"Ensemble, gays, lesbiennes, bissexuels et transsexuels, nous voulons briser définitivement les préjugés que véhiculent dans leurs prêches haineux les intégristes à notre encontre."
As organized killings of Iraqi gays have escalated in recent months amid a homophobic campaign in that nation's media, openly gay Democratic Congressman Jared Polis of Colorado has asked the US State Department to investigate.
A report by the international NGO ActionAid, backed by the South African Human Rights Commission, condemns the culture of impunity around these crimes of what are called "corrective rape".
The proposed Bill "to Prohibit Marriage between Persons of Same Gender, Solemnization of Same and for Other Matters Related Therewith" in Nigeria dramatically increase vulnerability to HIV infection of people practicing same-sex sex.
Secrétaire d'Etat chargée des Affaires étrangères et des Droits de l'homme au ministère français des Affaires étrangères et européennes, elle était face au Conseil des droits de l'homme, cette semaine.
The Bill singles out one group of people to be deprived of rights that all people enjoy as guaranteed by the 1999 Constitution and international human rights treaties to which Nigeria is a state party.
International AIDS organisations have condemned the imprisonment of nine Senegalese AIDS activists for their sexual orientation, saying it threatens to reverse gains made in Senegal's fight against HIV.
Plusieurs organisations internationales de lutte contre le sida ont dénoncé la condamnation début janvier à huit ans de prison de neuf Sénégalais sur la base de leur orientation sexuelle présumée.
