The committee refers to President Trump’s executive order in its policy change.
How LGBTQIA+ NGOs use the International System to Influence Domestic Policymaking
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Uses case studies of three countries and gives policy recommendations for the future
Offers insight into influencing domestic policy in countries with strong LGBTQIA+ opposition
Reveals how LGBTQIA+ NGOS facilitate access to international channels for domestic NGOs
More: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-94740-7
Constitutional Court of Italy: Intended mothers have right to paternity leave
(ANSA) – ROME, JUL 21 – Italy’s Constitutional Court on Monday ruled that the both members of a lesbian couple have the right to time off after the birth of a child, not just the biological mother.
The ruling regarded an issue raised by the Brescia Court of Appeal on the refusal of paternity leave – 10 days off work at full pay – to the so-called ‘intended mother’ in a sex-same couple.
The Constitutional Court ruled that it was illegitimate not to grant paternity leave to a female worker who was a non-biological intended parent.
Paternity leave had been denied because both women had been registered as mothers in the civil register. (ANSA).
See also: https://www.equalitylaw.eu/downloads/6358-italy-extension-of-compulsory-leave-to-two-women-couples
UN expert wants to make women’s rights about biology. Campaigners warn it’s anti-gender rhetoric
A special rapporteur’s claim that biological sex is to blame for violence faced by women and girls sparked pushback from states and advocates at the Human Rights Council who warn it risks rolling back hard-won protections for women and LGBTQI people.
Special rapporteurs are typically known for pushing human rights boundaries forward. But Reem Alsalem, the current UN expert on violence against women and girls, appears to be pulling in the opposite direction. Her outspoken opposition to gender self-identification laws and trans women’s participation in women’s sports, along with her calls to abolish sex work, have long drawn outcry from civil society and stirred unease within the UN system itself.
EU Parliament: No EU Membership for Georgia until Changing Authoritarian Course
The recommendations include repealing laws targeting civil society and LGBT rights, strengthening anti-corruption efforts, and safeguarding fundamental freedoms.
Gay Exorcism Survivor Receives Five-Figure Settlement From His U.K. Church
More: https://www.them.us/story/gay-exorcism-survivor-uk-church-court-settlement-matthew-drapper
UK: Northumbria Police bans officers from displaying trans colours and scraps rainbow Pride car after landmark ruling
More: https://www.gbnews.com/news/northumbria-police-pride-ruling-officers-banned-trans-linzi-smith
Russia bookstore fined for LGBTQA+ ‘propaganda’ by selling books
A Moscow court fined the bookstore Falalster 800,000 rubles (approximately $10,000) and its founder, Boris Kupriyanov, 100,000 rubles (approximately $1,300) on the charges of LGBTQA+ “propaganda,” according to local media.
Charges were reportedly based on the bookstore selling books like More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera, Satanic Feminism by Per Faxneld, Fruit of Knowledge by Liv Strömquist, The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth, and Fence: Volume Two by C.S. Pacat. The court found that the removed literature “propagandizes non-traditional relationships and sex change.”
Kupriyanov plead not guilty, elaborating that the books are not banned, are not found on prohibited or extremist lists, and were not deemed “problematic” until the trial. He also questioned the expertise of the expert used to determine the “problematic” nature of the books, stating that he is unaware of their level of education and that, in some cases, the “problematic” parts of the books were taken out of context.
The founder of the bookstore also criticized the trial process, sharing that he was not aware of the expertise analysis taking place or of the rights that he is entitled to. Kupriyanov concluded with a challenge, rationalizing that the expert needs to read all 38,000 books sold in the bookstore to make sure that there are no other complaints.
Falalster was fined 80,000 rubles (approximately $1,000) and Kupriyanov 40,000 rubles (approximately $500) earlier this year for selling “On the Way to Magadan” by Belarusian anarchist Ihar Alinevich. The book was registered as “undesirable” in 2024. Kupriyanov pled not guilty then as well, noting that the publication of the book was incorrectly identified on the Ministry of Justice’s “undesirable” booklist.
Bookstores in Russia have been facing intensified prosecution for the sale of “undesirable” books, with books accused of “LGBTQA+ propaganda” currently taking the spotlight. Earlier this month, a Saint Petersburg Court announced a case against bookstore Подписные издания (Subscription Editions) on the aforementioned charges. The bookstore was previously fined 800,000 rubles (approximately $10,000) on the same charges. In May of this year, employees of publishing houses Eksmo and Popcorn Books were arrested amidst a LGBTQA+ “propaganda” investigation.
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Trump administration stops abuse protection for transgender detainees in ICE custody
Transgender people who U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials detain are no longer recognized by their gender identity, and detention facilities are no longer required to take special care in housing trans detainees.
More: https://www.advocate.com/news/transgender-detainees-danger-ice-custody
uerto Rico’s LGBTQ+ Federation on Thursday denounced a recently passed law that prohibits the use of puberty blockers, hormone treatment, and gender-affirming surgeries for anybody under the age of 21. The law, called the “Law for the Protection of the Health and Wellbeing of Minors in Puerto Rico,” imposes an up-to-15-year sentence and a $50,000 fine on offenders. The law effectively prohibits “medical procedures or surgeries that alter the biological sex of minors under the pretext of a gender transition, including irreversible hormonal interventions.” Additionally, the law aims to revoke the licenses of any medical professional in contravention.
Pedro Julio Serrano, the president of La Federación LGBTQ+ de Puerto Rico, said that the law targets transgender minors and their families trying to better their life opportunities. He also said that the federation is looking to seek legal recourse, challenging the constitutionality of the law. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Puerto Rico also criticized the law, stating that the law not only “criminalizes mothers, fathers and doctors, but directly discriminates against transgender people and denies the existence of trans childhood and youth.” Serrano also criticized Governor Jenniffer González-Colón, telling The Advocate that “Jenniffer González, through her actions, declares herself the most anti-equality governor in history. She ignored her own Secretary of Health and the medical associations that support treatment for trans minors.”
Prior to the bill’s passage, parents of trans youth lobbied the governor to veto the bill after it passed the Puerto Rican Senate, but she instead sent it back and ordered modifications. GLAAD, a non-profit focused on LGBTQ+ advocacy, along with the Federation, released a joint statement condemning the bill:
Every person in Puerto Rico deserves to live free from discrimination and with access to essential health care. Every major medical association supports health care for transgender people and youth. Banning this care and stripping the rights of parents to make the best medical decisions for their families would create unbearable burdens for the most marginalized in Puerto Rico. Lawmakers must vote to protect access to health care that saves lives, and allow families to make private health care decisions that help loved ones be themselves, be safe, and to thrive.
The US Supreme Court recently upheld a Tennessee law prohibiting gender-affirming care for people under 18 years of age. Multiple US states have passed laws banning transgender health care, with some states even considering banning care for trans people up to 26 years of age. The Tennessee law, like Puerto Rico’s, permits such hormonal and surgical treatments to treat congenital defects or other medical conditions unrelated to gender dysphoria.
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International and Comparative SOGIESC Law - Professor Andreas R Ziegler 