Category: Around the World
Japan has taken a landmark step towards non-binary legal recognition following a major ruling from the Osaka High Court. On 8 May, the court ruled that Japan’s family registration system, known as the koseki, violates constitutional equality protections by offering only “male” and “female” as gender options. The koseki is Japan’s mandatory national record-keeping system, […]
Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk has confirmed that the country will begin recognising same-sex marriages performed in other European Union countries, following major rulings from both the Court of Justice of the European Union and Poland’s Supreme Administrative Court. The November 2025 ruling from the European Court of Justice and the 20 March ruling from […]
The UK Government has pledged to introduce a trans-inclusive ban on conversion therapy, with a Draft Conversion Practices Bill included in Wednesday’s King’s Speech. The Bill forms part of Labour’s legislative programme for the coming parliamentary session and follows a commitment made in the party’s 2024 election manifesto. The Government says the legislation will aim […]
A campaign calling for a European Union-wide ban on so-called conversion therapy has fallen short, despite a petition signed by more than 1.2 million people and support from the European Parliament. On Wednesday, the European Commission responded to the European Citizens’ Initiative by saying that, after it “had analysed the legal possibilities”, it could only […]
Activists are beginning to mobilise against a major upcoming anti-LGBTQ+ “family values” conference set to take place in Ghana, with campaigners pressuring the host hotel and highlighting what they describe as foreign influence behind the event. The 4th African Inter-Parliamentary Conference on Family, Sovereignty and Values has now been confirmed for 3 to 6 June […]
A man in Germany was allegedly murdered by his temporary roommate after moving into a shared home following a breakup. The 44-year-old victim had reportedly moved in with the 35-year-old defendant while waiting for his own property to become available. According to reports, the landlord made a room available in a shared home where the […]
A woman in Russia has been sentenced to 18 months of forced labour after admitting she wrote gay fan-fiction about K-Pop group Stray Kids. Alexandra Kuzyk, a 36-year-old photographer and stylist, was found guilty of the “illegal production and distribution of pornographic materials” after publishing fan-fiction depicting same-sex romance. According to KP-Yekaterinburg, the case began […]
Malta is no longer Europe’s top-ranked country for LGBTQ+ rights, with Spain taking the number one spot in ILGA-Europe’s 2026 Rainbow Map. The 18th annual Rainbow Map ranks 49 European countries based on laws and policies affecting LGBTI communities. Spain’s rise to the top follows the introduction of new legal protections, a new independent equal […]