GEC welcomes the US emergency waiver to allow HIV treatment under PEPFAR to continue, but remains concerned about the funding freeze's impact on wider HIV-related services and future support for the world's most vulnerable people.

GEC congratulates the Thai LGBT+ community on achieving a historic milestone as equal marriage takes effect, and welcomes our new Regional Consultant for the Asia-Pacific region to sustain inclusive progress.

The Global Parliamentary Platform on HIV/AIDS now has its own dedicated website to help coordinate legislative engagement on the HIV response.

The Global Equality Caucus has unveiled two new versions of its HIV Prevention Handbook at the Global Equality Summit in Cape Town, with publications in Eastern & Southern Africa and Latin America.

The inaugural Global Equality Summit has taken place in Cape Town, with over 200 delegates joining events focused on LGBT+ policy action across a three-day programme.

GEC has presented its HIV Prevention Handbook project at the 2024 Fast-Track Cities conference in Paris, engaging multiple stakeholders on our campaign to take prevention policy proposals directly to legislators.

It is exactly one month until the Global Equality Summit begins in Cape Town (11-13 November 2024), with 120 delegates expected to attend a three-day programme focused on driving change for LGBTIQ+ people.

The Global Equality Caucus has met with legislators and civil society champions in Dublin to discuss policy priorities for LGBT+ equality and HIV healthcare equity.

At the AIDS2024 Conference in Munich, we have launched the Global Parliamentary Platform on HIV/AIDS together with the Global TB Caucus and UNITE, with partners including StopAIDS, UNAIDS, the International AIDS Society and WACI Health.

The Global Equality Caucus is excited to announce that we will host our inaugural international convening later this year in Cape Town, bringing together legislators from across the world to discuss how to overcome shared challenges as we advocate for LGBT+ rights.

The Global Equality Caucus is deeply disappointed that the Constitutional Court of Uganda has declined to nullify the Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023 in its entirety. We condemn the Act’s criminalisation of LGBT+ people and reaffirm our call for this hateful, damaging and regressive legislation to be repealed.

With the recent passage of an anti-LGBT+ bill in Ghana, following in the footsteps of Uganda’s draconian Anti-Homosexuality Bill, there a risk of wider backsliding in Africa - and we need to mobilise legislators to resist the wave of hatred.

The Global Equality Caucus is pleased to announce that we have enacted a partnership agreement with the Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADC-PF), effective from March 2024.

Over the past year the Global Equality Caucus has grown and formalised a regional network in Southern Africa. We are pleased to announce today that this work will continue with a multi-year funding commitment from the UK Government.

The Global Equality Caucus has officially formalised its network in Southern Africa at a dedicated convening event in Johannesburg, with legislators and other stakeholders approving a regional strategy for 2024.

Argentina’s LGBTQ+ Envoy and multiple diplomats from Latin America have joined leaders from African parliaments, civil society organisations and businesses for a groundbreaking conversation on equal rights in the Global South.