Transgender persons and activists welcome Kerala State Youth Commission’s order which says that there should be a column for male, female and transgenders in college and work applications.
Over the past few days, as I’ve mulled over the news of foreigners being barred from this year’s Pink Dot, it hasn’t been targeted discrimination or xenophobia that have weighed most heavily on my mind.
Members of the local lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community have taken to sharing their coming out stories via social media, in an effort to raise awareness of the challenges they face with societal acceptance.
While Malta, Norway and the U.K. get good grades in the ILGA Europe report, there is a massive gulf between them and the worst EU performers: Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.
"Our day was canceled because the hotel received threats and the Islamist organization put pressure on the management, which became afraid for the security,"
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