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The U.N. Votes To Create Its First LGBT Rights Watchdog
The person appointed to this new role will be responsible for monitoring “violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.”
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Pope Francis Says Church “Must Say It’s Sorry” To Gays And Others “It Has Offended”
The pope appeared to defend a liberal cardinal who caused a stir with remarks earlier this year suggesting same-sex relationships have “worth.”
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Turkish Police Use Tear Gas In Crackdown On Istanbul Pride
Istanbul’s governor banned all pride activities in the city, but defiant activists still tried to gather in the city. A member of the European Parliament was among those detained.
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This Is How Brexit Could Affect LGBT Rights Around The World
The EU has been an engine of change both within and outside of Europe — what happens now that it’s splitting apart?
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ISIS Members Arrested For Plotting To Attack Transgender Pride In Istanbul, Officials Say
Turkish officials had banned the pride march citing security concerns and used tear gas to break it up when activists gathered in violation of the ban.
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Activists Tear Gassed, Detained At Turkish Transgender Pride Parade
Police used rubber bullets to disperse the small crowd of activists and press on Sunday.
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Istanbul Bans Region’s Largest LGBT Pride March
“We are now so afraid after what happened in Orlando because we can see that it gave courage to the Islamist groups here,” a march organizer said.
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Kenyan Court Upholds Anal Exams For Homosexuality Charges
“Nothing stops the police from arresting me [now] because I’ve said I was a homosexual,” said Eric Gitari of the National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission.
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Law Enforcement Contacts Gay Hookup App Regarding Orlando Shooter
A witness said shooter Omar Mateen exchanged messages with him on Jack’d. Mateen on Sunday killed 49 people at an LGBT nightclub.
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How Far-Right Groups Are Using Orlando to Turn LGBT People Against Muslims and Immigrants
Anti-immigrant voices are seizing the moment, leaving LGBT advocates struggling to respond.
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UN Security Council Condemns Orlando Attack In Unprecedented Statement
The statement is the first time the Security Council has condemned violence on the basis of sexual orientation.
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United Nations To Consider Creating An LGBT Rights Officer
Five South American countries are expected to propose creating a new office concerned with LGBTI people’s rights during next week’s meeting of the Human Rights Council.
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Nigeria’s Former President Thinks Anti-LGBT Law Could Be Revisited
Former President Goodluck Jonathan said in a speech in London the law may need to be revised as part of a discussion on how citizens can be “treated equally and without discrimination.”
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Norway Is The Latest Country To Make Life Way Easier For Transgender People
Norway is the fourth country in Europe to adopt a law that gives transgender people full control over the gender listed on their documents.
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Can The Olympics Bring Marriage Equality To Japan?
A push for marriage equality is building in Japan, but same-sex couples aren’t leading the charge. J. Lester Feder reports from Tokyo.
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Italy Finally Creates Civil Unions For Same-Sex Couples
The bill will end Italy’s status as the only country in Western Europe with no legal protections for same-sex couples.
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This Map Shows The Best And Worst Places To Be Trans In Europe In 2016
Europe now has three countries where transgender people can change their documentation without a doctor’s approval.
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These Are The LGBT Activists Hacked To Death By Al-Qaeda In Bangladesh
Xulhaz Mannan and Tonoy Mahbub were killed in Dhaka. One man has been arrested in connection with their deaths.
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Police Arrest Islamic Militant Over Death Of LGBT Activists In Bangladesh
Xulhaz Mannan and Tonoy Mahbub were killed in April. The Bangladeshi branch of al-Qaeda has claimed responsibility for the killings.
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Would-Be Asylum Seekers Are Stuck At Guantanamo Bay
The Obama administration says it has no plans to end a decades-old program that holds would-be asylum seekers without access to lawyers on the same legal grounds underpinning the detentions of those held in the so-called “war on terror.”
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