From Paul Johnson: http://echrso.blogspot.com/2019/09/court-communicates-case-against-georgia.html

More at: https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/08/27/christian-filmmakers-lost-lawsuit-imaginary-gay-clients-decision-overturned/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=PNnewsletter

• Nice’s match with Marseille suspended after fans display homophobic banners – Referee stops game for 10 minutes after banners and chants -Incident is latest in a series to have occurred in France

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/aug/28/nice-marseille-homophobic-banners-clement-turpin

Switzerland: Conservative right-wing parties narrowly (13:12) block full marriage equality in Parliamentary Commission and ban same-sex couples from access to sperm donation and assisted pregnancy :

https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/08/26/trans-prisoner-gender-confirmation-surgery-idaho-gender-dysphoria/

On 27 August 2019 I participated in a round-table organized by Rainbow Families Switzerland on marriage equality. My task was to explain why the current Swiss Constitution allows both marriage for same sex-couples and access to medically assisted pregnancy including sperm donation for married couples. I underlined the fact that it is important to finish the existing discrimination in this respect under federal laws in Switzerland. The Swiss Parliament is currently discussing this and if you have chance to convince an opinion leader in this respect please do it !

More info here: https://www.facebook.com/RegenbogenfamilienLGBTIQ/posts/2823342797693416

https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/08/27/russia-bakery-fined-hanging-no-gays-sign-siberia/

Police claimed the event planned for last Saturday had to be shut down to protect “public health, public order and public morality,” according to the French news outlet AFP.com.

https://www.outsports.com/2019/8/27/20833961/istanbul-turkey-gay-sports-queer-olympix-homophobia-antigay-lgbtq

China just ruled out introducing same-sex marriage