years.
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The disparity between societal attitudes towards the LGBTI group, the legal environment, and law enforcement practices creates a volatile atmosphere.
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" Countries in Latin America pose the deadliest threat to LGBTI people, according to the research group "Transrespect versus transphobia worldwide.
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"Protecting LGBTI people against discrimination has very real positive impacts on economic development," said Jessica Stern, the group's executive director.
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"LGBTI persons face a wide variety of protection risks in countries of asylum, including further persecution by authorities," the report explains.
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LGBTI people didn't ask for this plebiscite but now the court has determined (it) will go ahead ... Vote yes for love.
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The initiative by the poverty-fighting institution comes at a time when discrimination against LGBTI people is facing increased scrutiny globally.
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In recent years, the bank's research has increasingly turned to the economic impact of discrimination on LGBTI persons, the bank said.
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El trabajo fotográfico de Joan E. Biren se ha convertido en un lienzo expresivo de la comunidad LGBTI en Estados Unidos.
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The State Department's special envoy for LGBTI persons, a position created in 2015 to advocate for gay rights abroad, remains vacant.
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A new photographic series called "Beautiful LGBTI Women" isn't just striking to look at: It also raises awareness for an important cause.
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Some have apparently been forced to give up the addresses of their friends, creating a climate of fear among the LGBTI community.
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"This situation is disturbing and unsustainable," Francisco Eguiguren, IACHR rapporteur on the rights of LGBTI people, said in a statement last week.
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MRI set up Britain's first safe house for LGBTi refugees and asylum seekers last October and has since opened a second one.
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The MHA's latest statement is another obstruction that supporters of hot button topics like LGBTI issues have to skirt in the island state.
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"It seems that law is applied arbitrarily to drive LGBTI communities underground," Niamh Cullen, a spokeswoman for the group, said in a statement.
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According to the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Intersex Association (ILGA), Romania ranks 35th in Europe when it comes to LGBTI rights.
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Parliamentarians voted 66-1 in favor of a marriage equality bill, marking a major step for LGBTI rights in the predominantly Catholic country.
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Rights groups blame the problem on a lack of basic training on LGBTi rights for those making decisions about asylum claims and interpreters.
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We even had to sign a contract that says that we weren't allowed to party, drink, have sex, or engage in LGBTI behavior.
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Astrans LGBTI, founded in 2007, say the demand for their work in the city and rural areas has increased in the last year.
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"This underlines why the introduction and full implementation of LGBTI-inclusive hate crime laws across the European region is so vital," she said.
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OutRight Action International, a New York City-based group that advocates for LGBTI rights globally, said the new World Bank position was encouraging.
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"Through this project we aim to provide a platform for leaders from the private sector to accelerate process towards LGBTI inclusion globally," she said.
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Though same-sex marriage found support with 61% of votes, Queensland's LGBTI Legal Service documented 220 incidents of hate speech during the postal survey.
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"Know that you are allowed to be human and flawed, that you don't have to be a poster child for LGBTI families," Maeve writes.
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It is up to the government to continue to show leadership, together with the LGBTI movement, and really embed this legal change in society.
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Pink Dot is Singapore's annual LGBTI pride gathering, which recently received its fair share of news headlines following its eighth edition on June 4.
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I have been doing a lot of campaigning on LGBTI+ issues for quite a long time now, for global equality, LGBT asylum seeker issues.
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The federation is "dedicated to achieving equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex (LGBTI) people across the globe," according to their website.
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The United Nations expert Vitit Muntarbhorn will have a three-year mandate to investigate abuses against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people.
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Organizing the job fair was "a sort of lightbulb moment," Ramaswamy said, aimed at creating a space for LGBTI job seekers and employers to interact.
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The curriculum will include material on different identities and terminology, history of the LGBTI movement, and how to recognize and address homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia.
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LGBT and/or GLBT are also often used, as are LGBTI and LGBTQIA (with the I standing for intersex and the A for asexual). Asexual
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Published during a flurry of anti-LGBTI news in the country, the obituary carries a poem, in which Ong asks his sons to forgive him.
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"One of the problems that LGBTi asylum seekers and refugees face is that because of their sexuality they are extremely isolated and vulnerable," Rocca said.
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Ryder acknowledged that the LGBTi issue was controversial, but said: "The spirit of the Convention ... is that everybody falls under the protection of this Convention".
