More petty narrow-minded nastiness disguised as “morality” because god-based – the OIC keeps 11 LGBT groups out of a UN meeting on ending AIDS.
Egypt wrote to the president of the 193-member General Assembly on behalf of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation to object to the participation of the 11 groups. It did not give a reason in the letter, which Reuters saw.
The OIC is a horrible organization, and should have no clout at the UN.
… Read the restSamantha Power, US ambassador to the United Nations, wrote to General Assembly President Mogens Lykketoft and said the groups appeared to have been blocked for involvement in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender advocacy.
“Given that transgender people are 49 times more likely