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The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA [2]) is a LGBTQ+ rights organization.. It participates in a multitude of agendas within the United Nations, such as creating visibility for LGBTQ+ issues by conducting advocacy and outreach at the Human Rights Council, working with members to help their government improve LGBTI rights, ensuring LGBTI members are not ...
VSG left ILGA in April 1995 and in 1998 dissolved itself. ILGA applied to have its consultative status reinstated in 2000, [4] but on 30 April 2002 the United Nations' Economic & Social Council voted 29–17 not to grant this application, [5] "based on concerns raised about its member organizations or subsidiaries that promoted or condoned ...
ILGA-Europe is the European region of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association. It is an advocacy group promoting the interests of lesbian , gay , bisexual , trans and intersex ( LGBTI ) people, at the European level.
1 During World War II, Nazi Germany annexed or occupied territory, extending Germany's laws against same-sex sexual intercourse. Age of consent was previously equalized for same-sex couples in the following countries or territories before the war: Belluno ( legal in 1890 ), Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol ( legal in 1890 ), Friuli-Venezia Giulia ...
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1541 of 15 December 1960, titled "Principles which should guide members in determining whether or not an obligation exists to transmit the information called for under Article 73e of the Charter" was a resolution of the United Nations General Assembly during its fifteenth session with annexes of 12 principles, that affirmed that to ensure ...
In 2014, Amnesty International released a report titled The state decides who I am: Lack of Legal Gender Recognition For Transgender People in Europe. [18] The report criticized European countries for legal gender recognition laws that were based on stereotypical gender norms and violated rights such as the right to private and family life, recognition before the law, the highest attainable ...
A "Labor from the Heart": Lesbian Magazines from 1947–1994, Journal of Lesbian Studies, vol5, Issue 1/2, Haworth Press, 2001 Miller, Alan V. (2003). "Our Own Voices: Lesbian and Gay Periodicals 1890s-2000s" .
Under the Constitution of Illinois, the attorney general is the state's chief legal officer, and has the powers and duties prescribed by law.The attorney general's duties include advocating for the people of Illinois, working with the General Assembly to push for new legislation, and litigating to ensure that state laws are followed. [3]