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"The NGOs that have been singled out for exclusion appear to have been chosen for their involvement in LGBTI, transgender or youth advocacy," wrote Power.
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"Inclusiveness is one of rugby's core values and it welcomes all people to the game, including all members of the LGBTI community," the statement said.
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Berry, an openly gay career officer, worked in the Obama administration as the State Department's first special envoy for the human rights of LGBTI persons.
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In its 2018 Rainbow Europe report, the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association placed Russia 45th out of 21980 countries for LGBTI human rights.
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"There is no justification for this indiscriminate targeting of people perceived to be members of the LGBTI community," said ILGA's executive director in Europe, Evelyne Paradis.
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"There's currently a conservative vein that seeks to restrict both the rights, but also the conquests, of LGBTI civil society," he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
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"There's currently a conservative vein that seeks to restrict both the rights, but also the conquests, of LGBTI civil society," he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
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Backed by Microsoft, Mastercard, Accenture, Deutsche Bank, EY, Omnicom Group and Salesforce, the initiative is designed to implement the United Nations LGBTI Standards of Conduct for Business.
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The organization is also using the job fair to showcase small businesses run by people from the LGBTI community, and has created a resumé database for employers.
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Two in every five LGBTI people of the 400 surveyed said they had undergone some kind of therapy, of which half had been recommended by a psychologist.
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The lawsuit is a landmark case in China, where same-sex marriage is not legally recognised, and comes amid growing awareness of LGBTI issues in the country.
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Nurdeen Supa, a gay rights activist with LGBT Voice of Tanzania, an officially registered NGO, expressed concern the government move would further fuel discrimination against LGBTI people.
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Heartbreaking stories of LGBTI persecution around the world pour in far too often, and we must be vigilant about ending the anger and hate fueling these attacks.
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Singapore's annual LGBTI pride gathering received a massive turnout again this year, with tens of thousands of Singaporeans showing up for the Pink Dot event dressed in pink.
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The European Parliament's Intergroup on LGBTI Rights would send a letter to the Sultan of Brunei next Monday, its secretary Juliette Sanchez-Lambert told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
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He also opposed the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell and co-sponsored legislation against marriage equality, as well as legislation that would allow discrimination against LGBTI people.
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We have been driven by courageous employees, and through work with organizations like GLAAD, Stonewall and the Partnership for Global LGBTI+ Equality, to continue to learn and progress.
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"The postal survey opened the door to homophobia and vilification being expressed under the guise of legitimate debate," LGBTI Legal Service president Matilda Alexander told the Guardian in 2018.
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The organization started as a platform for people from the LGBTI community to meet and discuss challenges they faced in the workplace, by hosting "safe space" groups in Bangalore.
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"It's a shock and an outrage that it's taken so long but we've made a decision and we'll stand by the LGBTI community and keep our promise," he said.
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The goal is to ensure journalists understand that the LGBTI community suffers widespread discrimination, said the ACI activist, who fearing for his safety, did not wish to be named.
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Even if and when the law is revised, there still remains the much more ingrained challenge of improving Ivorian attitudes toward LGBTI people in a conservative society, Traore said.
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These days, many Americans have a more expansive view of global human rights, including protections for women and girls, and LGBTI people, and persecuted ethnic minorities and indigenous people.
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"Visible signs of public support for LGBTI equality are ... crucial in places where members of our communities are being repressed, stigmatized or discriminated against," said ILGA spokeswoman Emma Cassidy.
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NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The World Bank has appointed its first adviser tasked with promoting the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) issues in its development work.
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"India's first LGBTI career fair is a strong fit with our commitment to create an environment that works for everyone and where people of every background can thrive," she added.
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On issues like criminal justice reform, combating the global criminalization of the LGBTI community, suicide prevention and more, the Trump administration has shown its willingness to work across the aisle.
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Diane Rodriguez, president of the Ecuadorian Federation of LGBTI Organizations and the first trans woman elected to Ecuador's National Assembly, said the spate of deaths has the community in shock.
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"It is concerning that, in the 21st century, some 70 countries continue to have laws that criminalize LGBTI status or conduct," said a U.S. official involved in organizing the event.
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The Treasury statement said officials in Chechnya had launched a series of purges of people they believed to be LGBTI and several were believed to have died as a result.
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The Home Office said it "remains committed to improving the process for those claiming asylum on this basis" and that it ensures housing provide to LGBTi asylum seekers is safe.
