Brussels argued it does not have the legal authority to ban the practices and feared encroaching on the prerogatives of member states. It will therefore leave it up to them to take action.

More: https://www.lemonde.fr/en/lgbtq/article/2026/05/13/eu-will-not-ban-lgbtq-conversion-therapy-but-will-push-states-to-do-so_6753419_211.html

In November, the European Union’s highest court ordered Poland to register same-sex marriages that were entered into in other EU countries even if Polish law does not currently permit them.

Poland’s capital, Warsaw, registered its first same-sex marriage on Thursday, implementing court rulings that require the country to recognise same-sex marriages registered abroad.

More: https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/05/14/poland-makes-history-with-first-same-sex-marriage-registration-following-eu-court-ruling

OSAKA – Japan’s family register system, which only allows male and female designations in its gender entry, infringes on Article 14 of the Constitution, the Osaka High Court has said.

Gender identity is “directly linked to an individual’s personal existence, making it a significant legal good,” the court said in its judgment, dated Friday, in a case filed by a nonbinary person in their 50s registered as female.

More: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/13/japan/crime-legal/family-register-nonbinary-ruling/

More: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/apr/29/sussex-university-overturns-fine-free-speech-kathleen-stock

See also:https://wonkhe.com/blogs/sussex-wins-in-free-speech-high-court-challenge/

More: Best and worst countries to be LGBTQ+ in Europe in 2026 revealed

More: https://www.tas-cas.org/generated/assets/lists/feb900ba-1137-4b78-a9ff-d68af7869087/Award%2520Final%252011261%2520(for%2520publ.).pdf

Article 14. Racism and other discriminatory conduct

1. Any entity or person subject to these regulations who insults the human dignity of a person or group of persons on whatever grounds, including skin colour, race, religion, ethnic origin, gender or sexual orientation, incurs a suspension lasting at least ten matches or a specified period of time, or any other appropriate sanction.

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Spain’s Constitutional Court admitted the central government’s constitutional challenge against parts of Valencia’s 2025 reform of the regional Trans Law and suspended the challenged provisions. The suspended provisions amended several parts of Valencia’s 2017 law on gender identity and expression. The government argues that the reform may violate state powers over equality, health, education, and basic rights, including the national 2023 Trans and LGTBI Law. The challenge focuses especially on provisions concerning minors, education, and the regulation of “conversion therapies.” 

Today the Crime and Policing Bill has received Royal Assent, changing the law to make anti-LGBTQ+ hate crime an aggravated offence. We have worked hard to make this change, working closely with Parliamentarians and government. This change in law brings penalties for anti-LGBTQ+ hate crime in line with offences motivated by race and religion, and will give LGBTQ+ victims and survivors more time to access criminal justice.  

More: https://www.stonewall.org.uk/news/law-change-equalises-punishment-for-anti-lgbtq-hate-crime