CourEDH: Le refus des autorités d’inscrire une femme transgenre en tant que mère durequérant au registre d’état civil alors qu’elle n’en avait pas accouchén’emporte pas violation de la Convention
USA: Florida committee votes to advance bill that targets transgender bathroom use
The Florida Senate committee Thursday passed Senate Bill 1674, which mandates the use of washrooms associated with an individual’s sex assigned at birth. The “Safety in Private Spaces Act” is one of the latest measures that advocates say are meant to discriminate against the LGBTQ community.
The act poses a penalty of up to 60 days in jail or a $500 fine to any adult that refuses to promptly leave the bathroom “designated for the opposite sex” as requested. Additionally, the committee passed SB 1438, which suspends or altogether revokes licenses of businesses that permit the attendance of minors in drag shows. These involve live adult entertainment that depicts or stimulates nudity, sexual conduct or lewd exposure.
This bill is similar to North Carolina in 2016, where legislators passed HB 2, which was eventually repealed. The bill underwent national battles as a result of different opinions on transgender students’ use of washrooms. Similarly, a fine of $10,000 was imposed on those who willfully entered restrooms for the opposite sex.
The Florida bill has not only faced backlash from LGBTQ advocates but also from democrats who argue that the bill is too vague and a government overreach. The bills now head to the full Senate after passing the committee.
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Germany decides to end discrimination against gays in blood donations
Erstmals nach vier Jahrzehnten werden Schwule beim Blutspenden gleichbehandelt – der Bundesrat winkt ein entsprechendes Gesetz durch (Bild: Dion Hinchcliffe / flickr)
Die Diskriminierung von schwulen und bisexuellen Männern bei der Blutspende wird beendet. Der Bundesrat billigte am Freitag das Gesetz, das die jahrzehntelange Praxis abstellt, diese Bevölkerungsgruppe von vornherein als Blutspender weitgehend auszuschließen. Die Neuregelung soll “Diskriminierungen bei der Spenderauswahl vermeiden”, heißt es in dem Gesetz. Damit soll auch eine gesonderte Erwähnung von trans Personen bei der Blutspende abgeschafft werden.
Die Blutspende-Einschränkungen für Schwule stammen noch aus der Zeit der Aids-Krise. Dahinter stand die Sorge, dass bei schwulen Männern das Risiko einer Weitergabe des Virus durch eine Blutspende besonders hoch sei. Die Maßnahme wurde seit langem kritisiert; auch Bundesgesundheitsminister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) bezeichnete sie als Diskriminierung (queer.de berichtete).
Der Neuregelung zufolge darf der Ausschluss als Blutspender künftig “nur auf Grundlage des jeweiligen individuellen Sexualverhaltens der spendewilligen Person” erfolgen, nicht aber allein wegen einer Gruppenzugehörigkeit oder wegen des Geschlechts der Sexualparterinnen oder -partner. Dies ist bereits in vielen anderen Ländern wie Italien oder Spanien seit Jahren Praxis, ohne dass dadurch Blutspendeempfänger*innen einem höheren Risiko ausgesetzt sind.
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Bislang gilt Sondersperre aufgrund der sexuellen Orientierung
Nach der bislang maßgeblichen Richtlinie der Bundesärztekammer dürfen Männer, die Sex mit Männern haben, nur dann Blut spenden, wenn sie in den zurückliegenden vier Monaten keinen Sexualverkehr mit “einem neuen oder mehr als einem Sexualpartner” hatten. Bei allen anderen Menschen bestand diese Sperre bislang dagegen nur bei “häufig wechselnden Partnerinnen und Partnern”.
Das nun im Bundesrat gebilligte Gesetz verpflichtet die Bundesärztekammer nun, diese Richtlinie zu ändern. Abgeschafft wird auch die Höchstaltersgrenze für Blutspendende.
