Tag: LGBTI Rights
Deputy IGP: Openly LGBT people can’t become cops even if qualified
Those who are openly lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) will not be admitted into the police force even if they qualify as such sexualities are not accepted in Malaysia, a top police official said today.
Saturday April 23, 2016
12:08 PM GMT+8
BY YISWAREE PALANSAMY
KUALA LUMPUR, April 23 ― Those who...
Suaram: Monitor graft instead of transgenders
Suaram calls for stop to demonisation of transgenders and for LGBT not to be denied jobs.
PETALING JAYA: Members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) community should be given jobs if they are qualified for them.
Commenting on the issue of the police only accepting heterosexual men and women...
New Rules in Singapore Will Restrict Annual Gay-Rights Gathering
Singapore posted new public speaking rules on Friday, clarifying that foreign companies and individuals need a permit to sponsor or take part in certain events, in an amendment that will restrict foreign support for an annual gay-rights gathering.
NBC OUT
Oct 21 2016, 5:21 pm ET
Singapore posted new public speaking rules...
LGBTI people face “vortex of violence and discrimination,” says UN expert in debut address
People from LGBTI communities around the world are experiencing a proliferation in hate speech, including “rampant” social media attacks, as well as violence and discrimination
GENEVA (22 November 2016) - People from LGBTI communities around the world are experiencing a proliferation in hate speech, including “rampant” social media attacks, as...
Sec. Taguiwalo expresses support anew for LGBTIQ rights in ASEAN SOGIE Caucus
Sec. Taguiwalo addressing the participants of the Regional Workshop to Promote Family Acceptance of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex and Queer (LGBTIQ) Persons in the ASEAN.
by Social Marketing | Feb 22, 2017 | News | 0 comments
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Judy M. Taguiwalo this morning delivered...
Trans women are being forced to serve in the Thai army
The Thai army can be a brutal place for conscripts. Last week one conscript was beaten to death by his fellow soldiers.
7 April 2017 by Shannon Power
Trans Thai women who have not had gender reassignment surgery still have to serve in the country’s military under conscription laws.
At the age...
Aceh ‘gay’ men face lashing
A human rights group has called on Indonesia to release two men detained in Aceh province under a regional law criminalising homosexuality.
By Taylor McDonald - 2017-04-10
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said a gang of vigilantes burst into a Sumatran home last month and brought two men found there to the...
Jakarta gay club raid leads to more than 100 men arrested
More than 100 men have been arrested for pornography, a crime that can carry a jail sentence, during a police raid on the Atlantis gay club in the Indonesian capital Jakarta.
By Indonesia correspondent Samantha Hawley
Posted yesterday at 1:56pm
More than 100 men have been arrested for pornography, a crime that...
‘LGBT is an identity’: International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia
While this year’s IDAHOT is not a first for Myanmar, it did mark the first time the event was held in a public area, according to Aung Myo Min, the Executive Director of Equality Myanmar and one of the first openly gay leaders during the 1988 revolution.
By Lae Phyu...
Pink Dot 10: Declaring a demand for equality
Pink Dot SG marked a momentous 10 years with a confident and strong statement on 21st July. Singapore’s largest LGBTQ-affirming movement echoed three simple yet powerful words to a sea of pink lights created by thousands of attendees at their event last weekend - We Are Ready.
It was a...
