African Commission Tackles Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity
The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights has taken on issues of sexual orientation and gender identity, topics that some may have considered too “controversial” but that fall squarely within the ambit of human rights. I represented Human Rights Watch at the commission’s 60th ordinary session in early in May in Niamey, Niger. Human […]
LGBTI youth to stand proud on Youth Day with Young Heroes
On 16 June 1976, a group of young South Africans took a stand against the injustice and inequality of Apartheid, sparking an uprising that spread across the country like wildfire. Now, on 16 June 2017, young LGBTI people will once again have the chance to be part of a movement that ignites change, with the […]