The IAAF issued new
eligibility regulations for female classification for events from 400m to the mile, still drawing from the idea that women with high testosterone have a performance advantage over women with lower levels. “This was never about science,” wrote
Katrina Karkazis and Rebecca Jordan-Young on The Guardian. “This regulation is about targeting and impeding a few exceptional women of colour from the global south, especially Caster Semenya.”
Funders for LGBTQ Issues and Global Philanthropy Project have released
a report on the state of foundation and government funding for LGBTI issues.
Two webinars to dig deeper into the document will we held on May 10 (for grantmakers only) and May 14 (for civil society).
The national governance body of the Uniting Church
in Australia has recommended a change in its policy statement on marriage from being the union of “a man and a woman” to being between “two people”.
People living with HIV
in Papua New Guinea are facing “a serious situation”, local advocacy groups have warned, as recent budget cuts have caused a critical shortage in stocks of anti-retroviral drugs.
Pan Africa ILGA has shared the draft programme of its regional conference, co-hosted by LeGaBiBo from May 31 to June 4
in Gaborone, Botswana.
Five staff members of a youth centre linked to an LGBTI organisation
in Dschang, Cameroon have been subjected to arbitrary arrest. They were
reported being still in jail and in difficult health conditions one week after their arrest.
Trans people
in Thailand continue to experience marginalisation and exclusion in society because of a lack of legal protections, a new study has highlighted.
A court
in Hong Kong rejected a bid from 31 banks, law firms and NGOs in support of the legal challenge brought by a woman who was denied a spousal visa through her wife after moving to the city in 2014.
IGLYO and TrustLaw have launched a report analysing legislation aimed at banning LGBT ‘propaganda’ to minors which have been enacted or proposed
in Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Russia and Ukraine.
An event to raise awareness about lesbian women’s human rights and the challenges still faced by the community has taken place
at the European Parliament on the occasion of Lesbian Visibility Day.
State lawmakers
in Hawaii, United States approved a ban on so-called 'conversion' therapy treatments conducted on minors.
In California, United States, the San Francisco Human Rights Commission has announced full support of a state-wide resolution calling on stakeholders in the health professions to protect intersex children from non-consensual, medical unnecessary surgeries.
Activists from more than ten organisations staged a demonstration by the Congress
in Buenos Aires, Argentina calling on the ‘Diana Sacayán law’ - aiming to establish a quota of at least 1% of the public agencies workforce for trans persons - to be implemented at the national level.
Dates have been announced for the 6th Annual Caribbean Women and Sexual Diversity Conference, which will take place in October
in Belize.