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U.S. v. Skrmetti Decision Is Setback for Human Rights of Transgender People 

Health care is a human right. Denying transgender adolescents access to medically necessary care is discriminatory and punishes them simply…

June 18, 2025

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, wearing a blue suit and tie, sits at a table in a hearing and holds his hands up while answering questions into a microphone, with a group of onlookers seated behind him.
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Congress Must Reject Trump Administration’s Reckless Plans to Reorganize State Department

Congress must reject Secretary Marco Rubio's reckless proposed reorganization of the State Department.

June 13, 2025

A memorial displays photos of victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting, strewn with small yellow flowers.
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Nine Years On, Pulse Shooting Reminds Us of the Deadly Mix of Hate and Guns

The Pulse Nightclub was the result of pervasive harmful rhetoric against the LGBTQI+ community and the proliferation of small arms…

June 12, 2025

At a protest, a woman with blue dyed hair wearing a green facemask and shirt which is the color of the movement to access and legalize abortions, looks into the camera and holds up a sign with statistics about how many children 14 years old and younger have been forced to become mothers.
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Guatemala: UN Committee Calls for Guarantees that No Girl Will Be Forced to Become a Mother

The UN Human Rights Committee's ruling against Guatemala reaffirms the principle that no girl should be forced to face unwanted…

June 10, 2025

An illustration of Budapest's parliament building, with its domes and spires, warpped in barbed wire, with a rainbow shooting out of the dome.
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CJEU’s Advocate General: Hungary’s Anti-LGBTI Propaganda Law Violates EU Law

The Advocate General of the European Union Court of Justice made clear that Hungary's anti-LGBTI legislation is discriminatory and violates…

June 5, 2025

People holding Pride flags
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Russia: Book Publishers Arrested in Anti-LGBTI Campaign

Russian authorities have now come after book publishers, accusing them of ‘extremism’ for merely doing their job: bringing books to…

May 15, 2025

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Hungary: Global Fight Back Begins as Anti-Pride Law comes into effect with call to “Let Pride March” 

It is vital that the Hungarian authorities do not impose undue restrictions or a pre-emptive ban on Budapest Pride.

April 15, 2025

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Sudan: Rapid Support Forces’ Horrific and Widespread Use of Sexual Violence Leaves Lives in Tatters

The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has inflicted widespread sexual violence on women and girls throughout Sudan’s two-year civil war to…

April 10, 2025

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Hungary: Pride Ban is Full-Frontal Attack on LGBTI People and Must Not be Signed into Law 

This law is an attack on the LGBTI community and a blatant violation of Hungary’s obligations to prohibit discrimination and…

March 18, 2025

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Global: UN Member States Recommit to Gender Equality Amid Backlash Against Human Rights

The adoption of a political declaration on gender equality at the UN yesterday, despite relentless opposition from a handful of…

March 11, 2025

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International Women’s Day: The World Must Resist Mounting Attacks on Gender Justice

We will never stop fighting for a world where women, girls and gender-diverse people are free to enjoy the full…

March 6, 2025

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Indonesia: Flogging of Gay Men a Horrifying Act of Discrimination

These flogging punishments are cruel, inhuman and degrading, and may amount to torture.

February 27, 2025