BRIAN PELLOT
Media Trainer & Journalist. Formerly , , . Work on #LGBT #LGBTQI+ #humanrights #Africa #religion #freespeech #media
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Facebook urged to do more to stop LGBT+ hate speech in Arab countries
OPENLY 28h 1 tweets
By Ban Barkawi AMMAN, July 1 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - LGBT+ rights groups urged Facebook on ...
BRIAN PELLOT Facebook urged to do more to stop LGBT+ hate speech in Arab countries 28h
Montenegro legalises same-sex civil partnerships
OPENLY 29h 1 tweets
By Rachel Savage LONDON, July 1 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Montenegro voted to legalise same-sex...
BRIAN PELLOT Montenegro legalises same-sex civil partnerships 29h
OPINION: LGBT+ statues would remind us to fight for freedom
OPENLY 31h 1 tweets
Dan Glass is the author of United Queerdom From the Legends of the Gay Liberation Front to...
BRIAN PELLOT OPINION: LGBT+ statues would remind us to fight for freedom 31h
'Work to do' as coronavirus hits LGBT+ Jamaicans hard
U.S. 32h 1 tweets
KINGSTON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Paris Lewinsky has been taking hormones for almost a year and is starting to grow breasts. But the transgender Jamaican's long-held dream of physically transitioning is now under threat, because she cannot...
BRIAN PELLOT 'Work to do' as coronavirus hits LGBT+ Jamaicans hard 32h
Gay, trans Brazilians pummeled by coronavirus economic crisis
U.S. 34h 1 tweets
MEXICO CITY/RIO DE JANEIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - One in four unemployed gay and trans Brazilians has lost their job recently during the coronavirus outbreak, a survey released on Sunday found, showing the joblessness among LGBT+ Brazilians...
BRIAN PELLOT Gay, trans Brazilians pummeled by coronavirus economic crisis 34h
Gabon Votes to Reverse Ban on Homosexuality
Nytimes.com 57h 1 tweets
Gabon's Senate voted on Monday to decriminalise homosexuality, a landmark result that makes the country one of the few in Africa to reverse a ban on same-sex relationships.
BRIAN PELLOT Gabon Votes to Reverse Ban on Homosexuality 57h
How the Pride March Made History
Nytimes.com 3d 1 tweets
Fifty years after the first march, prominent organizers and activists tell its story and talk about how it spread across the globe.
BRIAN PELLOT How the 1970 Christopher Street Liberation Day March Made LGBTQ History 3d
Uganda: Court awards $1,341 to each of 19 jailed LGBT youths
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Ugandan court awards damages of $1,341 to each of 19 LGBT youths jailed for 50 days after COVID-19 lock-down arrests.
BRIAN PELLOT Uganda: Court awards $1,341 to each of 19 jailed LGBT youths 3d
Coronavirus Economy Especially Harsh for Transgender People
Nytimes.com 17d 4 tweets
As the pandemic ravages the country, there are concerns that an already marginalized group will be further left behind.
BRIAN PELLOT Coronavirus Economy Especially Harsh for Transgender People 3d
Historians Are Creating an #LGBTQuarantine Archive to Document Coronavirus Impact
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If humanity makes it through this time, a robust historical record may help avoid future catastrophes.
BRIAN PELLOT Historians Are Creating an #LGBTQuarantine Archive to Document Coronavirus Impact 3d
Group allocates R300 000 towards LGBTQIA+ Covid-19 relief
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Johannesburg-based media-advocacy group Iranti is stepping up its efforts to support the LGBTQIA+ community during the Covid-19 crisis.
BRIAN PELLOT . allocates R300 000 towards LGBTQIA+ Covid-19 relief 4d
She sent 23andMe her DNA. They told her she's intersex.
Newsday 9d 1 tweets
Dawn Covino was eager to use the genetic testing service 23andMe to find out more about her family history and that of her twin son and daughter she adopted from Kazakhstan in 2007. She submitted DNA
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BRIAN PELLOT She sent 23andMe her DNA. They told her she's intersex. 9d
Nigeria's queer literature offers a new way of looking at blackness
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Despite Nigeria's draconian laws against homosexuality, authors like the award-winning Akwaekwe Emezi are important new voices that add complexity to the question of identity.
BRIAN PELLOT Nigeria's queer literature offers a new way of looking at blackness 9d
Work with us | OUR FUTURE CITIES
Ourfuturecities.co 11d 1 tweets
How globalisation has transformed the fight for LGBTQ+ rights
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The long read: Much progress has been made in attitudes towards sexual equality and gender identity – but in many places a dramatic backlash by conservative forces has followed
BRIAN PELLOT How globalisation has transformed the fight for LGBTQ+ rights 13d
LGBTQI+ youth still have a long way to go to be truly free in South Africa
IOL News - Iol.co.za 14d 1 tweets
This Youth Day it’s important that we look at the state in which our youth currently find themselves, especially LGBTQI+ youth.
BRIAN PELLOT LGBTQI+ youth still have a long way to go to be truly free in South Africa 14d
Pride events kick off in Shanghai with city run
U.S. 14d 1 tweets
More than 100 people took part in the Shanghai's eighth annual Pride Run on Sunday, one of a series of events over nine days in China's financial hub to raise public awareness for the LGBT community.
BRIAN PELLOT Pride events kick off in Shanghai with city run 14d
Romanian rights groups condemn ban on gender identity studies
U.S. 15d 1 tweets
Romanian human rights groups and universities on Wednesday condemned a blanket ban on gender identity studies voted through by lawmakers, which they said would legitimise discrimination against the country's LGBT minority.
BRIAN PELLOT Romanian rights groups condemn ban on gender identity studies, saying it will legitimise discrimination against LGBTQI+ people 15d
Poland's Jewish leaders deplore stigmatization of LGBTQ people
NBC News 15d 1 tweets
“We Jews - the descendants of Holocaust survivors - cannot and will not remain indifferent to words that would dehumanize LGBT persons,” the board wrote,
BRIAN PELLOT Poland's Jewish leaders -- descendants of Holocaust survivors -- deplore stigmatization of LGBTQ people 15d
Lesbian mothers recognized by Chilean court in historic verdict - Chile News | Breaking News, Views, Analysis
Chile News | Breaking News, Views, Analysis 15d 1 tweets
Attilo José, the child of the two mothers called Emma de Ramón and Gigliola Di Giammarino, would set a precedent in the judicial history of Chile for future generations.
BRIAN PELLOT Lesbian mothers recognized by Chilean court in historic verdict 15d