India’s supreme court has just decriminalised homosexual sex acts in landmark ruling

• Released Date: 06-Sep-2018

The court announced in Delhi on Thursday morning that a ban on homosexual sex acts had been lifted in a landmark ruling, drawing cheers from the LGBTQ community and activists in the country.

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Second Malaysian state wants to start caning LGBTI people after lesbians caned

• Released Date: 04-Sep-2018

The caning of two women for ‘attempted sexual relations’ in Malaysia may have started a worrying trend in the country.

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LGBT rights: Malaysia women caned for attempting to have lesbian sex

• Released Date: 03-Sep-2018

The Muslim women, aged 22 and 32, were each caned six times in the Sharia High Court in the state of Terengganu.

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Malaysia canes two women for lesbian sex

• Released Date: 03-Sep-2018

Caning officers lashed the two women, who were arrested by Islamic enforcement officers in Malaysia in April, six times in front of the public.

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16 U.S. states are trying to get the Supreme Court to restrict protections for LGBTQ workers

• Released Date: 02-Sep-2018

16 U.S. states are headed to the Supreme Court in an attempt to restrict protections for LGBTQ workers. The states, alongside 13 attorney generals and three Republican governors are arguing that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 doesn’t apply

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US Supreme Court refuses to hear case about gay couples and foster children

• Released Date: 31-Aug-2018

The United States Supreme Court on Thursday (30 August) refused to take on a case about placing foster children with gay couples.

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States are asking the US Supreme Court to restrict protections for LGBTI workers

• Released Date: 30-Aug-2018

A considerable number of states in the United States are appealing to the Supreme Court to restrict protections for LGBTI workers.

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Fears of LGBT+ rights ‘reversal’ under new Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison

• Released Date: 29-Aug-2018

There is a risk of Australia reversing course on LGBT+ rights under the country’s new Prime Minister Scott Morrison, the country’s opposition has warned.

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California becomes the first state to stand behind intersex rights

• Released Date: 29-Aug-2018

California’s state legislature passed a new resolution today (28 August) affirming the rights of intersex people. This makes them the first state in the US with such language and protection.

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16 states want the Supreme Court to okay anti-trans workplace discrimination

• Released Date: 24-Aug-2018

In a move that puts them in league with former Alabama Judge Roy Moore and a leading anti-marriage religious right group, sixteen states have asked the Supreme Court to reaffirm the right of employers to fire you if you are transgender.

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Rights group calls on Malaysia to halt caning of two women for same-sex relations

• Released Date: 22-Aug-2018

Human Rights Watch (HRW) have called on the Malaysian authorities halt the caning of two women for having same-sex relations.

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Aug 20 Call for applications - Utilizing UN Mechanisms to Promote Human Rights for LGBTI Community in South and Southeast Asia

• Released Date: 20-Aug-2018

ILGA Asia, ASEAN SOGIE Caucus, Fortify Rights, Manushya Foundation, Sangsan Anakot Yawachon, and COC Netherlands are organizing a training on monitoring and reporting human rights violations targeting LGBTI people in South and Southeast Asia to UN me

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