Tag: LGBTQ rights
United States: State Laws Threaten LGBT Equality
The rash of new “religious exemption” laws passed by state legislatures around the United States represent a thinly-veiled assault against the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. In the absence of robust nondiscrimination protections, these laws function as a license to discriminate rather than a good faith attempt to protect religious liberty and should be repealed.
Germany : How gay and lesbian couples are still facing obstacles in parenting rights
Despite Germany allowing same-sex couples to wed from October last year, hurdles for gay and lesbian partners regarding parental rights and the civil registry have recently emerged.
New Exhibition Offers Queer Look at Angela Davis
A new exhibition drawing on rare posters and ephemera from a private collection will highlight the journey of black lesbian activist Angela Davis: from radical scholar, to political prisoner, to revolutionary icon, to public intellectual.
Daily Mail banned on Virgin Trains cites LGBTQ rights, immigration and unemployment
Virgin Trains has stopped stocking the Daily Mail in its on-board shops or providing it in first-class carriages, saying it has decided the paper is “not compatible” with its brand and beliefs.
How Romania became a battleground in the transatlantic backlash against LGBTQ rights
Romania decriminalised homosexuality in 2001. Today it is witnessing a backlash against LGBTQ rights, supported by U.S Christian conservatives.
Turkey bans all LGBTQ events in capital to ‘protect public security’
Ankara governor’s office claims LGBTQ film screenings, theatre shows and exhibitions endanger ‘health and morality’ by inflaming ‘social sensitivities’