USA: Supreme Court to hear same-sex adoption funding case

https://www.jurist.org/news/2020/02/supreme-court-to-hear-same-sex-adoption-funding-case/

EU – Hungary: Orbán demands European People’s Party without marriage for all or “gender ideology”

Germany: Federal government sticks to its position: no complete ban on “homo-cure
Politics – A general ban on “conversion therapies” for adults would violate the right to self-determination, the government responds to a demand by the Federal Council to review the age limit.

Paul Johnson: Why “gender critical” beliefs are not protected in the workplace: the role of the European Convention on Human Rights

How Official Anti-LGBTI Hate Speech is Directly Translating into Hate Crime across Europe

ILGA-Europe’s Annual Review identifies a sharp rise in anti-LGBTI hate-speech across the European region, often carried out by public figures. To mark European Day for Victims of Crime (February 22), we report on the ways in which such rhetoric is in turn violently affecting the lives LGBTI people.

USA. Boy Scouts of America file for bankruptcy amid sex abuse scandal

https://www.jurist.org/news/2020/02/boy-scouts-of-america-file-for-bankruptcy-amid-sex-abuse-scandal/

Germany Cabinet approves bill for social medial platforms to report hate speech to authorities

https://www.jurist.org/news/2020/02/germany-cabinet-approves-bill-for-social-medial-platforms-to-report-hate-speech-to-authorities/

USA – Utah: Mormon-owned Brigham Young University eases rules on ‘homosexual behavior’

https://nypost.com/2020/02/20/mormon-owned-brigham-young-university-eases-rules-on-homosexual-behavior/

Polish court rules campaign linking homosexuality and paedophilia is ‘informative and educational’

Last year lawyer Bartłomiej Ciążyński filed a civil suit against Fundacja Pro, arguing that its campaign “insulted, slandered and violated the dignity” of LGBT+ people.

Yesterday the case was dismissed by a district court in Wrocław, western Poland. In his ruling, Judge Adam Maciński said the campaign “should be considered as having an informative and social dimension” as it helped raise awareness of paedophilia.

“It illustrates the issue of paedophilia to the public, as well as differences in the way sex education is implemented among minors…while [also] addressing the problem of extreme sexual education,” he said.

“The campaign did not take the form of aggressive criticism, let alone stigmatising or harassing the plaintiff.”

https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/02/20/polish-court-anti-lgbt-campaign-homosexuality-paedophilia-fundacja-pro/

UK: First openly gay footballer Justin Fashanu finally inducted into Hall of Fame in heartfelt ceremony

Justin Fashanu came out as gay in 1990 – but died by suicide in 1998 after years of homophobic abuse and tabloid harassment.

https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/02/19/justin-fashanu-national-football-museum-hall-fame-moving-norwich-city-amal/