Reporting Taboos
The Thomson Reuters Foundation held its first-ever journalist training on reporting taboos last month.
Indonesia says 'no room' for LGBT rights movement
The LGBT community is tolerated in Indonesia but recently suffered a public backlash when a government minister said that LGBT people should be barred from university campuses
Indonesian LGBT activists see hope after 'unprecedented' attack
LGBT community is tolerated but recently faced "a cascade of threats and vitriol" after an official said LGBT people should be barred from university campuses
Four lesbians sue U.S. state for insisting sex with a man proves infertility
"This lawsuit reflects the frustration and indignities lesbian and gay people endure because state laws and insurance rules continue to presume the only parents are heterosexual parents"
Stumped by transgender pension case, UK top court seeks EU help
Case echoes a number of legal disputes in the U.S. over complex issues involving transgender people, including dispute over bathroom rights
Female asylum seekers in Greece face sexual harassment and assault
"The Afghan guys like to harass the young women here. They don't care that I'm engaged or Muslim... when they bother us, there's nowhere for us to go. It's really scary."
World Bank approves new safeguards criticized by some NGOs
The standards drew fire from some non-profit groups for creating "loopholes", more vague language and more reliance on borrower country laws and standards
Witchdoctors, women outcasts and LGBT rights: reporting taboos
Challenging your own biases and revealing the taboos
U.S. judge to weigh halt to North Carolina transgender bathroom law
"We hope that this discriminatory law's days are numbered"
U.S. comic book starring transgender superhero to hit shelves
"Her transition is an important part of the story... But the fact is, why is she great? Because she kicks ass."