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Connecting Laws to Lives — Ilan Meyer, United States
Connecting Laws to Lives — Ilan Meyer, United States
Millions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people around the world experience stigma and prejudice first hand as…
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Jun 9, 2016
Standing Against Backlash, Yuli Rustinawati — Indonesia
Standing Against Backlash, Yuli Rustinawati — Indonesia
The present day political situation for the safety and visibility of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) people in…
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May 8, 2016
Organizing for Transgender Inclusion — Nisha Ayub, Malaysia
Organizing for Transgender Inclusion — Nisha Ayub, Malaysia
Nisha Ayub believes in fostering a grassroots movement of integration at the most basic levels of life for the transgender community in…
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May 1, 2016
Demanding Human Rights for All Salvadorans — Karla Avelar, El Salvador
Demanding Human Rights for All Salvadorans — Karla Avelar, El Salvador
In recent years El Salvador has become the murder capital of the world. With 17 murders daily, its per-capita rate is exceeded only by the…
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Apr 25, 2016
Walking a Fine Line in Beijing, Jacob Huang — China
Walking a Fine Line in Beijing, Jacob Huang — China
Students worldwide attend university with a primary goal: landing a full time, decent paying job in their field of choice. Along the way…
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Apr 17, 2016
MBE Decliner — Phyll Opoku-Gyimah, United Kingdom
MBE Decliner — Phyll Opoku-Gyimah, United Kingdom
That is the honor that Phyll Opoku-Gyimah, known as Lady Phyll, will unapologetically carry with her for the rest of her life. The United…
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Apr 9, 2016
Confronting the Backlash — Dédé Oetomo, Indonesia
Confronting the Backlash — Dédé Oetomo, Indonesia
Indonesia moves quickly and slowly at the same time. The anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex backlash currently underway…
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Apr 3, 2016
Inclusion and the Fight for Change — Rosanna Flamer-Caldera, Sri Lanka
Inclusion and the Fight for Change — Rosanna Flamer-Caldera, Sri Lanka
Rosanna Flamer-Caldera left her native Sri Lanka at age eighteen. “I was having a hard time coming to terms with my sexuality and Sri Lanka…
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Mar 26, 2016
A Scandalous Personality — Michael Taalaibekov, Kyrgyzstan
A Scandalous Personality — Michael Taalaibekov, Kyrgyzstan
In primary school Michael Taalaibekov was enrolled in an experimental class. His class received extra lessons, and children’s rights were…
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Mar 21, 2016
Imagining LGBTI Youth Leadership in Africa — Stephen Chukwumah, Nigeria
Imagining LGBTI Youth Leadership in Africa — Stephen Chukwumah, Nig...
“Imagine if we had a movement that is led by young LGBTIQ Africans addressing the issues in Africa and doing research on how homosexuality…
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Mar 12, 2016
Feminism in the Face of Repression — Jam Gulzada Serzhan, Kazakhstan
Feminism in the Face of Repression — Jam Gulzada Serzhan, Kazakhstan
A few years ago a series of Kazakh government actions restricting speech, assembly, and dissent grabbed Jam Gulzada Serzhan’s attention…
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Mar 5, 2016
Rural Activism for Health and Rights — Dismus Aine Kevin, Uganda
Rural Activism for Health and Rights — Dismus Aine Kevin, Uganda
Dismus Aine Kevin, a healthcare provider and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) activist, was born and raised in a…
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Feb 26, 2016
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