Home Affairs considers scrapping male and female ID numbers
Gender activists have welcomed a move by the department of Home Affairs to take into account the wishes of transgender, non-binary and intersex people in allocating identity numbers.
Namibian comedian Xuro Milton beaten in homophobic attack
Namibia’s LGBTQ community is outraged after popular entertainer Xuro Milton was assaulted by a homophobic security guard in his own apartment building.
Finland violated rights of child of lesbian couple
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has found that Finland failed to consider the best interests of the bullied child of a lesbian couple when rejecting his asylum request, forcing the family to return to Russia. “This is a ground-breaking decision: it is the first asylum-related case from the UN system involving […]
LGBTQIA+ groups launch #NoOneIsOneThing campaign
Iranti has kicked off its #NoOneIsOneThing campaign to showcase the complex intersectional identities which all LGBTQIA+ people embody.