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India’s Supreme Court rules gay sex is no longer a crime in historic Section 377 judgment
India’s Supreme Court has unanimously ruled in favour of decriminalising homosexuality. Chief justice Dipak Misra said Section 377 of the Indian constitution, which outlaws “carnal intercourse against the order of nature” and had been used as a legal pretext for the systematic oppression of the country’s LGBT+ community, was “irrational and indefensible”. Justice Dhananjaya Chandrachud likened the denial […]
Lebanon court rules that gay sex is not a crime
A court in Lebanon has ruled that the country’s law does not ban homosexuality. The decision to uphold the acquittal of nine people prosecuted for being gay in 2017 has been celebrated by activists, who view it as a landmark moment in the fight to decriminalise homosexuality. The July 12 ruling was handed down by […]
Transgender People Do Not Have ‘Mental Disorder,’ Says United Nations Group
The United Nations’ health advisory body announced on Monday that it will no longer classify transgender identity as a mental disorder. In a move hailed as a major victory for global trans rights, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that “gender incongruence” has moved to the category of “sexual health conditions” in the International Classification […]
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- June 28, 2018
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- February 6, 2018
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- November 21, 2017
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- November 15, 2017
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- August 24, 2017
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- August 1, 2017
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- June 26, 2017
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- June 26, 2017
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- June 24, 2017
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- June 2, 2017
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- May 4, 2017
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- April 12, 2017
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- April 3, 2017
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- January 16, 2017
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- November 22, 2016
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- November 14, 2016
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- September 24, 2016
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- August 28, 2016
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- May 18, 2016
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- April 26, 2016
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- April 24, 2016
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- March 8, 2016
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- February 3, 2016
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Rainbow International exists to empower LGBT rights activists working in countries where lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people are criminalised and face persecution.
“Until we are all free, we are none of us free.”
News From Around The World
- September 8, 2018
India’s Supreme Court has unanimously ruled in favour of decriminalising homosexuality. Chief justice Dipak Misra said Section…
Read More
- July 28, 2018
A court in Lebanon has ruled that the country’s law does not ban homosexuality. The decision…
Read More
- June 28, 2018
The United Nations’ health advisory body announced on Monday that it will no longer classify transgender…
Read More
- February 6, 2018
Indonesia has classified homosexuality as a “mental disorder”, as a bill to criminalise gay sex is…
Read More
- December 29, 2017
Data quietly published by the UK government today shows that thousands of gay, lesbian and bisexual…
Read More
- November 21, 2017
Anti-gay leader Robert Mugabe has resigned from power. Mugabe, 93, was forced to step down as…
Read More
- November 15, 2017
14th Nov 2017 MELBOURNE, Australia — A solid majority of Australians voted in favor of same-sex…
Read More
- September 20, 2017
In Tanzania, gay male sex is punishable by up to 30 years in jail. Twenty people…
Read More
- August 24, 2017
The Supreme Court in its 547-page judgment on right to privacy refers to the 2013 judgment…
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- August 1, 2017
More than 40 men have been arrested in Nigeria over the weekend for performing homosexual acts,…
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- June 26, 2017
Turkish police have thwarted an attempt by LGBT pride activists to hold a parade in Istanbul…
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- June 26, 2017
The Tanzanian Minister for Home Affairs, Mr Mwigulu Nchemba, said yesterday that the government would arrest…
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- June 24, 2017
In six Australian states and territories, married transgender people have to divorce before they can legally…
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- June 2, 2017
On May 23, Taiwan's top judges ruled that the island's current marriage law goes against its…
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- May 4, 2017
Gay men who have fled Chechnya are revealing horrific details of the prisons in the country…
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- April 12, 2017
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) —The High Court in Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday ruled it…
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- April 3, 2017
The context of Brexit and the unforeseen shift in the Anglo-American alliance caused by the election…
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- April 3, 2017
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- January 16, 2017
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- November 22, 2016
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- November 14, 2016
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- November 5, 2016
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- September 24, 2016
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- September 24, 2016
24th September 2016 UGANDA Police arrested buses loaded with people heading to the venue for the…
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- August 28, 2016
10th August 2016: A law in Belize criminalizing same-sex intimacy was ruled unconstitutional on Wednesday by the…
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- May 18, 2016
Uganda held its largest ever rally for LGBTI rights (17 May 2016). Brave Ugandans risked arrest and…
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- April 26, 2016
Xulhaz Mannan was the editor of the country’s only magazine for the LGBT community (Photo Facebook)…
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- April 24, 2016
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- March 8, 2016
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- March 4, 2016
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- February 3, 2016
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- February 1, 2016
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- December 27, 2015
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