Gay NZ
Gay Maori HIV stories wanted for Treaty claim
Gay NZ
Another said his family's homophobia, which he says is all too common amongst Maori, made coming to terms with his HIV status incredibly difficult. "We want people with HIV and those indirectly affected by HIV to come forward to us with their stories," ...

Twenty Years Later and Still Fighting Invisibility
Huffington Post
HIV-related stigma makes it difficult for AA and NHPI men to openly discuss their sexual behaviors with health professionals and partners. Strong cultural barriers, including homophobia, presumed heterosexuality, and taboos over sexual orientation and ...

NGOs decry homophobia in Malawi
The Times Group (blog)
"As we commemorate the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia on May 17, the principle of non-discrimination requires that human rights apply equally to every human being regardless of a person's status. One does not cease to be human ...

Independent Online
Where the streets have only shame
Independent Online
Seema is transgender, one of hundreds of thousands in conservative India who are ostracised, often abused and forced into prostitution due to no legal recognition, even as the world marked International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia on May 17.

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BigPond News
Dark times for Queensland
Same Same
A government with basically no accountability removing a legal right, with only homophobia as a justification is really a shape of things to come. Who will be next? Will it be the LGBTI health services? Will it be our rights to protest?
Newman Govt cuts funding to Healthy CommunitiesGay News Network

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DAWN.com
Hate crimes against the community are common India's transgenders struggle to ...
Arab Times Kuwait English Daily
Seema is transgender, one of hundreds of thousands in conservative India who are ostracised, often abused and forced into prostitution due to no legal recognition, even as the world marks International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia on May 17.
To match story INDIA-TRANSGENDERS/Reuters AlertNet

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J'can youth tells of struggles with homosexuality
Jamaica Observer
BY CANDIESE LEVERIDGE Online reporter leveridgec@jamaicaobserver.com CORBIN, a 21-year-old homosexual who resides in the Jamaican capital, Kingston, says he has been a victim of discrimination and has decided to speak out openly against homophobia, ...

Report on Rights of Transgender people and HIV vulnerability. By Shobha Shukla
Pakistan Christian Post
A study titled Lost in Transition: Transgender People, Rights and HIV Vulnerability in the Asia-Pacific Region was released in Bangkok to mark the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. According to this research, which was jointly ...

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Marking IDAHO at HRC
Metro Weekly
By Will O'Bryan Activists around the globe marked the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO) Thursday, May 17, a date chosen to mark the World Health Organization's 1990 decision to no longer list homosexuality as a disease.

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Report on Rights of Transgender people and HIV vulnerability
Asian Tribune
By Shobha Shukla – CNS A study titled Lost in Transition: Transgender People, Rights and HIV Vulnerability in the Asia-Pacific Region was released in Bangkok to mark the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. According to this research, ...

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Moneycontrol.com
India's shunned transgenders struggle to survive
EmpowHer
Seema is transgender, one of hundreds of thousands in conservative India who are ostracized, often abused and forced into prostitution due to no legal recognition, even as the world marks International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia on May 17.
To match story INDIA-TRANSGENDERS/Reuters AlertNet

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But it is WAY AHEAD of most Caribbean countries
Care2.com
Institutionalised homophobia is also a health problem. The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) indicates that penalisation of homosexuality in the Caribbean is one of the main obstacles to controlling the epidemic that affects some ...

Xtra.ca
Careful with Rob Ford
Xtra.ca
His appearance at the city proclamation event for the International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO) on May 17 is a good thing, I suppose; a good thing for queer communities. Then-Toronto mayoral candidate Rob Ford after a press conference staged against ...
Surprise! Mayor Rob Ford appears at gay eventToronto Star
Rob Ford cheered as he makes surprise appearance at LGBT eventNational Post

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VietNamNet Bridge
Homosexual teens encounter dilemma of discrimination
VietNamNet Bridge
IDAHO was begun by the Joint United Nations Programmme on HIV/AIDS. This year's theme is "Combating Homophobia In Education and Through Education". UNAIDS said the day was launched to celebrate diversity and to speak out against discrimination and ...

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LGBT Weekly
HIV/AIDS Activist Terry Angel Mason Speaks at San Diego Neighborhood House ...
Broadway World
They Say That I Am Broken, is a powerful book aimed at spreading truth about the dangers and consequences of homophobia, hate, and inequality. Mason's books have touched millions of lives and have been submitted for a Pulitzer Prize and numerous awards ...
Terry Angel Mason to be guest speaker at HIV Vaccine Awareness Day eventLGBT Weekly

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Homosexual teens encounter dilemma of discrimination
Viet Nam News
IDAHO was begun by the Joint United Nations Programmme on HIV/AIDS. This year's theme is "Combating Homophobia In Education and Through Education". UNAIDS said the day was launched to celebrate diversity and to speak out against discrimination and ...

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International Business Times
Myanmar's First Gay Pride Event Breaks Taboos, Raises Sexual Health Awareness
International Business Times
By Jacey Fortin: Subscribe to Jacey's RSS feed The Asian country of Myanmar saw its first-ever gay pride celebrations Thursday to mark the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. In Yangon (formerly Rangoon), reports Agence France-Presse, ...
Myanmar holds first gay pride celebrationsAsiaOne
Myanmar to celebrate first gay pride eventThe Phuket News

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DAWN.com
India's shunned transgenders struggle to survive
HealthNews
Seema is transgender, one of hundreds of thousands in conservative India who are ostracized, often abused and forced into prostitution due to no legal recognition, even as the world marks International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia on May 17.
To match story INDIA-TRANSGENDERS/Reuters AlertNet

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HIV Frontlines Interview: Addressing the Needs of the API Community in New ...
TheBody.com
We unfortunately have our own stereotypes and our own issues -- we are not above our own internalized homophobia and unfortunately, I think that we can eat our own. Also, Asians have the lowest rate of HIV testing in New York City ethnically.

The Maravi Post
Enough room for everyone, say no to homophobia—Malawi rights groups
The Maravi Post
LILONGWE—Malawians should embrace tolerance and reject discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, human rights groups said Thursday on the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO) which falls on 17th May.