Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
By John Mack Freeman The European Union has issued a statement urging the state of North Carolina to reconsider the anti-GLBT law HB-2. Via The News and Observer: A statement posted on the EU website from spokeswoman Catherine Ray says the laws “discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons” and “contravene the International Covenant […]
By John Mack Freeman The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has requested that the United Nations ban several GLBT groups from an upcoming conference on HIV and AIDS. Via Towleroad: Though no official reason was given for the ban, nearly all of the groups denied access to the event were linked to LGBT rights. US ambassador to […]
By John Mack Freeman The United Nations Human Rights office has released its first video campaign specifically targeting worldwide LGBT discrimination. Watch it below:
By John Mack Freeman UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon insisted that he was still devoted to GLBT rights and equality even after stripping out any mention of equality or GLBT rights from the UN’s new development goals. Via PinkNews: The final text pledges to ensure that “human rights and fundamental freedoms are enjoyed by all, […]
By John Mack Freeman On May 4, the Human Rights Council of the United Nations released a report in which they detail several of the obligations that the world community faces in order to bring itself into line with international law in relationship to sexual minorities. Several of these include decriminalizing homosexuality, banning conversion therapy, […]
By John Mack Freeman This week, the United Nations Free and Equal campaign released a new video encouraging people to see past labels. The video played all day in Times Square on May 14. Here is the video and description: This video from the United Nations Free & Equal campaign celebrates the contributions that millions of […]