Category: Around the World
More than six years after Botswana’s courts struck down the criminalisation of same-sex intimacy, the government has now formally removed the discriminatory provisions from the law itself, in a long-overdue legal clean-up that activists say matters both symbolically and practically. On 26 March, the government published a notice deleting paragraphs (a) and (c) of Section […]
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has signed a new law banning local governments from using public money to support Pride celebrations and other diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, marking the latest step in his long-running campaign against DEI and LGBTQ+ visibility. The bill, SB 1134, was signed on 22 April and applies to counties, cities, contractors […]
The Supreme Court of the United States has agreed to hear a case that could determine whether publicly funded preschool providers can refuse to enrol children of LGBTQ+ parents. The case, St. Mary Catholic Parish in Littleton v. Roy, centres on Colorado’s universal preschool programme, which requires participating providers — including religious schools — to […]
Hungary’s incoming government is already facing a major first test after the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that the country’s so-called “LGBT propaganda” law was not only illegal, but a breach of the European Union’s foundational values. The ruling lands just days after Viktor Orbán’s defeat and places immediate pressure on incoming […]
Silas H. Shelton, a pastor from the U.S. state of Ohio who had previously spoken out against LGBTQ+ visibility in schools, has pleaded guilty to multiple sex offences involving a minor. Court records and local reporting show Shelton entered the plea on Monday, 20 April, just before his five-day trial was due to begin. Shelton […]
Online donors have raised more than US$71,000 to help cover the legal costs of David Vulin, a gay father who was arrested and later charged with a felony after a confrontation with a right-wing media personality who suggested on camera that he and his husband were more likely to molest their newborn son. The fundraiser […]
A self-help book aimed at parents of transgender children is currently available in 58 public libraries across the UK, prompting concern from LGBTQ+ campaigners who say it promotes harmful and misleading ideas about trans young people. An investigation by QueerAF found that When Kids Say They’re Trans: A Guide for Thoughtful Parents, written by therapists […]
A young man has become the first person sentenced under Senegal’s newly enacted anti-LGBTQ+ law, in a case that has sparked serious concern from human rights organisations. According to the Associated Press, the 24-year-old labourer was sentenced last week by a court in the Dakar suburb of Pikine-Guédiawaye to six years in prison and fined […]