Gender-based Violence, LGBTQIA+ Rights, and Christian Values in Zambia
Since 2019 the Sistah Sistah Foundation (SSF) has marched in protest of sexual and gender-based violence in Zambia. Zambia’s national Gender Based Violence (GBV) statistics allege that a total of...
Depathologising Gender Identity at the United Nations: A Call to South Africa
On 29 March 2023, a cross-regional group of countries led by Argentina, called for United Nations Member States to implement laws and policies based on self-determined gender identity. This reform...
Uganda’s Draconian Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2023
After an unsuccessful attempt to propagate the draconian Anti-Homosexuality Act of 2014, the Ugandan Parliament yet again decided to reintroduce the Bill in March 2023. The Ugandan Parliament, led by...
Kenya’s Landmark Supreme Court Decision on Non-Discrimination for Sexual Minorities
Kenya’s Supreme Court has entrenched the right to non-discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation in a landmark decision affirming freedom of association for LGBTIQ persons. This decision is particularly...
The Respect for Marriage Act as Both a Gay Rights Victory and Defeat
Image Description: A rainbow coloured heart and at the middle of this heart are two intertwined rings. For the first two years of the Biden presidency, Democrats controlled both Congress...
The 2022 World Cup: from Soccer to Human Rights Violations & Geopolitics
Image description: View from above of crowd of spectators at 2022 World Cup in Qatar It is not news that Qatar, a country with serious human rights violations, was chosen...
The Homophobic Cayman Brief: An Ignominious Near-Rebuke to Ms Dinah Rose KC – Part II
Image description: A group of people walking under a rainbow flag. This is Part II of a two-part post. You can access Part I here. ……… But the wheels of...
The Homophobic Cayman Brief: An Ignominious Near-Rebuke to Ms Dinah Rose KC – Part I
Image description: A group of people walking under a rainbow flag. Previously on this site (see here and here), we explained why Ms Dinah Rose KC was duty-bound when she...
Perspectives on Same-Sex Marriage Legalisation in Ukraine
Image description: The Mariinskyi Palace, the official residence of the President of Ukraine. Despite the war and the challenging economic situation in Ukraine, the gender rights issues are still actual,...
Advancing Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Equality Through CEDAW
Women’s enjoyment of their human rights is inextricably informed and shaped in important ways by their sexual orientation and gender identity. Yet the equality of lesbian, bisexual, queer and trans...
Discrimination in Indian Blood Donation Policy
Image description: People in India march at a gay pride rally with rainbow balloons and flags. India famously decriminalised homosexuality (s 377 of the Indian Penal Code) in the historic...
LGBTQ Liberty After the Fall of Roe v Wade
Image Description: Protests in California for marriage equality. Many people are carrying boards saying “we all deserve the freedom to marry”. The Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution...
