UNAIDS: Communities of faith―helping to find the missing men and seeking justice for children

Communities of Faith Breakfast: Building Partnerships for a One-Community Response to HIV-innovative approaches and joint actions through faith partnerships to achieve epidemic control: finding the missing men and seeking justice for children.

Vatican: Pope Francis meets with priest to discuss LGBTQ Catholics

Pope Francis met one on one with American Jesuit priest James Martin at the Vatican on Monday (Sept. 30) to discuss LGBTQ Catholics, a move some advocates say is a signal of support for a priest who has come under fire for calling on Catholics to be more compassionate to LGBTQ people.

Japan: Global Equality Caucus members meet in Tokyo to discuss LGBT+ priorities for Asia-Pacific region

Members of the Global Equality Caucus held a series of meetings in Tokyo last week (19-20 September 2019) with politicians from the Asia-Pacific region to highlight priorities for LGBT+ rights campaigns in their countries.

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France: MPs approve IVF for lesbians, single women

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To loud applause, France's lower house of parliament approved a controversial draft bioethics law in a move that has already sparked outrage from defenders of the traditional family unit, and even opponents in President Emmanuel Macron's own centrist party.

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Opinion: The UN political declaration on UHC undermines health as a human right

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The central problem is that it represents selective “sets of services.” The danger of “nationally determined sets” is that governments could interpret the phrase to mean a limited range of health services, such as those that are profitable commodities, and leave much of the health needs to the whims of private markets.