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Amnesty International on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity: http://www.amnesty.org/en/sexual-orientation-and-gender-identity

The International Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans, and Intersex Association (ILGA): a worldwide federation campaigning for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex rights. ILGA's aim is to work for the equality of LGBTI people and their liberation from all forms of discrimination by supporting programs and protest actions, asserting diplomatic pressure, providing information and working with international organisations and the international media. http://www.ilga.org/

The International Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans, and Intersex Law Association (ILGLaw) unites people around the world who are dedicated to the principle of equality under the law for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, and intersex persons. http://www.ilglaw.org/

Sex Laws Worldwide (General and Heterosexual/Straight): from Lyonette Louis-Jacques, Foreign and International Law Librarian and Lecturer in Law; D'Angelo Law Library, University of Chicago Law School. http://www2.lib.uchicago.edu/~llou/sexlaw.html

The Yogyakarta Principles on the Application of International Human Rights Law in Relation to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity: released March 26, 2007 by a group of 29 international human rights experts, is a collection of groundbreaking international legal principles on sexual orientation, gender identity, and international law that charts a way forward for both the United Nations and governments to ensure the universal reach of human rights protections. Read the document here: http://yogyakartaprinciples.org/principles_en.htm

 

 

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