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19 Oct 2017 - NPWJ News Digest on on LGBTI rights
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Claim by Log Cabin Repubs That Ending Iran Deal Will Aid LGBTs Is Bogus
By The Advocate, 18 Oct 2017
Leaders of the Log Cabin Republicans say Donald Trump’s threat to walk away from the Iran nuclear treaty and renegotiate it will open the door for a deal that will improve the lives of LGBT Iranians — but some other groups beg to differ. Trump announced Friday that he will not recertify the deal, which limits Iran’s capacity to develop nuclear energy, as other nations fear this could lead to development of nuclear weapons, and lifts economic sanctions against Iran. It was negotiated between Iran and six other nations in 2015, when Barack Obama was president, and Congress requires the president to recertify it every 90 days. Trump and other Republicans have frequently said it is insufficient, and he has claimed Iran is not in compliance with the deal’s terms — something that European Union leaders say is inaccurate (several E.U. nations were part of the deal).
Global Medical Body Condemns Forced Anal Exams
By Human Rights Watch, 17 Oct 2017
Doctors, medical professionals, and national medical associations should heed the World Medical Association’s October 2017 resolution to end forced anal examinations on people accused of homosexual conduct, Human Rights Watch said today. The General Assembly of the World Medical Association (WMA), an international organization consisting of national medical associations from 111 countries, condemned the use of forced anal examinations to seek evidence of consensual homosexual conduct.
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Gay rights activists welcome NHS questioning of patients over sexuality
By The Guardian, 15 Oct 2017
Gay rights campaigners have backed an NHS policy demanding that doctors and nurses start asking all patients from the age of 16 about their sexual orientation. NHS England has issued a new standard requiring staff to “record sexual orientation at every face to face contact with the patient, where no record of this data already exists”. It argues that the data is needed to ensure it meets its obligations under the 2010 Equality Act and will help it better tackle health problems that are more prevalent among lesbian, gay and bisexual people. These include sexually transmitted diseases, mental health problems, alcohol and drug dependency and social isolation in old age.
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Kosovo Just Held Its First Official LGBT Pride Event and Even the President Turned Up
National LGBT Rights Organization, 13 Oct 2017
LGBT activists in Kosovo are celebrating their first ever pride parade. Hundreds of people attended the first ever official pride, held in the country’s capital of Pristina. There had been unofficial marches in the country previously, in an effort to tackle homophobia and transphobia in the state. Even the country’s president, Hashim Thaçi, who led the country to independence in 2008, marched in the parade. He wrote on Twitter: “As President of Republic I joined today hundreds of #LGBTI activists for #KosovoLoveParade. #Kosovo’s constitution protects love! #Pride” The march, called In The Name of Love, was organised by non-governmental organisations and is intended to become an annual event herein.