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"Governments have an obligation to ensure that all people, including LGBTI people, can freely enjoy the universal human rights and fundamental freedoms to which they are entitled," the statement said.
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A U.N. report last year said hundreds of LGBTI people have been killed and thousands injured in recent years, in violence that included knife attacks, anal rape and genital mutilation.
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Nearly 100 LGBT+ couples have registered to be married since the nation's top court ruled in favor of same-sex marriage in June, according to the Ecuadorian Federation of LGBTI Organizations.
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MRI, which supports eight asylum seekers and refugees with safe housing, says much more is needed and aims to provide safe housing for more than 150 LGBTi asylum seekers by 2019.
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After its approval at a cabinet meeting on Friday, which coincided with LGBTI pride celebrations in Madrid, the measure will come into effect in January 2019, government spokeswoman Isabel Celaa said.
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"Personally I'm also striking for LGBTI+ rights because this summer I will get married to my partner in Finland and our marriage will not be recognised in Italy," says de Bonfils.
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"As the world listens to us the world needs to hear us say that LGBTI+ orientation and identity is not a crime," Paul Bayes, bishop of Liverpool, said during the vote.
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"To date, there are no meaningful and enforceable national anti-discrimination legislation that would extend human rights protection to LGBTI communities," Arnold Fang, East Asia researcher for Amnesty International, told Mashable.
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The United States strongly opposes violence, criminalization and discrimination targeting vulnerable groups, including women at risk of violence, religious and ethnic minorities, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons.
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The series uses firsthand accounts to document the experience of living in a country that constitutionally protects the rights of LGBTI people, but often fails to defend them from targeted violence.
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While Folau's post sparked outrage from LGBTI groups, RA's handling of his case has angered conservative Christians and upset Wallabies players of Pacific island heritage who share the fullback's religious beliefs.
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The East African country has a reputation for being more tolerant toward LGBTI people than its neighbor Uganda but recent comments attacking the group have sparked fears and condemnation from activists.
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Home to gay bars, gay rights groups, and even an annual cross-dressing beauty pageant, Abidjan is considered a refuge for LGBTI people, both within the country and across the region.
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"Marriage equality is being used as this ultimate marker of LGBTI rights, but for many individuals it's still about being able to live, and having the will to live," Powell said.
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"Many ... (LGBTI community) members are imprisoned, abused and even killed simply for who they are or whom they love," he said on the sidelines of the annual meeting of world leaders.
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The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) said the newly created role was critical to give justice to LGBTI people who have been attacked, abused or discriminated against.
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Sami faced threats and discrimination in El Salvador, a conservative Catholic country where gay sex is not illegal but lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTi) people endure harassment and violence.
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Because the Santa Ana City Jail in Orange County, California, contains the only LGBTI housing unit in the country, the Ninth Circuit sees far more transgender asylum seekers than other courts.
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The embassy hosted an event two weeks ago to honor the Orlando victims and posted a photo of the six men online with the caption: 'LGBTI community signing the condolence book'.
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"As the year went on, we were realizing that the statistics of murders were terrible," said Diane Rodriguez, director of Silueta X and president of the Ecuadorian Federation of LGBTI Organizations.
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"As the year went on, we were realizing that the statistics of murders were terrible," said Diane Rodriguez, director of Silueta X and president of the Ecuadorian Federation of LGBTI Organizations.
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"Only four cents out of every $100 awarded by governments and multilateral agencies funds LGBTI work," Matt Beard, executive director at U.S. rights group All Out, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
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Politics of division The 409-page report, which covers 159 countries, lists human rights abuses from the civil war in Syria to the crackdown on LGBTI people in Russia and Indonesia.
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"The meeting was an opportunity to listen to and discuss ideas on how the US can advance decriminalization of LGBTI status and conduct around the world," the State Department spokesperson said.
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His initial fundraising effort on the GoFundMe website was shut down on Monday by the crowdfunding platform, which said it supported 'LGBTI inclusivity' and he had breached its terms and conditions.
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"Whenever one of these places close down, they reopen," lesbian activist Diana Maldonado, director of La Voz LGBTI, an Ecuadorian gay rights group, told VICE at a cafe in Guayaquil last month.
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Scotland has become known in recent years for strong LGBTI legal protections and was described in 2016 as having "the gayest Parliament in the world" by former Labour Party leader Kezia Dugdale.
