BIG STORY 10 / MAY 10, 2018 / 3:04 AM / A DAY AGO / Alice McCool / 4 MIN READ KAMPALA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Shawn, a young transgender man, was sitting in a public minibus in the Ugandan capital, when an old schoolmate boarded and started loudly calling him by Read more…
Videos, Report Highlight Issues of Identity, Activism (Beirut, April 16, 2018) – Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) activists from Arabic-speaking countries in the Middle East and North Africa are defying state-sponsored repression and social stigma, Human Rights Watch and the Arab Foundation for Freedoms and Equality (AFE) said in Read more…
SEE persons from the intersex community in Kenya and read their stories. [CNN]
WATCH: Victoria Rubadiri interviews James Karanja and Ryan Muiruri of the Intersex Persons Society of Kenya (IPSK)
Although public attitudes have been slowly changing on issues around LGBT+ persons in Lesotho, the same can’t be said for transgender persons. Identifying as lesbian, gay or bisexual poses a threat to the individuals who do so. And transwomen face even more prejudice – more than transgender men for instance. Read more…