Is Britain's Queen Elizabeth a champion for gay rights?
Gay rights activists give mixed responses to new Commonwealth charter that will oppose all forms of discrimination
Transgender Latin Americans face violence, bigotry
Shunned from families and society, many transgender women are pushed into sex work and exposed to HIV but with no access to treatment - report
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Transphobia in Latin America prevents effective HIV response
Ahead of International Women's Day on 08 March, the International HIV/AIDS Alliance is launching a new report, The Night Is Another Country, which reveals horrific acts of abuse and violence against transgender women in Latin America.
Women, rights groups cheer reauthorisation of VAWA
Advocates now call on Congress to assure programmes are fully funded