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Commissioned by The Atlantic Philanthropies and the OTHER Foundation, this report gives an overview of what it means to be gay and African in the early part of the 21st century. The report shows that homophobia in Africa is rife – expressed through legislation that criminalises…

The Gay and Lesbian Equality Network is an Atlantic grantee.Kathy SheridanTHE GAY WEDDING BUS is revving up. In the driving seat is Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore, sporting a big red T-shirt with the message, “Civil partnership is NOT marriage equality”. Behind him, highly excited, the latest…

by Franny RabkinFOR the first time in history a gay advocacy group has been admitted as a friend of a magistrate’s court — to lead expert evidence in aggravation of sentence for a hate crime case.Earlier this year the government set up a task team…

The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC), an Atlantic grantee, is dedicated to ensuring human rights protections and access to justice for all immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers.This article was originally posted on NIJC's website by Jane Zurnamer on 05 July 2011.  Defending the rights of sexual…

Treatment Action Campaign, the Lesbian and Gay Equality Project and the Triangle Project are Atlantic grantees. She loved soccer and represented South Africa in our women's soccer team, Banyana Banyana. On April 28, 2008, Eudy Simelane was raped, stabbed 25 times, robbed and murdered because…

The Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC), acting on behalf of Dr. Lydia Foy, successfully challenged the Irish Government’s refusal to allow transgendered people to alter their birth certificates to accurately reflect their new identities. In a landmark case, the High Court formally declared in February…

Original Source By Graeme Addison CRITICISM has been levelled at sections of the press - notably the Daily Sun and Sapa - for racially tinged reporting that allegedly fanned the fires of xenophobia. The accusation rests on the semantic bias of terms such as aliens…