Day: June 17, 2013
Russian Gays in US Call for Boycott of Sochi Games
A group of gays from Russia and the former Soviet republics living in the United States has a message for gay athletes and others planning to attend the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi: Don’t go.
Gay MP attacked after Equality Parade
Poland’s first openly gay MP was physically attacked following Saturday’s Equality Parade in Warsaw, he has stated.
European Parliament consents to EU-ACP partnership with reservations
Last week the European Parliament gave its legal consent to the updated Cotonou Agreement, a multilateral treaty between the EU and African, Caribbean and Pacific states. The Parliament expressed strong reservations about human rights in relation to sexual orientation.
Report Highlights Challenges Faced by Latino LGBT Youth Despite Gains in Movement for LGBT Equality
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth who identify as Latino face greater rejection from their communities and schools than their non-LGBT Latino counterparts, according to a new report on LGBT Latino youth released today by the Human Rights Campaign – America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organisation in partnership with The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC).