LGBTI

May 18, 2022

Tunisia:  Silent abuses

Interview

Middle East LGBTI Justice Violence Tunisia

Arbitrary detention, lack of medical care, stigmatisation, and violence: LGBTQI++ prisoners are subjected to all kinds of untold abuse. Read more

April 28, 2022

Lebanon: Lebanese LGBT community fights to keep safe spaces

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Middle East LGBTI Lebanon

BEIRUT, Lebanon — On a sofa in a dimly lit bar, two young women finish their beers while they caress each other’s hands. Oblivious to the music, to the people who enter and leave, they look at each other as if they were the only inhabitants of the city. But as they cross the threshold, they undo th…

Source — Al-Monitor

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April 21, 2022

USA: “the darkness suffocates me at all time”

Testimonial

LGBTI Violence Social ties United States

Britney is incarcerated at Lane Murray Unit, a state prison located in Texas. She tells us how a typical day goes by. Read more

March 9, 2022

Senegal: out of step, outlawed

Interview

Africa LGBTI Justice Material conditions Violence Senegal

A new bill is looking to toughen punishment for homosexuality. There are serious concerns about detention conditions for LGBTI people. Interview. Read more

February 9, 2022

Iran : Deux hommes exécutés pour homosexualité

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Middle East LGBTI Death penalty Iran

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February 8, 2022

Lebanon: the LGBTQI population, forgotten prisoners

Interview

Middle East LGBTI Lebanon

Openly belonging to the LGBTQI community can lead to prison, where there is no dedicated mechanism to protect these individuals. The organisation ProudLebanon is trying to change this. Interview. Read more

January 3, 2022

Au Sénégal, des députés veulent durcir les sanctions contre l’homosexualité

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Africa LGBTI Justice Senegal

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November 29, 2021

Burkina Faso: Humiliation of LGBTQI+ Prisoners

Testimonial

Africa LGBTI Material conditions Torture Violence Burkina Faso

LGBTQI+ prisoners are sometimes deprived of food and water while incarcerated. Read more

November 25, 2021

Ecuador: La realidad de las mujeres transgénero en las cárceles

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South America LGBTI Violence Ecuador

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October 26, 2021

Ghana : un projet de loi menace de prison les homosexuels

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Africa LGBTI Justice Ghana

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October 25, 2021

Rejection of LGBTQI+ people in Burkina Faso

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Africa Pre-trial detention LGBTI Material conditions Overcrowding Violence Burkina Faso

Karel tells us about detention conditions in Ouagadougou’s central police station and the treatment of incarcerated LGBTQI+ individuals. Read more

October 14, 2021

Estados Unidos: Nueva York trasladará mujeres y transexuales de la peligrosa cárcel de Rikers

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North America Women LGBTI United States

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May 27, 2021

Cameroun : deux personnes transgenres condamnées à de la prison ferme

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Africa LGBTI Justice Cameroon

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March 17, 2021

Polonia: la absolución de las mujeres del halo arcoíris pone en evidencia tácticas de intimidación contra activistas

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Pre-trial detention Women Europe LGBTI Access to legal rights Poland

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February 24, 2021

India: misgendering, sexual violence, what it is to be a transgender in a prison

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Asia LGBTI Violence India

Violence, misgendering, medical negligence and routine denial of legal aid — are what mark the experience of transgender inmates in prisons across India. In her reports for The Wire, Sukanya Shantha tracks how vulnerable one such group — the transgender community — is in India’s prisons. Sukanya fi…

Source — The Wire

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February 12, 2021

Chile: interno de cárcel de La Serena se suicida tras acosos de gendarmes por su orientación sexual

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South America LGBTI Access to legal rights Torture Violence Chile

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February 12, 2021

Chile: siguen los abusos en gendarmería, ahora torturan a interna trans en cárcel de Arica

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South America LGBTI Access to legal rights Torture Violence Chile

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February 12, 2021

Salvador: inside a prison cell for gay former gang members

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Culture Central America and the Caribbean LGBTI Drugs Violence Religion El Salvador

In April 2019, Carlos Martinez was visiting a prison for gang members in El Salvador, having gained rare access to help with a photography project. A reporter for national newspaper El Faro, Martinez, 41, was used to dealing with the gangs that have over decades made his country one of the most vio…

Source — Time

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February 3, 2021

Chile: cárcel y mujeres, la urgencia de pensar un sistema penitenciario con enfoque de género

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Women South America LGBTI Access to legal rights Social ties Chile

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February 3, 2021

Chile: “que puedan manifestar el género asumido” y reclusión segmentada, el nuevo protocolo de gendarmería para internos trans

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South America LGBTI Access to legal rights Justice Chile

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December 22, 2020

United States: trans inmate wins federal case to get gender affirming surgery

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North America Women LGBTI Access to legal rights Justice United States

Nicole Rose Campbell was diagnosed with gender dysphoria prior to going to Racine Correctional Institute, a medium-security men’s state prison in Wisconsin. She was “permitted to receive hormone treatments, counseling, and even allowed to wear some women’s clothing” since starting her sentence, but…

Source — LGBTQ Nation

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September 15, 2020

Nicaragua: mujeres trans hablan desde las prisiones durante la COVID-19

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Central America and the Caribbean Women LGBTI Access to legal rights Justice Health Material conditions Nicaragua

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July 6, 2020

Colombia: 285 casos de discriminación a población LGBTI en prisión en 2019

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South America LGBTI Violence Colombia

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June 17, 2020

UK: trans and in prison during a pandemic, a rare glimpse behind bars

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Coronavirus Europe LGBTI United Kingdom

Overcrowded, confined spaces are a nightmare for the spread of coronavirus. This makes prisons a potential hotspot for the disease. Despite this, most researchers who study prisons have been locked out of them at this crucial time. In the UK, the prison and probation service has halted primary rese…

Source — The Conversation

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