Schools in France are set to replace the words “mother” and “father” with gender neutral terms “parent 1” and “parent 2” on official documents in an attempt to curb discrimination against same-sex parents. The new measure is outlined in an amendment to France’s School of Trust Bill and has passed a first reading by the country’s(…)
Pioneering LGBT activist Oscar Cazorla was killed in his home in Juchitan, in Oaxaca, Mexico, on Saturday (February 9). According to the Oaxaca police, who have opened a murder investigation, the 68-year-old died from a blow to the heart inflicted by a sharp object. Cazorla was well known in Mexico’s southern state of Oaxaca for advocating(…)
People with HIV/AIDS in Venezuela are dying because of an acute lack of available antiretroviral drugs in the country, according to service providers and activists with whom the Washington Blade has spoken in recent days. César Sequera, founder of Alianza Lambda de Venezuela, a Venezuelan LGBTI advocacy group, told the Blade on Feb. 8 during(…)
The Kyodo News reports: Thirteen same-sex couples demanding marriage equality filed lawsuits against the government at district courts across Japan on Valentine’s Day on Thursday, arguing that its refusal to allow them to marry is unconstitutional and discriminatory. Each of the 26 plaintiffs is seeking 1 million yen ($9,000) in compensation, claiming that the government’s failure to(…)
The European Parliament made history today (14 February) as it passed its first resolution dedicated to the ‘urgent need’ to protect the human rights of intersex people. ‘Intersex people are exposed to multiple instances of violence and discrimination in the European Union and these human rights violations remain widely unknown to the general public and(…)
A homophobic attack occurs every 10 hours in Israel and a homphobic social media post every four minutes, a report showed. The Affiliation for LGBTQ Equality in Israel, or Aguda, submitted the damming report to Israel’s president last week. The group also found a 54% rise in LGBTI hate crime over the last 12 months in(…)
Gay codebreaker Alan Turing has been named the greatest icon of the 20th century. Alan Turing prevailed in Tuesday’s (February 5) final of BBC Two Icons series, winning a public vote that saw him go up against Dr Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela, Ernest Shackleton, David Bowie, Muhammad Ali and Pablo Picasso. Alan Turing was persecuted for being gay During(…)
The UK government must end detainment of LGBTI asylum seekers, activists say. LGBTI people fleeing death threats should not be detained indefinitely, according to the UK Lesbian and Gay Immigration Group. The Joint Committee on Human Rights have called to put a time limit on immigration detention. Many asylum seekers are detained indefinitely. MPs from across(…)
More than 60 members of the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday urged Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to publicly condemn the anti-LGBTI crackdown in Chechnya. U.S. Reps. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), David Cicilline (D-R.I.), Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.) and the other lawmakers in their letter also urged Pompeo to pressure the Russian government to end the(…)
A man from Chechnya said he is suing a newspaper for naming him as one of the men rounded up by agents as part of the gay purge. Bekkhan Yusupov has criticized news site Noveya Gazeta in two outlets for stating he was caught in the purge, when he says he was not. He told(…)