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Latest News: Global Advocacy
In a three-year project, the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission partnered with activists in five Asian countries to document and analyze violence against LBT people. Three of the researchers, Azusa (Japan), Jay (Sri Lanka) and Thilaga (Malaysia) presented preliminary findings of their research and discussed their experience working on the project at the 57th Commission on the Status of Women.
On April 24, a proposed marriage equality bill was defeated in a vote of 17 in favor and 51 against in the Colombian Senate. However, according to a 2011 Constitutional Court ruling, same-sex couples will be able to be legally married by a notary as of June 20th, 2013.
More than 200 people, from 84 countries including representatives from Civil Society, States and the United Nations gathered in Oslo, Norway on 15 and 16 of April 2013 for the International Conference on Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity sponsored by the Republic of South Africa and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
A series of cross-regional dialogues on human rights and sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) were held in March and April 2013.
While homophobic and transphobic sentiments seek to minimize the gravity of rape of LBT people, the fact remains -- rape is rape. And, thanks to the work of women's and LGBT civil society organizations in South Africa, this violence against LGBT people is increasingly being exposed and denounced.