Articles about World Health Organisation

16 May 2013
Fiji: LGBT rights campaigners say discrimination remains a major issue 1 Whilst holding week-long events to raise awareness, Fiji campaigners for LGBT rights have said that, despite some slow progress, there is still a long way to go, and that discrimination against LGBT people remains a problem.
7 May 2013
US: Supporters of ‘gay cure’ therapy call for new hearing on New Jersey bill to ban it 9 Supporters of controversial "gay conversion" therapy in the US state of New Jersey, are calling for a bill to ban it to be subject to a new Senate hearing.
27 February 2013
Costa Rica: Top psychologists slam attempts at gay ‘cure’ therapy 4 A top group of psychologists in Costa Rica have condemned any attempts to "cure" homosexuality through therapy, saying it is unjustifiable, and that the focus should be on removing stigmas around homosexuality, not trying to change it.
29 September 2011
European Parliament calls for end of classifying transgender people as mentally ill 121 The European Parliament has passed a resolution calling for the World Health Organisation to stop classifying transgender people as mentally ill.
28 May 2010
Bulgaria’s third LGBT pride parade has diplomatic support 1 The International Diplomatic Society in Sofia, Bulgaria, has again expressed its staunch support of the capital's third annual pride parade, to be held on 26 June.
15 February 2010
France de-lists transgenderism as a mental illness 32 France has become the first country in the world to declassify transgenderism as a mental illness.
22 December 2009
Ugandan President threatens to reject homophobic bill 28 The President of Uganda has threatened to veto the a controversial new bill that could see homosexuals sentenced to the death penalty or lifetime imprisonment.
19 December 2009
US Assistant Secretary of State condemns Uganda’s proposed anti-gay laws 4 The USA's Assistant Secretary of State for African affairs has said that it is urging Ugandan politicians to block a proposed law that would impose life imprisonments of gay people, arguing that it would set back the fight against HIV/ AIDS.
18 December 2009
Ugandan parliament to debate anti-gay bill today 15 Uganda's anti-homosexuality bill will be discussed in the country's parliament today.
14 December 2009
UN officials says Uganda may lose AIDS research centre 5 Uganda may lose the chance to host a major AIDS research institution if its parliament passes a bill against homosexuality, a United Nations official has said.

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