As the country went to the polls to vote in a third consecutive parliament, a group of people who are transgender and were observing the elections were not allowed to enter polling stations in many parts of the provincial capital on Wednesday.
As from this month, students at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in Johannesburg will be able to choose a gender title that affirms their gender.
"Kinship is an important issue for the LGBT community in East Timor because it's such a small country," said Dede Oetomo, who founded the Indonesian gay rights advocacy group Gaya Nusantara.
Following Sunday's mass protests and widespread support, gay activists threaten action if not given full rights, including support for surrogacy births
Falling levels of donor government funding for HIV programmes threaten progress towards the 2020 global target of 90-90-90, according to research presented on Wednesday at the 22nd International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2018).
A ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker has drawn a fierce backlash after labeling the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community “unproductive” in terms of childbirth, and warning that a society that accepts same-sex relationships risks “increasing unhappy people.”
UNAIDS warns that countries urgently need to take proven, tailored, evidence-informed primary HIV prevention programmes to scale in addition to increasing access to treatment.
