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World - LGBTQ Rights Kenya: Court Upholds Archaic Anti-Homosexuality Laws
Kenya’s High Court on May 24, 2019 upheld laws criminalising homosexual acts between consenting adults, a step backward in…
World - LGBTQ Rights Brunei: New Report on Abusive Penal Code
Brunei should immediately repeal its newly enacted penal code, which violates a range of human rights, Human Rights Watch…
World - LGBTQ Rights Tunisia: End Persecution of LGBTQ People
Tunisia should revise its laws and practices to recognise and protect the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender…
USA - LGBTQ Rights TLDEF Statement on Historic Passage of Equality Act in the U.S. House of Representatives
TLDEF releases a statement on a historic passage. Read More
World - LGBTQ Rights Russia: New Anti-Gay Crackdown in Chechnya
Police in Chechnya have carried out a new round of unlawful detentions, beatings, and humiliation of men they presume…
Europe - LGBTQ National Polish Police Nab Woman for Profaning Virgin Mary Icon With LGBTQ Rainbow
A similar incident occurred seven years ago, when a man in his 50s attempted to deface a Byzantine icon…
UK - LGBTQ National Mediator brought in to resolve Birmingham LGBTQ teaching dispute
City council and affected parents appoint former CPS prosecutor Nazir Afzal. Read More
World - LGBTQ Rights Homophobic Tunisia invokes sharia law in bid to shut down LGBTQ rights group
Judicial harassment and rise in arrests under anti-sodomy law add to climate of tension and fear. Read More