UK: Ministry of Justice dispels bigoted myths around trans prisoners and sexual assault with cold, hard and indisputable facts
Eleven trans women prisoners were assaulted in prisons in England and Wales last year, according to the Ministry of Justice.
Hungary lurches ‘back towards dark ages’ as parliament passes cruel and devastating law to legally erase trans people
Viktor Orban in Brussels in February. His move to strip trans people of their human rights has been condemned by more than 60 MEPs. (Riccardo Pareggiani/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Lawmakers in Hungary overwhelmingly voted to end legal gender recognition for trans people Tuesday afternoon (May 19), putting to law prime minister Victor Orbán’s cruel crusade against the country’s most marginalised and vulnerable.
Starting May 26th, marriages between people of the same sex will be able to gain legal recognition in the Central American nation.
Switzerland: More cases of violence against LGBT reported Attacks against members of sexual minority groups in Switzerland increased dramatically last year, LGBTI communities say. The number of reported incidents, including physical assaults, rose to 66 from 42 in the previous year according to a statement by Pink Cross, the Lesbian Organisation and the Transgender Network […]
Switzerland: More cases of violence against LGBT reported — International Law in Switzerland – Professor Andreas R Ziegler
Iraq: Dispute over rainbow flag at EU representation
The Iraqi government accuses the EU of hurting the religious feelings of many citizens. The EU representation in Baghdad had previously raised a rainbow flag.
https://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2020-05/irak-eu-bagdad-regenbogenflagge-lgbti
Albanian psychologists ban so-called conversion therapy
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Gay rights organizations on Saturday welcomed a decision by the governing body of psychologists in Albania to prohibit the so-called conversion therapy, which attempts to change a person’s sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expressions.
A statement from the Pink Embassy in Albania, the country’s main LGBT organization, said the decision “places the Order of Psychologists in Albania in the forefront of the institutions respecting LGBTI rights,” making Albania the sixth European country to apply such a ban following Spain, Switzerland, Malta, Britain and Germany.
All registered therapists in Albania must be members of the Order of Psychologists.
The move is “significantly important for LGBTI adolescents, whose parents often force them to undergo conversion therapy, in the hope of changing their sexual orientation or gender identity,” the Pink Embassy said.
A day earlier, LGBT organizations held a virtual Tirana Pride 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. In a separate activity they distributed their multicolored flag to ministries and other top public institutions as part of their motto “Be proud! Raise the flag!”
Albania passed an anti-discrimination law in 2010 that grants legal rights to homosexuals but does not allow same-sex weddings. There is still widespread anti-gay prejudice, discrimination and reports of violence against gays within families, though there have been no attacks on pride parades.
“Social attitudes toward the LGBT community are generally negative and among the most unfavorable at the European level,” the statement said.
Conservatives launch ‘shameful’ last-ditch bid to block same-sex marriage days before it becomes a reality in Costa Rica
The annual Rainbow Map ranking found that there has been no positive change for LGBT+ people in the past year in 49 per cent of the countries polled
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