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January 17, 2016
January 16, 2016
Lebanon Takes a Step Forward for LGBT Rights
Lebanese Court Allows Transgender Man to Change His Legal Status to Male.
Beirut / CC Lebanon has taken another step forward in supporting LGBT rights. The Lebanese Court of Appeals in Beirut ruled to allow a transgender man to legally change his gender to male in the nation’s civil registry.
Two years ago, the Lebanese Psychiatric Society and Lebanese Psychological Association declared “homosexuality is not a mental disorder and does not need to be treated.”
In the recent ruling, Lebanon’s C...
Working for Equality in Africa
Working for Equality in Africa
Mr. Festus Mogae, former president of Botswana, sat down with African Renewal to discuss his support of LGBT Africans and his push for equal rights across the continent. Read excerpts from the article are below.
Africa Renewal: Let us start with the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people. Some African leaders are of the view that gay rights are un-African. They applauded Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe when he declared at the UN 70th G...
Wise Words
“There’s this illusion that homosexuals have sex and heterosexuals fall in love. That’s completely untrue. Everybody wants to be loved.” ~ Boy George
