In June 2024, Thailand’s LGBTQI+ people achieved a massive human rights victory when the country legalized same sex marriage. But activists know there is still work to do. “Marriage equality opened more space for us to talk about trans rights,” AJWS partner Hua Boonyapisomparn (she/her) of the Foundation of Transgender Alliance for Human Rights (ThaiTGA), …
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At 51-years-old, Villy Rivera speaks with cautious optimism about his ongoing fight for the rights of transgender men in El Salvador. Until only recently, he says, this community was nearly invisible — to the government, to society, and even to other LGBTQI+ people. But in the decade since Villy founded Generación HT El Salvador (the …
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As the leading Jewish global human rights organization that supports and works with 34 organizations in eight countries to advance the full human rights and dignity of trans people worldwide, we express our complete opposition to this heartless policy which would end the legal recognition of transgender Americans by the U.S. government. Moreover, we are gravely concerned that this policy will undermine U.S. government programs that support transgender communities worldwide and will signal to repressive governments around the globe that they are free to violate the human rights of trans people in their own countries.
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Thai transgender activist Nada Chaiyajit completed her undergraduate studies in August, and two months later, school officials told her 12 classmates – all men – that their graduation certificates were ready. But her college, the University of Phayao in northern Thailand, would not issue her documents because she submitted a photo in which she looks …
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American Jewish World Service has worked in Nicaragua for 14 years, focusing on two of the most pressing challenges facing some of the most disadvantaged groups in the country: The struggle for land, food, water and resources needed for the survival of indigenous people Human rights violations against women and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and …
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