York University expert available to explain how LGBTQ youth can thrive in self-isolation TORONTO, May 28, 2020 – June’s Pride Month will look much different this year with no joyous in-person events celebrating the triumphs and recognizing the struggles of the LGBTQ community. That is a huge loss for some young people who are grappling […]
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York U to host LGBT Equality Litigation: A Caribbean Primer panel presentation
TORONTO, Nov. 19, 2013 – Same-gender intimacy is still criminalized today in 11 of the 12 Commonwealth countries of the Caribbean under laws introduced by British colonialism. On November 21, 2013, York University will host a panel of Caribbean leaders who are working to advance LGBT rights in the Caribbean. The LGBT Equality Litigation in […]
Book launch and panel discussion will focus on struggles facing LGBT community
TORONTO, June 25, 2013 – British colonial laws that criminalize sexual minorities, and recent changes to Canadian immigration law that impact LGBT asylum seekers, will be discussed by a panel of experts during Pride Week, at the 519 Church Street Community Centre. The June 26 event, Sexuality, Repression and the Law: Resistance and Asylum, was […]
Envisioning LGBT Struggle for Equality in the Commonwealth
Toronto, June 17, 2013 – Thirty-one organizations on three continents come together in Envisioning Global LGBT Human Rights, an international research and documentary film project that examines the legacy of British criminal laws affecting sexual minorities and documents the work of human rights defenders to resist criminalization and to advance LGBT rights. Envisioning is led […]
