United Nations

Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg

US
Dec 09 2020

Joe Biden considering Pete Buttigieg for high-profile Chinese ambassador post after passing on him for top UN role

Pride parade in Toronto, Canada

World
Oct 21 2020

Canada’s pioneering conversion therapy ban bill could have a major impact on LGBT+ rights around the world

United Nations: Trans people are still criminalised in 13 member states

Trans
Sep 30 2020

Trans people are still criminalised in 13 United Nation member states with rights in every corner of the world ‘regressing’

Christopher Karas Canada

Health
Aug 07 2020

Gay man files human rights complaint with the United Nations over Canada’s discriminatory blood donation ban for queer men

27-year-old transgender asylum seeker brutally murdered in Guatemala

World
Aug 07 2020

Trans asylum seeker who fled violent gang persecution in El Salvador brutally murdered in Guatemala. She was 27

Victor Madrigal-Borloz, the UN's independent expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity

Politics
Jul 08 2020

Forced conversion therapy should be considered a form of torture, says UN violence expert

United Nations: Trans people are still criminalised in 13 member states

World
Apr 23 2020

UN condemns countries that are using coronavirus crisis to persecute and strip away the rights of LGBT+ people

Egypt LGBT arrests

World
Mar 27 2020

Egyptian government refuses to acknowledge existence of LGBT people, even as it continues to arrest them

Iraq

World
Mar 12 2020

Homophobic Iraqi cleric calls on British and US ambassadors to be expelled for supporting LGBT+ rights

Aisha Mughal trans Pakistan United Nations

World
Feb 17 2020

Trans woman makes history representing Pakistan at United Nations

US
Jan 17 2020

California just failed to pass a ban on unnecessary genital surgeries for intersex babies

Chelsea Manning

Trans
Jan 03 2020

UN torture expert accuses United States of torturing trans whistleblower Chelsea Manning

Music
Nov 26 2019

Cyndi Lauper will receive first award of its kind from the UN recognising her work to end LGBT youth homelessness

GRA inquiry: Tell the women and equalities committee about trans equality

Trans
Nov 11 2019

United Nations expert slams Australian media over treatment and ‘betrayal’ of trans people