Civil rights & child welfare groups gear up to fight attempts to legalize bans on gay adoption

• Released Date: 27-Jul-2018

The nation’s civil rights organizations, religious groups, and child welfare organizations are going to war over the Republican proposal to allow adoption agencies to discriminate against LGBTQ people.

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Transgender people ‘barred from voting’ in Pakistan election

• Released Date: 26-Jul-2018

Transgender voters in the Pakistani city of Peshawar have reportedly been denied access to polling stations during the country’s general election.

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New GOP bill would ban flying of Pride flag at U.S. embassies

• Released Date: 26-Jul-2018

A Republican lawmaker in the U.S. House has introduced legislation that appears to be aimed at barring U.S. embassies from flying the Pride flag in recognition of the LGBT community.

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Israel’s high court slams state’s treatment of same-sex parents

• Released Date: 26-Jul-2018

Israel’s high court has sided with two different cases involving the rights of same-sex parents, ordering the state to carry out a series of instructions.

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Sean Spicer reveals the cynical reason Trump claimed to support ‘L-G-B-T-Q’ rights

• Released Date: 25-Jul-2018

Donald Trump cynically shifted stance on LGBT rights in order to shore up support, his former press secretary Sean Spicer has revealed.

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Republicans in Congress want to ban embassies from flying the rainbow flag

• Released Date: 25-Jul-2018

A bill introduced in the House Foreign Affairs Committee would “prohibit the flying of any flag other than the United States flag over United States diplomatic and consular posts, and for other purposes.”

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MVថ្មី «លំដាប់ខ្ទើយ» របស់ ម៉ា ដូណា ថតដល់៧ប្រទេស និងចំណាយអស់ជាង ១ម៉ឺនដុល្លារ

• Released Date: 25-Jul-2018

(ភ្នំពេញ)៖ អាចនិយាយបានថាលោក ម៉ា ដូណា ជាតារាទទួលបានប្រជាប្រិយភាពខ្លាំងមែនទែនលើបទចម្រៀងរបស់ខ្លួន។ ក្នុងនោះគេសង្កេតឃើញថា តារាពហុជំនាញ រូបនេះមានការគាំទ្រខ្លាំង ក្រោយពីលោកបាន ងាកមកធ្វើបទចម្រៀងបែប Original Song។

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Israeli LGBT groups vow to keep up campaign

• Released Date: 25-Jul-2018

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) — Israeli LGBT campaigners vowed on Monday to step up their fight for the right to become parents following mass demonstrations in Tel Aviv in support of gay fathers.

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‘Do you know LGBTs are promoting their lifestyle online?’

• Released Date: 24-Jul-2018

Some 620,000 LGBTs (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) are turning to social media to promote their “services” and lifestyle, claims Datuk Ahmad Nazlan Idris (pic) (BN-Jerantut).

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SUICIDE PREVENTION TRIAL IN NORTH BRISBANE TO FOCUS ON LGBTI PEOPLE

• Released Date: 24-Jul-2018

A suicide prevention trial in North Brisbane and the Moreton Bay region will be used to help improve suicide prevention services for LGBTI people.

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Delaware becomes the 14th US state to make ‘conversion therapy’ illegal

• Released Date: 24-Jul-2018

It makes the east coast state the 14th in the US to ban the so-called therapy, which is often used in attempt to ‘cure’ a person of being homosexual. The practice has been widely discredited by experts and has a profoundly negative impact on LGBTQ y

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INTERSEX RIGHTS CONSULTATION LAUNCHED BY AUSTRALIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION

• Released Date: 23-Jul-2018

The Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is seeking input from people born with intersex variations on how to best protect their human rights.

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