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Uruguay Lawmakers Approve Sweeping Trans Rights Bill Michael K Lavers News October 24, 2018 0Lawmakers in Uruguay on Oct. 18 approved a bill that would extend rights to transgender people in the South American...
Tokyo Passes Anti-Discrimination Law Katie Burkholder News October 8, 2018 0When Yuriko Koike was elected Governor of Tokyo in 2016, she wrote that she believed that the 2020 Olympic Games...
Cuyahoga County Passes LGBTQ-Inclusive Non-Discrimination Policy David Nolan National September 27, 2018 0On Tuesday September 25, the Cuyahoga County Council passed a countywide ordinance to include protections against discrimination based on sexual...
Chilean Transgender Name Bill Passes Legislature Katie Burkholder World September 20, 2018 0After five years, Chile’s congress approved a bill allowing transgender people older than 14 to change their name and gender...
Delaware Man Charged With Hate Crime For Alleged Assault at Dover Pride David Nolan Atlanta Pride September 15, 2018 0Sean Wiley, a 31-year-old man from Delaware, has been charged with a hate crime for assaulting one man at a...
Japanese Politicians Denounce Anti-LGBTQ Diet Member Jason Rhode National September 12, 2018 0Japanese civil rights advocates and politicians have publicly condemned anti-LGBTQ statements made by Diet Member Mio Sugita. They have asked...
Egypt’s LGBTQ Crackdown Continues Lyrik Courtney World August 28, 2018 0Egypt’s anti-LGBTQ crackdown that gained traction after a rainbow flag was raised at a concert in Cairo last November is...
German Government Approves Third Gender Option for ID Docs Lyrik Courtney World August 25, 2018 0Germany’s Cabinet has agreed to instate a third gender option, aptly named “diverse,” to exist along its “male” and “female”...
Russian Teen Charged Under “Gay Propaganda Law” Says He Will Continue Fight Joshua Chen Politics August 23, 2018 0Earlier this month, the first minor was charged under Russia’s “gay propaganda laws.” The Russian LGBT Network reports that sixteen-year-old...
Clarksdale is third Mississippi city to pass LGBTQ-Inclusive Ordinance Kenneth Johnson National August 20, 2018 0Mississippi is one of thirty states not legally bound by LGBTQ-inclusive non-discrimination protections. However, the state is slowly changing. Local...
Costa Rica Lifts Ban On Gay Marriage Katie Burkholder World August 19, 2018 0In a huge victory for the LGBTQ population in Costa Rica and worldwide, the supreme court of Costa Rica lifted...