LGBTQ+ Rights
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Creating Visibility and Change for the Trans Community
Meet three of our trans activists who are making a difference.
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Vicky Hernández et al. v. Honduras: Trans Woman Extrajudicially Executed
A discriminatory culture against trans people in Honduras is to blame for trans activist Vicky Hernandez’s murder.
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U.S. Advocates Fear Creation of a Hierarchy of Human Rights
Tags Share As the Trump administration tries to further limit the fundamental rights of U.S. citizens, advocates are particularly concerned by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s controversial Commission on Unalienable Rights, which would relegate some rights, including marriage equality and abortion, to the status of “political controversies” or “preferences.” While a new administration could disregard…
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UN Petition: LGBTQ+ People Arbitrarily Detained in Uganda
Tags Share On March 29, 2020, the government of Uganda raided an LGBTQ+ shelter under the guise of taking COVID-19 prevention measures and arbitrarily arrested 23 people because of their gender identity and sexual orientation. Nineteen of these individuals were denied access to their lawyers for weeks and still remain unlawfully detained at Kitalya Prison…
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Human Rights Orgs Petition UN on Behalf of LGBTQ+ People Arbitrarily Detained in Uganda
The Ugandan government has unlawfully detained 19 LGBTQ+ people under the guise of its COVID-19 response.
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Human Rights Orgs Sue Sec. Pompeo for Unlawful Commissionv
Slanted Membership, Withheld Records and Closed Door Meetings Violate Federal Law
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Human Rights Groups Sue Pompeo to Disband State Department Commission
Tags Share RFK Human Rights, in partnership with Democracy Forward, has brought a lawsuit against the Trump administration to terminate its unlawful Commission on Unalienable Rights. Read the full article
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We’re Taking the Trump Administration to Court
The Commission on Unalienable Rights’ discriminatory work must be stopped. Without action we risk the destruction of decades of progress by the human rights movement and emboldening oppressive regimes everywhere.
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C.M.T (Dominican Republic): Protections for Detained At-Risk Gay Man
C.M.T. has been raped and abused while held in the Domincan Republic’s most dangerous prison.
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19 LGBTQ+ Individuals v. Republic of Uganda: Covid Exploited to Target LGBTQ+ Ugandans
Shades of “Kill the Gays” legislation return in arbitrary detention of 19 LGBTTI individuals.
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