by Beth Holmes | Oct 31, 2022 | Civil Rights, Homophobia, Human Rights, International, Politics, Power LGBT, Religion, Transgender
Qatar police are detaining and abusing LGBT people, according to a Human Rights Watch report released in advance of the World Cup next month. Homosexuality has been illegal for men in Qatar since before it was Qatar, which made their selection to host the 2022 FIFA...
by Beth Holmes | Oct 17, 2022 | Homophobia, Human Rights, International, LGBT community, LGBTQIA+, Politics, Power LGBT
Italy changes the game for LGBT rights right before their new far-right government takes the reins. On September 25, the Brothers of Italy party won an election which allowed them to seat a new prime minister. The party, which political experts describe as...
by Beth Holmes | Oct 10, 2022 | Civil Rights, Human Rights, International, LGBT community, News, Politics, Power LGBT, Transgender
Kharkiv had its pride parade, stepping over bomb damage in the streets as the LGBT population of Ukraine worried about what will come next. Ukraine doesn’t recognize any kind of same-sex union, bans same-sex couples from adopting, refused to back an EU domestic...
by Beth Holmes | Aug 29, 2022 | Civil Rights, Gay and Lesbian, Gender, Human Rights, Politics, Power LGBT, Transgender
Vietnam has declared homosexuality “not a disease” and banned conversion therapy in a single move, in a landmark victory for LGBTQ citizens of the conservative country. In early August, the Vietnamese health ministry issued a dispatch that outlined five new primary...
by Beth Holmes | Aug 22, 2022 | Civil Rights, Gay and Lesbian, Homophobia, Human Rights, Power LGBT, Science
Tom Wolf, Governor of Pennsylvania, has signed an executive order banning conversion therapy for minors in the state. Specifically, the EO directs state agencies to discourage conversion therapy for all ages, promoting instead evidence-based practices for supporting...
by Beth Holmes | Aug 8, 2022 | Civil Rights, Health, Human Rights, Politics, Religion, Women's Rights
Idaho’s abortion law conflicts with federal law guaranteeing pregnant people with full care, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday by the Justice Department. Idaho’s abortion law was already on the books when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade....