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Vatican Confirms Hate Against LGBTIQ People Are A Religious Value
On 10 June 2019 the Congregation for Catholic Education of the Vatican issued a 31 page long guidance on gender identity, stating decisively that gender is binary and imparted by God, not only denying the existence and rights of transgender people, but framing their existence as dangerous and threatening, and entirely overlooking the existence of intersex people.
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High Court in Botswana Rules to Decriminalise Same-Sex Relations
Today, on 11 June 2019, a full bench of the High Court of Botswana ruled to shake remaining relics of its colonial past and to strike down section 164(a) and (c), and section 167 of the penal code which criminalise same-sex relations, or «carnal knowledge against the order of nature», and prescribe a prison sentence of up to 7 years for those found guilty. The court unanimously ruled that the provisions are discriminatory, against public interest and unconstitutional.
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London bus hate crime attack: Arrests after gay couple who refused to kiss beaten
Two women say they were subjected to a homophobic attack and left covered in blood after refusing to kiss on a bus.
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TLDEF to Honour Trailblazers at Annual Trans Advocacy Awards
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) will commemorate 16 years of service at the 2019 Trans Advocacy Awards, on Tuesday, June 11, at the Manhattan Penthouse in New York City from 6:30 to 8:30 PM.
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Praise for period poverty provision in Moray schools
Councillors have May 29th 2019 praised the roll-out of free sanitary products in schools.
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Pennsylvania Name Change Law Challenged on Behalf of Three Transgender Women
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) Pro Bono partner Reed Smith in end of May 2019 filed a court challenge to Pennsylvania’s name change law, which bars name changes for people who have certain felony convictions.