Business and Technology

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Japan: NGO offers same-sex 'partnership certificates' to address gaps in current provision

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About 20 companies in Japan will start accepting “partnership certificates,” issued to same-sex couples by a nongovernmental organization, from July as a way of providing employees with spousal and familial benefits that are available to straight married couples, people familiar with the matter said Saturday.

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Morocco: LGBT + community targets social media whistleblowing campaign

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For several weeks, the Moroccan LGBT + community has been the victim of an intense campaign of denunciation, defamation and in some cases of extortion. The target, users of dating applications dedicated to the community who find themselves trapped by fake accounts, who threaten to reveal their identity.

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Thailand: Outrage over U=U messaging: An example of pervasive stigma and discrimination in 2020

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Professor Praphan Phanuphak was also invited for a televised interview to discuss the legitimacy of the message, together with the influencer and an HIV advocate. Instead of condemning the influencer as the audiences would like to see, Professor Praphan Phanuphak and the HIV advocate endorsed U=U.

Switzerland: A Personal Story Inspires Swiss Oral Care Giant to Create Toothpaste That Supports LGBTI Equality

The moving story of one of Dentissimo’s LGBTI employees has inspired the premium oral care company to create a special rainbow toothpaste, with 20% of profits going to ILGA-Europe to support their work to make a difference to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) communities across Europe and Central Asia.

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Nigeria: LGBTIQ+ Nigerians get new social and counseling mobile app

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NoStrings Development Initiatives, Nigeria’s leading LGBTIQ+ media advocacy group, has launched a new social and counseling mobile app for the country’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ+) community.

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Council of Europe: The protection of freedom of religion or belief in the workplace

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The Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights recalls that the freedom to manifest one’s religion or beliefs also applies in the workplace and that any interference in this freedom must be proportionate to the legitimate aim being pursued.

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South Africa: Rejected same-sex couple take Beloftebos to the Equality Court

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Sasha-Lee Heekes and Megan Watling, the engaged same-sex couple turned away by the Beloftebos wedding venue, are going to the courts to fight for their right to equality and dignity.