Arrests and prosecutions for consensual same-sex sexual acts, or for diverse gender expressions, have continued unabated across the world in 2021 and in previous years, a new report by ILGA World revealed today. ILGA World reviewed hundreds of cases over the last two decades in which law enforcements subjected LGBT+ and gender-diverse persons to fines, […]
Julia Ehrt has been appointed as the next Executive Director of ILGA World, the organisation’s Board has announced. ILGA World is the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association – a worldwide federation of more than 1,700 organisations from over 160 countries and territories campaigning for LGBTI human rights. Founded in 1978 as a […]
The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA World) has updated their State-Sponsored Homophobia report, highlighting 69 UN member states who continue to criminalise same-sex activity. The annual report has analysed and delivered a worldwide survey of sexual orientation laws since 2006, with this year’s update researched and written by Lucas Ramón Mendos, together […]