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"In closing, the Istanbul LGBTI+ Pride Week Committee asked supporters to join them in a march tomorrow, Sunday August 21, from Tünel to Galatasaray, "where we will demand justice for Hande Kader.
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"It is concerning that, in the 21st century, some 70 countries continue to have laws that criminalize LGBTI status or conduct," an anonymous U.S. official connected to the campaign told NBC News.
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"While UNHCR has undertaken great effort, together with the Kenyan government and partners, the Kakuma context does not provide a safe environment for LGBTI refugees and asylum-seekers," said a UNHCR spokeswoman.
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A statement from the Treasury said officials in Chechnya had launched a series of purges of people they believed to be LGBTI and several were believed to have died as a result.
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"It is concerning that, in the 21st century, some 70 countries continue to have laws that criminalize LGBTI status or conduct," a U.S. official involved in organizing the event told NBC News.
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With reproductive rights under attack across the world and violence against LGBTI people on the rise, the secretary of State must be committed to confronting discrimination and advancing human rights for all.
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The measure was widely lauded as a victory for worldwide LGBTI+ groups -- a term that refers collectively to people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans or intersex or other sexual minorities.
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"This judgment is a milestone for Hong Kong and a watershed moment for the rights of LGBTI people across Asia," said Jan Wetzel, senior legal adviser at Amnesty International, in an emailed statement.
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"The rights of LGBTI people are facing a kind of setback right now," Carolina Robledo, president of Paraguayan lesbian rights group Aireana, told Reuters, referring to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex communities.
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The victory comes after a 2016 petition from the TIE Campaign was rejected by Parliament, which said at the time that it could not "force" local authorities to include LGBTI issues in classrooms.
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The U.S. delegation, led by Geneva-based diplomat Jason Mack, did not refer to migration issues in its subsequent speech upholding LGBTi rights and denouncing violence and discrimination against homosexual and transgender people.
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"LGBTI persons – like all persons – must be free to enjoy their human rights and fundamental freedoms, including freedom of expression, peaceful assembly, and association, without fear of reprisal," Pompeo said in the statement.
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However, polls also indicate that support of the LGBTI community is quietly growing, with one 203 poll showing that 47% of Russians now support equal rights for the LGBTQ+ community, a 14-year high.
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African states in particular are opposed to including LGBTi (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex) people among groups deemed vulnerable to violence or harassment in the workplace, sources close to the talks told Reuters.
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"Most people are reluctant to publicly display their sexuality exactly because of the difficulties associated with the daily lives of [LGBTI] persons," said Alexis Ouattara, president of the civil society group Lesbian Life Association.
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"Never has there been a more urgent need to safeguard the human rights of LGBTI persons around the world," executive director of ILGA, Renato Sabbadini, said in a statement to the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
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BENGALURU (Reuters) - An LGBTI job fair, billed by organizers as the first such event in India, attracted more than 250 people on Friday looking for employment with companies including Intel, Goldman Sachs and Uber.
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"The British embassy in Belarus was absolutely right to proudly wave the rainbow flag in support of the LGBTI communities facing worrying levels of discrimination," said Polly Truscott, a program director for Amnesty International.
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Likewise, South African photographer and activist Zanele Muholi is indisputably documentary in her work, presenting a series of portraits of LGBTI individuals in her vast personal network at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center.
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"Global brands should now take action, create inclusive workplaces and leverage their economic impact to move policymakers and cultural leaders to accept and protect all people, including LGBTI individuals," said GLAAD president Sarah Kate Ellis.
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Cape Verde has joined with other countries urging for LGBTQ+ acceptance as part of the Equal Rights Coalition, an intergovernmental coalition for LGBTI rights, as well as supporting the United Nations' Free and Equal campaign.
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The unresolved issues are focused on the extent to which employers should be held responsible for such behaviour and on whether to include specific reference to protecting LGBTi people, ILO director-general Guy Ryder said.
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"FIFA is committed to ensuring that everyone will be welcome, to building bridges of cultural understanding and to creating an inclusive experience for all participants ... including from the LGBTI+ community," a spokesman said by email.
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GAYNZ is often used to describe us at Mardi Gras and we thought transforming the Oxford Street branch and naming it GAYNZ was a fitting way to demonstrate our continued support for the LGBTI community.
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The unresolved issues are focused on the extent to which employers should be held responsible for such behavior and on whether to include specific reference to protecting LGBTi people, ILO director-general Guy Ryder said.
