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CHARLOTTE, NC — (01-31-24) — A federal complaint has been filed by LGBT Advocates of the Southern Equality, claims that North Carolina's Parents' Bill of Rights, "are systematically marginalizing lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) students." The Title IX complaint includes testimonials from unnamed students, parents, educators and school staff. Attorneys working with the [...]
TOKYO, JP — (07-12-23) — Japanese lawmakers have just passed a law that 'Promotes Understanding of LGBT People'. According to Human Rights Watch, in June, the Japanese Diet, the national legislature of Japan, passed its first-ever law on sexual orientation and gender identity. It seeks to “promote understanding” and avoid “unfair discrimination.” The law states [...]
TOKYO, JP — (06-16-23) — Japan has passed a watered-down LGBT Understanding Law on Friday, that is meant to promote understanding of the LGBT community. Critics of the bill say the pathetic law has absolutely no human rights guarantees, while conservative lawmakers claim that the measure is too permissive. Japan is the only Group of [...]
SACRAMENTO, CA — (05-21-23) — The LGBT Bill of Rights adopted in California is being challenged in the case of Taking Offense vs State of California. The case pending before the California Supreme Court is challenging a provision of the state’s LGBT bill of rights that protects residents from a residential community or facility’s refusal [...]
ROME, IT — (01-25-23) — Pope Francis calls for an end to all anti-LGBTQ laws and now says that he welcomes the LGBTQ community into the Catholic Church. Pope Francis has criticized laws that criminalize homosexuality as “unjust”, saying "God loves all his children just as they are", and calling on Catholic bishops worldwide who [...]
LAS VEGAS — (01-13-23) — Federal Judge Ann Aiken sided with the religious right on Thursday, by dismissing a lawsuit filed by LGBTQ students who allege the Department of Education doesn't protect them against discrimination. The students cited more than two dozen religiously affiliated universities that receive federal funding while discriminating against LGBTQ students. A [...]
JERUSALEM — (12-24-22) — Refusing services to LGBTQ+ people and non-Jews will now be allowed under Benjamin Netanyahu's government. Otzma Yehudit, head MK Itamar Ben-Gvir, defended the new clause added to the new coalition agreements that will allow private business owners to refuse services to Israelis based on religious beliefs. Meaning Israeli businesses will be [...]
AUSTIN, TX — (12-19-22) — The Biden administration failed to appeal a recent court loss in Texas regarding federal LGBTQ protections, a decision Attorney General Ken Paxton is celebrating as a win for anti-LGBTQ advocates. On October 1, Trump-appointed judge Matthew Kacsmaryk declared unlawful two pieces of the Affordable Care Act's federal guidance: one that [...]
NEW YORK, NY — (12-17-22) — New York Appeals Court rules that Yeshiva University must recognize LGBTQ club. The ruling by the Appellate Division in Manhattan hands the LGBTQ students of the university a win for LGBTQ Rights, while handing a setback for the university in its fight to avoid recognizing the YU Pride Alliance. [...]
AUSTIN, TX — (12-13-22) — The future of the Biden administration’s efforts to prohibit LGBTQ discrimination in the Affordable Care Act' is at risk after right wing judge, Matthew J. Kacsmaryk, ruled on Tuesday that the (ACA) defines sex too narrowly. The decision weakens protections for LGBTQ Americans who believe they were discriminated against because [...]