USA: Utah House approves bill allowing polygamy between consenting adults

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51562737

Switzerland: Number of single-parent households doubled since 1970

https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/federal-stats_number-of-single-parent-households-doubled-since-1970/45583740?linkType=guid&utm_source=multiple&utm_campaign=swi-rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_content=o

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/