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Tunisia: Two-Year Sentence for Homosexuality
Arbitrary Detention; Reported Attempt to Require Discredited Anal Exam.
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Malawi: Reaffirm Human Rights, Rule of Law
New President Lazarus Chakwera Provides Opportunity for Reform
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LGBTQ+ Fostering – Pride Month
June is Pride Month and Foster with Bury would like to hear from members of the LGBT+ community thinking about fostering in Bury.
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Judge orders U.S. State Department to issue passport to daughter of married same-sex couple
A federal judge this week ordered the State Department to recognise the birthright citizenship of a married same-sex couple’s baby daughter who was born in Canada and grant her a U.S. passport.
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Four in Five LGBTQ+ people admit mental health has taken a hit during lockdown
79% admit mental health affected negatively as a new survey of 2333 LGBTQ+ people finds big shifts in LGBTQ+ people experiencing depression, anxiety and loneliness due to lockdown.
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Supreme Court Victory! Federal Law Protects Transgender Workers
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) hailed today’s landmark Supreme Court ruling that transgender people cannot be fired for who they are. In a 6-to-3 ruling, the chief justices issued a sweeping decision that affirms federal law protects transgender and non-binary as well as lesbian, gay, and bisexual workers under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, rejecting the federal administration’s attempts to roll back employment protections.