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Gay rights human rights

From International Affairs, Jamie J. Hagen (UMass): Queering Women, Peace and Security. Yuvraj Joshi (Yale): “Being LGBTI” in International Development. Paul Johnson (York): Are Gay Rights Human Rights? From ZED Books, Shyun Jeong Ahn questions how we might study the Queer in North Korea; Sara Shroff looks at recent third-gender legalization in postcolonial Pakistan within contemporary Islamic capitalism; and Ausma Bernotaite looks at the issues surrounding Legal Gender Recognition (LGR) in China. Pride Uganda has been crushed — please don’t look away. Masha Gessen on why autocrats fear LGBT rights.