4+ week, 19+ hour ago  (299+ words) Last week, a St. Petersburg court in a closed door hearing,designated a leading Russian LGBT rights group, Coming Out, as an "extremist organization." The ruling delivers another severe blow to a community that has become a key target of…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (311+ words) Lawmakers in Ghana have reintroduced a draconian bill that jeopardizes the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. On February 17, the Ghanaian parliament formally received the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, also known as the anti-LGBT…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (205+ words) Lawmakers Should Pass Legislation to Ensure Equal Rights for All Relationships In a watershed moment for same-sex couples in the Philippines, the Supreme Court'ruled on February 5 that a cohabiting same-sex partner has co-ownership rights to property they helped acquire during…...

10+ mon, 3+ week ago  (144+ words) Gathering Challenges Notion That LGBT Rights Are Un-African In the short film and accompanying narrative, the women describe the impact of the law on their lives, families, and communities and explain why they continue to support their children despite threats…...

2+ mon, 6+ hour ago  (565+ words) An activist shows Misoprostol ahead of the verdict in the appeal court in Warsaw, Poland on February 13, 2025. A court ordered retrial in the case of abortion abetting by activist Justyna Wydrzynska." In September, the PiS politically compromised Constitutional Tribunal ruled…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (137+ words) Ambitious Goals to Fight Violence and Discrimination at Home and Abroad This month, the European Commission released its'LGBTIQ+ Equality Strategy 20262030, a renewed and ambitious step in the European Union's commitment to equality, inclusion, and human rights. Building on the'20202025 framework,…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (300+ words) Historic Ruling Affirms Dignity, Equality, and Privacy "For decades, these provisions forced LGBT officers to live in fear of punishment simply for who they are," said'Cristian Gonz'lez Cabrera, senior researcher at Human Rights Watch. "This ruling is a resounding affirmation…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago  (162+ words) Intersex Awareness Week is marked annually to recall a small group of protesters who picketed the American Academy of Pediatrics in 1996 for ignoring the rights of children born with sex variations. While the academy has not budged, medical institutions and…...

5+ mon, 6+ day ago  (317+ words) (Istanbul, October 29, 2025) " A government proposal would pave the way to bring criminal charges against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in'T'rkiye, one of the most alarming rollbacks of rights in decades, Human Rights Watch said today. The proposal should…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (87+ words) Ceasing Insurance Coverage Jeopardizes the Right to Health of Public Sector Workers and Their Families Lambda Legal has'condemned the exclusion of gender-affirming care as unlawful and as a violation of sex discrimination protections in federally regulated health plans. The administration…...