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The law makes Portugal only the sixth European nation to allow a change of gender without medical or state intervention, according to ILGA-Europe, a network of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) groups.
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NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Gay rights campaigners on Wednesday hailed a watershed speech by the United Nations chief Antonio Guterres in support of the "LGBTI community", but said words must be followed by action.
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Diane Rodriguez, president of the Ecuadorian Federation of LGBTI Organizations and the first trans woman elected to Ecuador's National Assembly, said Amada's gender change was an "incredibly important moment" for the future of her community.
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The newly created senior position is part of the bank's efforts to solidify its commitment to researching and curbing discrimination against LGBTI persons across the 136 countries where it has offices, it said on Thursday.
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Singapore's prime minister also said last year he didn't think the country was ready for same-sex marriage, and cautioned LGBTI groups not to "push the agenda too hard," or risk pushback from the conservative majority.
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New Delhi (CNN Business)India's first ever LGBTI job fair attracted a sellout crowd Friday as some of the biggest names in business lined up to interview hundreds of candidates in the tech city of Bangalore.
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In some African countries, conservative leaders continue to spread harmful and false rhetoric, in which they "openly and falsely accuse LGBTI individuals of spreading HIV/AIDS and of 'converting' children to homosexuality," according to the report.
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"We hope this landmark vote will generate waves across Asia and offer a much-needed boost in the struggle for equality for LGBTI people in the region," said Annie Huang, acting director of Amnesty International Taiwan.
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The World Bank's decision to re-engage the government on the education project comes amid increasing criticism from foreign donors over the Magufuli government's restrictions on the media and political parties and threats against LGBTI people.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on a Chechen group and five people, including at least three Russians, over allegations of human rights abuses, including extrajudicial killings and the torture of LGBTI people.
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The website LGBTI News Turkey regularly lists reported hate crimes against the LGBT community; recent examples include a transgender woman who was stabbed to death while working on the street in the Avcılar district of Istanbul.
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The Senate should vigorously scrutinize Pompeo's record on human rights, including his support of torture, opposition to the admission of refugees, displays of hostility to Muslims and threats to the rights of women and LGBTI people.
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"It's not just a commercial scam, but an action that violates people's rights," said Wang Zhenyu, head of the Public Interest Law Center on Equal Rights for LGBTI, one of the groups that compiled the report.
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"It's not just a commercial scam, but an action that violates people's rights," said Wang Zhenyu, head of the Public Interest Law Center on Equal Rights for LGBTI, one of the groups that compiled the report.
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It has become very difficult to stage a terror attack in the city, but organizing a legitimate political action has proven equally difficult, as images of LGBTI activists being sprayed by water cannons last month showed.
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"With this change, the State Department is enforcing parity in the way they recognize opposite-sex partnerships and same-sex partnerships," UN Globe, an organization for LGBTI staffers at the UN, said in a statement released Friday.
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"I cannot deny the presence of LGBTI people in our country and the risk they pose in fuelling the spread of HIV/AIDS but we don't subscribe to the assertion that there's a 'gender continuum'," Kigwangala said.
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Such abuse and violence may be stoked by sensationalist and demeaning media coverage, an ACI official said, citing the example of a newspaper misrepresenting a gay rights group as promoting homosexuality, and using photos of LGBTI activists.
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There has also been an increase in the number of men who have sex with men accessing HIV self-testing services through peer educator programs, said Chester Samba, director of GALZ, an association for Zimbabwe's LGBTI community.
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"One does wonder who ought to be disinvited if the Anglican Communion was serious about its often-stated opposition to homophobia," said Simon Sarmiento, chair of LGBTI Mission, which lobbies the Church of England on LGBT+ issues.
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Of the 20173 countries around the world in which same-sex sexual relations are illegal, it's no coincidence that more than half are former British colonies or protectorates, according to research provided by the International LGBTI Association.
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"This victory is a result of years of courageous efforts by human rights and LGBTI activists in Botswana to overturn these unjust and discriminatory laws," Mindy Michels, the director of Freedom House's emergency assistance program, told me.
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Scotland will be the first country in the world to include education on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex issues in school curricula, after adopting recommendations that will make LGBTI education mandatory in all public schools by 2021.
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Hundreds of LGBTI people have been killed and thousands injured in recent years, in violence that included knife attacks, anal rape and genital mutilation, as well as stoning and dismemberment, the U.N. said in a report last year.
