Tagged as: Rapid Response Fund

Jamaican, transgender Gulley Queen survivor speaks out 08 Dec 2017

As a young transgender woman, SashaBerry had a highly increased risk of acquiring HIV, which is what happened to her at the age of 18....

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How I survived as a transgender woman from Nigeria 13 Oct 2017

My name is Jessica Albert. I wasn't born with that name, but that is what I am now called. Being born in Nigeria, this was a big problem as lesbian, g...

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Fighting for peace and human rights for Ghana’s LGBT youth 08 Aug 2017

Concern Youth Association marks International Youth Day by sharing how they build peace amid violence against the LGBT community...

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Tinashe’s story: hope after persecution for being gay 06 Jun 2017

At the age of 14 Tinashe told his grandmother that he was gay and was kicked out of the house when his grandfather found out. In 2016, age 17, he had ...

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Prosecute or protect? The law and policing of gay people in Malawi 19 Mar 2017

Superintendent Horace Chabuka, Blantyre’s community policing coordinator, used to think that gay people should not be accepted. But thanks to a smal...

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Kenya: Stories of a hidden LGBT population from Uganda 18 Jan 2017

Reflections on a visit to LGBT organisations and Ugandan asylum seekers in Kenya, who receive support from the Rapid Response...

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We will not end AIDS without ending human rights abuses of LGBT 30 Nov 2016

Sir Elton John blogs about leaving no one behind in our efforts to create an AIDS-free...

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Why do we need a Rapid Response Fund for LGBT and MSM groups? 03 Oct 2016

Across the world, LGBT people and MSM frequently find their rights violated when expressing their true sexual and gender...

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