Tag: Ryan Thoreson
South Korea: LGBT Students Face Bullying, Discrimination
Isolation and Lack of Support Put Young People at Risk.
U.S : Bill Advances Bias in Adoption, Foster Care
Child welfare agencies in the United States could be allowed to discriminate under a recent amendment to legislation pending before Congress. The amendment would also threaten the rights of children in care, Human Rights Watch said in a video released today.
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laws function as a license to discriminate rather than a good faith attempt to protect religious liberty and should be repealed.
Trump Formally Bars Transgender People from Military
On the evening of Friday, August 25, Donald Trump released a memorandum instructing the Secretaries of Defense and Homeland Security to limit transgender employment and health care in the military.
HRW Response to Trump’s Ban on Transgender Service Members
Donald Trump today announced on Twitter that transgender people would no longer be allowed to serve in the U.S military.