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The Regional Information Network on Violence against LGBTI People in Latin America and the Caribbean said it was the first time data had been gathered in nine countries across the region to show the scale of the problem.
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But the 2018 ruling has helped some in the LGBTI community come out and it now forces companies to be more inclusive, said Srini Ramaswamy, co-founder of Bengaluru-based consultancy Pride Circle, which organized the job fair.
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Members of Istanbul LGBTI+ Pride Week put out a statement saying that "the government prefers to limit people's rights and freedoms instead of taking measures to deal with the threats," and started the #LoveWillWin hashtag to raise awareness.
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BOGOTA, Jan 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Latin America is the deadliest region for human rights activists with scores killed defending land rights, the environment and the rights of LGBTI and indigenous people, a campaign group said on Wednesday.
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Kids in Need of Defense's (KIND) extensive research in Central America and the stories of KIND's clients confirm that sexual and gender-based violence forces many women, girls, and LGBTI persons to flee El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.
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In a statement from EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, the bloc's member states said they were concerned about the recent political situation in Tanzania, citing restrictions on the media and political parties and threats against LGBTI people.
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The actor also visited a local hospital supported by UNHCR that works to provide emergency healthcare to refugees, as well as spent the afternoon with a group of a LGBTI refugees who shared their experiences of discrimination and persecution.
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The bar is one of many gay venues in Abidjan, a relatively tolerant city for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people in a region where homosexuality is mostly illegal, and sexual minorities face persecution, discrimination and violence.
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Last year it announced the Partnership for Global LGBTI Equality, which brings the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights together with companies committed to "leveraging their individual and collective advocacy to accelerate" equality and inclusion.
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It cited as evidence his administration's US-Mexico border enforcement practices, restrictions on women's access to sexual health services, repeal of protections for LGBTI and transgender workers, threats to increase detainees at Guantanamo Bay, and equivocation on white supremacy.
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"Such measures shift the burden of proof from the authorities to the asylum seeker and accelerate the procedure, leaving very little time for LGBTI asylum seekers to come forth with the real motive of their flight," the report states.
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The U.S. embassy in the Ivorian capital of Abidjan hosted an event a fortnight ago to honor the Florida victims and published a photo of the six men on its website with the caption: 'LGBTI community signing the condolence book'.
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"Russian authorities have continued to develop and implement laws that allow government agencies to restrict access to websites and content related to the political opposition, the conflict in Ukraine, and the LGBTI community," the group wrote in its latest report.
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"We are outraged by the barbaric attack on Mr. Xulhaz Mannan, a beloved member of our embassy family and a courageous advocate for LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex) rights, human rights, actually," State Department spokesman John Kirby told reporters.
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Melusi Mndzebele "Pride is significant because finding this opening [for the LGBTI community] in a very traditional, conservative place like Eswatini sends a very affirming signal to the rest of the world," Peterson told BuzzFeed News in a WhatsApp message.
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The 47-member U.N. Human Rights Council, based in Geneva, created the position in June and in September appointed Vitit Muntarbhorn of Thailand, who has a three-year mandate to investigate abuses against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people.
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" He added: "On behalf of the Department, I apologize to those who were impacted by the practices of the past and reaffirm the Department's steadfast commitment to diversity and inclusion for all our employees, including members of the LGBTI community.
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Evelyne Paradis, executive director of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association for Europe applauded the vote, calling it "the icing on the cake of the tremendous work by the Maltese LGBTI movement," in a statement on Wednesday.
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DAR ES SALAAM (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Tanzania has threatened to ban non-governmental groups that "promote" the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people in the first public statement the government has made against the minority group.
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"As a ministry, we are not selective, but we offer inclusive healthcare for all, be it LGBTI, homosexuals, gays and lesbians, prostitutes as 'key population' groups," said Bernard Madzima, family health director in the Ministry of Health and Child Care.
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La polémica muestra fue cerrada hace un año, pero la controversia que generó puso a debate los derechos de la comunidad LGBTI y las amenazas a la libertad de expresión que encarna la intolerancia de los movimientos religiosos en el país.
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"Around the world, far too many governments continue to arrest and abuse their citizens simply for being lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or intersex (LGBTI)," Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said last year on the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia.
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" Despite this contradiction, a State spokesperson told PEOPLE, "The policy from the beginning of this administration is that the United States firmly opposes criminalization, violence and serious acts of discrimination such as in housing, employment and government services directed against LGBTI persons.
