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• Yogyakarta Principles Plus 10
  The Yogyakarta Principles were drafted in 2006 by human rights experts in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, in response to documented human rights abuses against LGBT people worldwide. The Yogyakarta Principles Plus 10 include 9 new principles and 112 additional state obligations that address developments in international human rights law and changes in society on issues of sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics.

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• Darlington Statement
  Issued by Organization Intersex International Australia Limited and Androgen Insensitivity Support Syndrome Support Group Australia. Outlines priorities for legal reform to recognize bodily autonomy, effective rights-based oversight of clinical decisions, and access to affirmative health care and the importance of peer support.

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• Agenda 2030 for LGBTI Health and Well-Being                 
  By The Global Forum on MSM & OutRight Acton International, 2017
  This briefing paper illustrates how Sustainable Development Goal 3, Ensure Healthy Lives and Promote Well-being for All at All Ages, is relevant to the specific health needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people.

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• United Nations Human Rights Council adopts resolution (PDF, 127KB) condemning violence and discrimination against LGBT people; establishes new independent expert.
  July 15, 2016

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• World Psychiatric Association (WPA) Position Statement on Gender Identity and Same-Sex Orientation, Attraction, and Behaviours (PDF, 83KB)
  WPA, March 2016

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• Colombian Constitutional Court Relies on Social Science Studies in Decision Allowing Same-sex Couples to Adopt
  Nov. 14, 2015

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• Gay and Marked for Death
  New York Times, Frank Bruni, Op-Ed
  Aug. 21, 2015

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• IPsyNet Receives APA Presidential Citation
  For organizing psychology organizations to support health and human rights, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or sex characteristics.
  August 2015