HEALTH & WELLNESS
Change of Name in Mauritius: What You Need to Know?
For many people, a name is more than just a label. It carries family history, cultural significance, and personal identity. For some, however, particularly transgender people, the name on their official documents may no longer reflect who they are, how they live, or how they wish to be recognised. Whether you wish to change your first name, surname, or both, Mauritius provides a legal process for changing your name. This process is available to anyone who meets the legal requirements, including transgender people seeking a name that better aligns with their gender identity.
What does it mean to be an “intersex” person?
Intersex people are entitled to the same human rights and protections as everyone else. Yet, they continue to face multiple human rights violations including infanticide, medically unnecessary interventions without informed consent, violence and harmful practices, discrimination in education, healthcare, employment, housing, sports, legal documentation, and access to services. These violations are often driven by stigma, stereotypes, misinformation and misconceptions.
Safer Spaces for All
Queer people often have to navigate hostile environments where they are either not affirmed in their queerness or even actively harmed physically or emotionally because of their queerness. A safer space begins with a commitment to actively and collectively maintain an environment that is intentionally safer, both physically and mentally, for all the people within it.
Social Media and Cyberbullying Guide
The present modern world that young people are growing in is very different than the environments our parents and grandparents grew up. Nowadays, social media is the number one avenue for children and young people to be bullied and cyberbullying is one of many...
HIV and the Global De/criminalisation of Same-sex Sex
In December 2023, the HIV Policy Lab of the Center for Global Health Policy and Politics, O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law (Georgetown University) in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and GNP+issued a report on the “Progress and the Peril: HIV and the Global De/Criminalization of Same-sex sex”.
How to do my Coming Out?
Ever asked what is “Coming Out”? Or as a LGBTQI person, how to do your “Coming Out”? The YQA has prepared a quick guide for your and your family members.
Variole du singe : la stigmatisation envers les homosexuels et les personnes Africaines inquiétante
Bon nombre des médias font état de la variole du singe avec plus de 200 cas confirmés dans le monde. Différentes agences de santé ont tiré la sonnette d’alarme concernant cette maladie d’un point de vue communautaire et de santé publique. Hélas, le reportage médiatique met trop l’accent sur les personnes homosexuelles bien que certains pays n’aient qu’un cas détecté !
LGBTQ and GNC people’s right to health and realisation of SDG 3
The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA World), with the support of a number of organisations including the Young Queer Alliance, submitted on 07 February 2022 to the Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, its report “LGBTI and Gender Non-Conforming people’s right to health and the realisation of SDG 3: global needs, gaps and trends.”
Training on Right to Health for LGBTQIA+ people
The Young Queer Alliance (YQA) has organised a two-days training with health personnel, representatives of Human Rights Institutions, Internal Organisations and Ministries on the Right to Health for LGBTQIA+ people.
Training: Right to Sexual and Physical Health
The Young Queer Alliance organised a training on “Sexual and Physical Health Rights of LGBTQIA+ people” on 03 August 2021 to raise awareness on the importance of sexual and physical health rights of LGBTQIA+ people as well as to share prevention and treatment of Sexually Transmitted Infections to which LGBTQIA+ people may be exposed.
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