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Yet the recent jailing of two gay men for three months - under a public indecency law that carries a harsher prison sentence for "an indecent or unnatural act with a person of the same sex" - has sent shivers through the LGBTI community.
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In the first ever address by the head of the United Nations to the U.N. LGBTI Core Group - which was established in 2008 to oversee gay rights globally - Guterres said the multinational body would boost efforts to end anti-LGBT+ abuse and violence.
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - One of Europe's biggest annual Gay Pride parades kicked off on the canals of Amsterdam on Saturday, with over 500,000 visitors from around the world expected to cheer on 80 boats representing a wide variety of organizations from the LGBTI+ community.
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Many in the LGBTI community in El Salvador, including Cerritos, once held out hope of being granted asylum in the U.S. In a country where Salvadorans are the fourth-largest population of Hispanic origin — they believed they could be safe from persecution.
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Dehumanizing colonial law Out of the estimated 3773 former British colonies that criminalize homosexuality, 30 still have laws based on the original colonial anti-LGBT legislation, according to Lucas Mendos, co-author of the 2017 International LGBTI Association "State-Sponsored Homophobia" report.
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"We are announcing with sadness that we will not be able to hold the 14th Pride March," the Istanbul LGBTI and Pride committee said in a statement on its website, but added this was a violation by the authorities of their right to demonstrate.
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Much like Zanele Muholi's portraits of the LGBTI community in South Africa that appear to repeatedly stand up to their naysayers, women from the wilderness are welcomed as insiders in the calm, unflappable quarters of Wave Hill for their tenacity and for empowering collective memory.
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Last year, several gay men were abused, beaten, and forced to flee their homes after the U.S. embassy in Abidjan posted a photo of them at an event for victims of a nightclub shooting in Florida and identified them as members of the "LGBTI community".
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"I'm happy that women, non-whites, certain members of the LGBTI communities don't have to live in an atmosphere of fear after these individuals are allowed to come in, or from the fear of what that might suggest to them," Nyuon told the outlet.
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There was no public statement this year marking June as Pride Month, and no cable to all its missions like one last year that gave detailed suggestions on celebrating gay pride and "strongly encouraged" them to "advance LGBTI human rights policy objectives" all year.
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"In an omnibus ban with a very wide scope, we are facing a situation that is vague, and open to interpretation and rights violations," two Ankara-based LGBTI-rights groups, Pink Life and Kaos GL, said in a joint statement following the announcement by Ankara.
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This additional push with our allies to call for human rights through an LGBTI lens confirms what Trump supporters already know: That our leaders under President Trump are bold, unabashed supporters of the individual rights, freedom and personal autonomy that undergird America's founding principles.
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Colau - who is pregnant with her second child and will be represented in New York by Barcelona's councilor for feminism and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) issues - said women are motivated to deal with challenges facing cities today "which affect health and life".
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ISTANBUL – Turkey&aposs lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex activists gathered Sunday for an LGBTI pride march in Istanbul, moving from street to street for an hour as police tried to end an event the local government had banned for the fourth year in a row.
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"There has been a backlash against LGBTI people in a number of countries and the issue of access to toilets based on how people identify has been used as a polarizing issue," Lesly Lila, a campaigner for Amnesty International rights group, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
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Even so, critics say the Trump administration's focus on religious freedom is undermined by President Donald Trump's own vocal criticism of Muslim immigrants, and worry the increased focus on this issue is forcing other concerns, such as women's reproductive rights or LGBTI rights, to the back burner.
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International advocacy group ILGA said it was hard to gauge the scale of the alleged crackdown - reported to have stretched over the past two weeks - but said the Caucasian country was well known for its poor treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people.
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What if a Pride parade in London, for example, were not simply the LGBTi community on its own, organising and marching, but had all the other movements in tow—the women's movement, those fighting for the rights of disabled persons, racial minorities and the like, marching with them?
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"The brutal killing today of an editor of an LGBTI publication and his friend, days after a university professor was hacked to death, underscores the appalling lack of protection being afforded to a range of peaceful activists in the country," said Champa Patel, Amnesty International's South Asia director.
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"Today is both a day of celebration and a hugely important step forward for LGBTI rights in Scotland, both in terms of equality in the law and the way in which same-sex relationships are viewed in society," Tom French of the Equality Network in Scotland told the BBC.
