UK: Isle of Man chief minister makes historic apology to people criminalised for having gay sex

The French legislator will open up ART for couples of women and for single women
In the discussion of this draft law in the Senate, the Government decided to modify the Article 47 of the Civil Code imposing an obligation on judges to interpret the validity of the foreign birth certificates in accordance with French law and solely French law (witch forbidden surrogacy).
This text will presumably be adopted and will have as a consequence that it will be henceforth impossible to obtain the full transcription of the civil status of the children born through surrogacy.
It will be possible to obtain the exequatur of an American judgment of adoption, or of a judgment of parentage, as it will be possible also in France to request the adoption by the parent who has no biological link.

http://www.senat.fr/amendements/2019-2020/238/Amdt_301.html

EU: Why isn’t Germany helping gay rights in Hungary, Poland? – Opinion by Fredrik Saweståhl

https://euobserver.com/opinion/147148

USA: There are 16 states in the US that still have sodomy laws against ‘perverted sexual practice’. It’s 2020

USA: Utah governor bans conversion therapy

https://www.jurist.org/news/2020/01/utah-governor-bans-conversion-therapy/

Israel kowtows to Russia’s demands and bans LGBT people from adopting Russian children

South Korea’s first trans soldier makes tearful but defiant vow to fight after being thrown out of the army

https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/01/22/south-korea-discharges-trans-soldier-byun-hui-su-military-lgbt-human-rights-centre/

USA: New Jersey passes law banning ‘gay panic’ murder defense

https://www.jurist.org/news/2020/01/new-jersey-passes-law-banning-gay-panic-murder-defense/

Wales has banned parents from stopping their children learning about sex, religion and LGBT people

Denmark to finally allow gay and bisexual men to give blood – but only after four month abstinence period

https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/01/21/denmark-gay-bisexual-men-donate-blood-abstinence-magnus-heunicke/