by Beth Holmes | Mar 28, 2022 | Civil Rights, Gender, Human Rights, LGBTQIA+ Youth, Politics, Power LGBT, Sexuality, Transgender
Texas trans children and their families will not be investigated for abuse, according to a second Texas appeals court. In February, Texas Governor Greg Abbott directed the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) to investigate all gender-affirming...
by Beth Holmes | Mar 21, 2022 | Civil Rights, Gender, Homophobia, Human Rights, Intersex, LGBTQIA+, News, Politics, Power LGBT, Religion, Transgender
Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt is being sued over birth certificates, in a case crucial to trans and non-binary Oklahomans. In November 2021, Oklahoma Governor Stitt issued an executive order to direct the state to cease issuing birth certificates with a nonbinary...
by Beth Holmes | Mar 7, 2022 | Civil Rights, Equality, Gay and Lesbian, Homophobia, Human Rights, International, LGBT community, LGBTQIA+, News, Politics, Power LGBT, Queer Community, Religion, Sexuality, Transgender, Women's Rights
LGBT Ukrainians fight for a country that disdains them, because Russia is certainly worse. Ukraine decriminalized same-sex sexual activity in the 1990s and allows trans people over 25 to legally change their gender, allows LGBT people to serve in the military and...
by Beth Holmes | Feb 21, 2022 | Civil Rights, Equality, Gay and Lesbian, Gender, Human Rights, International, LGBT community, LGBTQIA+, News, Power LGBT, Queer Community, Sexuality, Transgender
Conversion practices are to be banned in New Zealand, after the third and final reading of a bill first proposed in 2018. The bill, which passed with 112 votes for, and 8 against, will still need to be signed off by New Zealand’s Governor-General for Royal...
by Beth Holmes | Feb 14, 2022 | Civil Rights, Education, Equality, Gay and Lesbian, Gender, Homophobia, Human Rights, International, LGBT community, LGBTQIA+, LGBTQIA+ Youth, Politics, Power LGBT, Religion, Sexuality, Transgender
Religious schools in Australia may soon be stopped from punishing students for their sexuality or gender identity. Scott Morrison, the Australian Prime Minster, is fairly right-wing, so it came as a surprise when he promised last Thursday to stop faith-based schools...
by Beth Holmes | Feb 7, 2022 | Civil Rights, Human Rights, International, News, Politics, Racism, Religion
An Uyghur man has been sentenced to death in China for printing textbooks featuring scenes of Uyghur history. Sattar Sawut is a Uyghur official in the Xinjiang Education Department. The textbooks in question were published in 2009. At the time, none of their content...
