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Acceptance of LGBT people and rights has increased around the world

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New Global Acceptance Index ranks 141 countries on LGBT acceptance and legal protections and provides a link between inclusion and GDP per capita. 

Kenya: Falsehoods in newspaper trigger anti-gay abuses

It could have been an informative newspaper article about an anti-AIDS clinic serving LGBT people in West Kenya. Instead, the reporter’s error-filled, scare-mongering account of a visit to the clinic “put the lives of most gays and lesbians in Kisumu at risk,” a local LGBT rights activist said.

Switzerland: IPU 138th Session – a step backwards for LGBTI rights?

It was clear: the majority of countries present felt that this matter should be debated. However, because of time restrictions and the fact that all committees had to return to the General Assembly to report back to it, it was agreed that this matter be placed on the agenda of the next assembly later this year in Geneva.