India’s largest psychiatric body declassifies homosexuality as a mental illness

• Released Date: 10-Jun-2018

The IPS, India’s largest psychiatric body has declassified homosexuality as a mental illness. The IPS has around 3,000 members, and started issuing the new guidance earlier this week.

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Indiana Republicans vote to keep supporting Mike Pence’s stance on same-sex marriage

• Released Date: 10-Jun-2018

Indiana Republicans have overwhelmingly voted to keep supporting the definition of marriage added to the party by Mike Pence. In 2014 as governor of Indiana, Pence sought to define the “traditional family” in the Indiana Republican party platform, cl

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SNP politician John Mason criticises pardoning of gay men, saying it’s like “apologising for Roman occupation”

• Released Date: 10-Jun-2018

On Wednesday, the Scottish government passed a bill pardoning gay men who had been convicted when male homosexuality was illegal in the country. The passing of the bill marked the third stage of the Historical Sexual Offences (Pardons and Disregards)

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Transgender man starts legal battle to be recognised as the father of baby he gave birth to

• Released Date: 09-Jun-2018

transgender man has begun a legal battle to be officially identified as the father of a baby he gave birth to. After giving birth to his child, the unidentified trans man asked to be listed as either the father or parent on the baby’s birth certific

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Court Ruling Upholds Right of Same-Sex Couple to Live in Romania

• Released Date: 07-Jun-2018

European Union rules generally allow the non-EU spouse of a citizen to live and work anywhere in its jurisdiction of 28 member states if they accompany their EU citizen partner. But when Adrian and Clai wanted to move to Romania, Romanian authorities

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Cruise giant hopes to resume onboard same-sex weddings after defeat of Bermuda anti-gay law

• Released Date: 07-Jun-2018

Cruise ship giant Carnival says it hopes to resume onboard same-sex weddings on its ships, after an anti-gay law was struck down in Bermuda. Carnival was forced to scrap same-sex weddings onboard its 24 vessels registered in Bermuda earlier this year

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Boris Johnson under fire as Bermuda Supreme Court strikes down anti-gay law he ‘greenlit’

• Released Date: 07-Jun-2018

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is facing questions after a law banning same-sex marriage that was signed off by the Foreign & Commonwealth Office was found to violate human rights by Bermuda’s Supreme Court.

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Bermuda Supreme Court strikes down law banning equal marriage

• Released Date: 06-Jun-2018

Bermuda’s Supreme Court has again struck down a law banning same-sex marriage. Bermuda, which is a British Overseas Territory, has had a tumultuous journey on LGBT rights.  Gay weddings began in May 2017 after Bermuda’s highest court ruled in favour

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Same-sex spouses have equal residency rights as straight couples, EU court rules

• Released Date: 06-Jun-2018

In a landmark ruling, the highest court in the European Union has declared on that all EU citizens – whether in same-sex or heterosexual relationships – can bring their non-EU spouses into their country to live with them, regardless of whether that m

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The latest primary results spell good news for Democrats & LGBTQ people

• Released Date: 06-Jun-2018

LGBTQ candidates succeeded in other races as well. Democrat Ricardo Lara will be facing Steve Poizner, a Republican turned independent, to become California’s Insurance Commissioner. Lara would be the first openly gay statewide official in California

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Scottish Parliament unanimously passes gay pardon law

• Released Date: 06-Jun-2018

Same-sex sexual activity between men over 21 was only decriminalised in Scotland in 1981, despite it happening over a decade before then in both Wales and England. Surprisingly, sex between women was never targeted by the laws.

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Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, And Transgender Workplace Issues

• Released Date: 06-Jun-2018

It Is Difficult to Determine the Size of the LGBT Population Stigma and methodological barriers make it difficult to get an accurate count of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) population.1 The following statistics are the best estima

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