by Davide Ligalupi | Aug 6, 2020 | Lgbt political
Sudan abolishes the death penalty for homosexual people Sudan’s decision to lift the death penalty and flogging as punishment for gay sex was hailed by LGBT+ activists on Thursday as a promising sign after almost four decades of Islamist rule, with calls for prison...
by Davide Ligalupi | Aug 4, 2020 | Lgbt political, Lgbt political
Over the coming days, HRC will be highlighting the key attacks from the Trump-Pence Administration and the commitments from the Biden administration to undo those attacks and build a better future for LGBTQ people. These are Trump’s attacks on and Biden’s record and...
by Davide Ligalupi | Jul 22, 2020 | Lgbt political
As New Zealand and Australia continue to drag their feet on enacting laws on banning conversion therapy, United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson has today backed an earlier promise to outlaw LGBTQ conversion therapy in the UK. In a move widely supported by the...
by Davide Ligalupi | Jul 8, 2020 | Lgbt political
Ahead of run-off vote, Polish president proposes constitutional ban on LGBT adoption WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland’s President Andrzej Duda on Monday proposed changing the constitution to ban LGBT couples from adopting children ahead of Sunday’s presidential run-off...
by Davide Ligalupi | Jun 25, 2020 | Lgbt political
A bill to decriminalise homosexual activity is making headway in Gabon, where such contact has been banned for nearly a year. The central African country’s National Assembly voted late Tuesday to adopt an amendment to criminal legislation to remove a paragraph...
by Davide Ligalupi | Jun 23, 2020 | Lgbt political
The European Commission made the threat in a letter to five Polish local governors who have declared their regions to be “LGBT-free” zones. These areas now cover more than a third of the country, with nearly 100 Polish municipal or local governments having pledged to...