WASHINGTON D.C. —The National LGBTQ Task Force is renewing its call to end the criminalization of sex work in the U.S. as it joins advocates across the country in taking part in actions in observance of the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers. Today, to mark the day of action, the organization has…
WASHINGTON – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation in partnership with the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) and the Center for HIV Law and Policy (CHLP), launched a national public education campaign to sound the alarm on dangerous HIV criminalization laws and the disproportionate harm they cause LGBT people, particularly LGBT communities of…
LOS ANGELES, — Dr. Rizi Timane, minister, social worker, and outspoken advocate for the LGBT community, has issued the following statement on Nigeria’s criminalization of gay marriages and civil unions: I grew up in Nigeria. In Lagos, to be exact. And I have known since I was eight years old that I am transgender. I was born as a…
