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United Nations Grants Official Status to US-Based International LGBT Rights GroupOn July 19, 2010, the full United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) voted in favor of a US-led resolution to grant the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) consultative status. IGLHRC is only the tenth organization working primarily for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) human rights to gain such status at the United Nations.
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Same-Sex Marriage in ArgentinaRosa Posa Guineau asks the questions, "Is marriage really the way we want to pigeonhole ourselves? Is it not an oppressive structure? What is the purpose of fighting to gain the same oppression that has characterized compulsory heterosexuality?"
18th Annual International AIDS ConferenceIGLHRC is participating in the AIDS conference as part of efforts to ensure that the needs and interests of LGBT communities and individuals are included in AIDS policies and programming.