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Policy Making - INDIAN HIGH COURT: GAY SEX IS LEGAL
New Delhi Court De-criminalizes Consensual Homosexual Acts in a Ground-breaking and Controversial Ruling in the Conservative Indian Capital
30/07/2009
July 30, 2009- New Delhi, India- In a ruling Thursday, the Delhi High Court overturned a 148-year-old colonial law criminalizing consensual homosexual acts saying that it...
Asia
Documents - Arcus/ILGA
ILGA is looking to hire liaison officers in Asia, Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean
22/06/2009
As part of a two year project funded by the Arcus foundation, ILGA, the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association is looking to hire liaison officers in...
World
Documents - LGBTI rights in the world
Material on state sponsored homophobia
02/06/2009
Founded in 1978, ILGA, the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association is now a association of over 700 groups in over 110 countries campaigning for lesbian,...
World
Homophobia - Homosexuality Knows No Borders
Goal: To make the general population and, more specifically, ethno-cultural communities of all backgrounds more aware of gay and lesbian issues, and sexual diversity.
16/05/2009
Since its first edition in 2003, the International Day Against Homophobia has grown larger year by year. With this, May 17 has become the prime moment to remember that homophobia...
International Homophobia day - Canada
World
People - ILGA Secretary general
Gloria Careaga-Perez
15/05/2009
Gloria Careaga-Perez is a feminist and social psychologist. Since 1979 she has been a teacher at the Faculty of Psychology in the National Autonomous University of Mexico...
Latin America and Caribbean
Policy Making - ILGA Secretary general
Renato Sabbadini
15/05/2009
Linguist by training, assistant to Professor Monica Berretta at the University of Bergamo (Italy, 1995-1998), first openly gay city councillor in Bergamo (Italy, 1995-2004), former...
Europe
Homophobia - International Day Against Homophobia & Transphobia
Launch of the « World Appeal against Transphobia and for the Respect of Gender Identity »
14/05/2009
Every day, almost everywhere around the world, Transexual, Transgender, Intersex people face violence, abuse, rape, torture and hate crimes. The only motive : they are not...
World
Homophobia - 2009 report on State-sponsored homophobia
80 countries around the world consider homosexuality illegal, five of them punish homosexual acts with death
13/05/2009
ILGA, the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association publishes the third edition of its report...
World
UN - UN Durban Review 2009
States must do more to explicitly protect LGBTI people
05/05/2009
UN Racism Conference Affirms Multiple Grounds of Discrimination APRIL 24, 2009 (Geneva)- Governments endorsing the conference declaration should do more to address multiple and...
World
UN - Joint Statement at the Durban Review Conference
Sexual Orientation, and Gender Identity as Multiple Forms of Discrimination & Related Intolerance
04/05/2009
The following speech was given by Lindiwe Nkutha, South Africa (Coalition of African Lesbians) on behalf of ILGA, the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association...
World
UN - UN Conference on Racism
ILGA facilitates LGBTI visibility at Durban review conference
03/05/2009
The UN Conference against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, held in Geneva during April 2009, was a follow up to the Conference in Durban, South...
World
Policy Making - WORLD SOCIAL FORUM 2009
Women's Assembly Declaration
24/02/2009
In the year in which the WSF joins with the population of the Pan-Amazon, we, women from different parts of the world gathered in Belém, reaffirm the contribution of indigenous...
World
Policy Making - International Business Equality Index
Which is the most gay friendly corporation in the world ?
05/02/2009
The IGLCC invites corporations to be part of the first edition of the International Business Equality Index Montreal, Canada, February 5th 2009 The International Gay...
World
Policy Making - Sexual Violence
Sexual Violence Against Lesbian Women in South Africa
02/02/2009
South Africa was the first state worldwide that placed sexual orientation under the protection of constitutional law. The constitution grants gender equality, gender equity and...
Africa
Policy Making - IGLYO and ILGA
Global LGBT youth network launched
19/01/2009
IGLYO and ILGA launch the LGBT Youth World List - the first international network of its kind. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, intersex and queer young people from all over the...
World