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All of the turmoil led local LGBT organizations to hold a press conference this past Thursday calling for the rights of transgender people in Turkey to be protected and the Istanbul LGBTI+ Pride Week Committee to release a public statement mourning Kader and demanding a stop to hate crimes.
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The report found campaigners defending the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people, accounted for 15 percent of the 87 killings of rights activists reported in Latin America, particularly in Honduras, making them the second-most targeted group of activists in the region after land and environmental campaigners.
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" A State Department spokesperson said in a statement the department was "dismayed by the Zambian government's statement that Ambassador Foote's position 'is no longer tenable,' which we consider to be the equivalent of a declaration that the Ambassador is Persona Non Grata... The United States firmly opposes abuses against LGBTI persons.
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" Fergus McMillan, chief executive of LGBT Youth Scotland "warmly welcomed" the news, saying in a statement, "The recommendations and their implementation is an excellent opportunity for Scotland to build on emerging good practice, to ensure that Scotland is the best place for LGBTI young people to grow up and reach their full potential.
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From xenophobic statements by politicians against LGBTI and Roma people in Bulgaria, anti-Rohingya propaganda posted on Facebook by senior military officers and government spokespeople in Myanmar, and the use of troll networks against government critics in the Philippines, those in power are learning how to use social media as yet another tool of repression.
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"f you are a member of the LGBTI community, and there's someone in your life that you love -– a partner or a friend – then do me a favour: Next time you're on a tram in Melbourne, hold their hand," he said, referencing the conviction of two women in the 1970s for holding hands on a tram.
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It was around that time that the LGBTI Core Group, an informal bloc that includes a little over two dozen member states, was established to serve as a coordinating point for moving the needle forward at the UN. In 2011 the UN Human Rights Council passed a resolution setting up the first UN-approved study of LGBTQ issues.
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"In a matter of days the Egyptian security forces have rounded up dozens of people and carried out five anal examinations signaling a sharp escalation in the authorities' efforts to persecute and intimidate members of the LGBTI community following the rainbow flag incident," Najia Bounaim, North Africa campaigns director at Amnesty International said in a statement.
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"First came self-testing for HIV, which also became the way to go for sexual minorities to discover their HIV status; now in, is night testing for the disease, which gives sexual minorities another way to get to know their status despite the laws here that criminalise gay relations," said Edward Hombarume of GALZ, an LGBTI rights organisation.
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Gay Syria' film documents the lives of LGBTI Syrian refugees "The life of a Lebanese gay man in Beirut is similar to that of any other Lebanese citizen based in Beirut, in addition to expressions of hate and discrimination based on our sexual orientation," says Hadi Damien, initiator of Beirut Pride, which was held for the first time in 2017.
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Even though some conservatives oppose legalized gay marriage ( President Trump has said he is "fine" with same-sex marriage and considers the issue "settled" law) and LGBTI activists oppose the administration's position against trans members serving the military, the issue of global decriminalization should be an area where debates over those issues should be set aside and all sides can work together.
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Indeed, these harmful proposals affect the very populations that the annual U.S. Trafficking in Persons Report profiles as the most vulnerable in the U.S.: LGBTI individuals; foreign nationals, especially domestic workers and individuals with limited English proficiency; migrant laborers, including undocumented workers; and children, particularly those who are involved in the child welfare system, or who arrive in our country unaccompanied.
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" READ: Poland's far-right used Independence Day to rally against gay rights The European Parliament's resolution said discriminatory measures like the LGBTQ-free zones were part of "a broader context of attacks against the LGBTI community in Poland, which include growing hate speech by public and elected officials and public media, as well as attacks and bans on Pride marches.
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Secretary of State Mike PompeoMichael (Mike) Richard PompeoCotton warns China: Crackdown on Hong Kong would be 'grave miscalculation' Pompeo expresses concern over North Korea missile tests Pompeo acknowledges 'places where ISIS is more powerful today' MORE did issue a statement recognizing "LGBTI Pride Month," similar to former Secretary Rex TillersonRex Wayne TillersonThe Hill's Morning Report - Trump searches for backstops amid recession worries State Dept.
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Amnesty International spoke to the IB Times about the treatment these individuals were subjected to while in police custody: "In a matter of days the Egyptian security forces have rounded up dozens of people and carried out five anal examinations signalling a sharp escalation in the authorities' efforts to persecute and intimidate members of the LGBTI community following the rainbow flag incident," the North Africa Campaigns Director at Amnesty, Najia Bounaim, told the outlet.
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