Die Neuregelung wurde nicht als separates Gesetz verabschiedet – sie ist ein Zusatz zum neuen Gesetz für die Unabhängige Patientenberatung (UPD). Dieses sieht im Kern vor, dass die Patientenberatung künftig in einer Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts verstetigt werden soll. Der Spitzenverband der Gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung (GKV) soll der Stiftung ab 2024 jährlich 15 Millionen Euro zuweisen. Die privaten Krankenversicherer können davon auf freiwilliger Basis sieben Prozent übernehmen.
Die UPD gibt es bereits seit 2011 als Regelleistung der gesetzlichen Krankenkassen. Die Einrichtung berät kostenfrei zu gesundheitlichen und gesundheitsrechtlichen Fragen – unter anderem in Beratungsstellen, per Telefon und Internet, aber auch per Post. (AFP/cw)
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UN urges Uganda president to reject anti-homosexuality bill
UN experts Wednesday implored Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni to refuse to sign the anti-homosexuality bill approved by Parliament on March 21. Human rights organizations have criticised the bill, which seeks to penalize homosexual relationships in order to protect the traditional family, as draconian and in violation of basic human rights.
According to experts, the proposed legislation would incentivize stigmatization, discrimination and sexual violence based on sexual orientation. LGBTI people are already vulnerable to intimidation and acts of aggression that can harm their mental and physical health. The experts also emphasized that every human being is entitled to a peaceful life free of violence and discrimination. They urged stakeholders to actively participate in this debate and promote human rights in Uganda.
Under the bill’s original draft, homosexuality and aggravated homosexuality would have been punishable by up to ten years in prison, and the promotion of homosexuality would have been punishable by at least five years in prison. Parliamentarians changed the original draft, however, to suggest the death penalty for homosexuality that is “aggravated,” a life sentence for the “offense of homosexuality,” and a 20-year prison sentence for homosexual promotion. UN experts argued that the “imposition of the death penalty based on such legislation is per se an arbitrary killing and a breach of article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).”
The bill is the most recent piece of legislation to criminalize LGBTI acts and relationships in Uganda. Previous bills proposed in 2009, 2012, 2013 and 2014 were criticized for contributing to human rights violations by infringing on rights such as the right to life, liberty and privacy.
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USA: Kentucky lawmakers override governor veto of gender-affirming care ban
Kentucky lawmakers Wednesday overrode Governor Andy Beshear’s veto on Senate Bill 150, a bill to enact restrictions on the rights of transgender youth to seek gender-affirming care and to use bathrooms that align with their gender identities.
The Kentucky House of Representative approved the override in a 76-23 vote, and the state’s Senate approved the measure 29-8. Under the law, gender-affirming surgeries, puberty blockers and hormone therapy are banned for children under 18. The law also states that “The Kentucky Board of Education or the Kentucky Department of Education shall not require or recommend policies or procedures for the use of pronouns that do not conform to a student’s biological sex.”
Responding to the vote, Executive Director of the Kentucky ACLU Amber Dukes commented:
Trans Kentuckians, medical and mental health professionals, and accredited professional associations pleaded with lawmakers to listen to the experts, not harmful rhetoric based in fear and hate. Their pleas fell on deaf ears as the general assembly passed the bill in a matter of hours.
In a statement explaining his veto, Governor Beshear said:
Senate Bill 150 allows too much government interference in personal healthcare issues and rips away the freedom of parents to make medical decisions for their children. Improving access to gender affirming care is an important means of improving health outcomes for the transgender population. Senate Bill 150 will cause an increase in suicide among Kentucky’s youth.
The law will not go into effect until 90 days after the Kentucky General Assembly has concluded.
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UK teachers group call for clearer guidance on supporting transgender pupils in school
General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders in England and Wales Geoff Barton Monday called for clearer guidance on how teachers can support trans-identifying pupils in schools. Despite attempts to be sensitive to the issue, Barton noted strong public opinion makes the task difficult. Barton highlighted the release of a paper by the right-wing think-tank group Policy Exchange as increasing the difficulties facing schools.
The paper based on freedom of information requests sent out to 24,000 schools in England and Wales found that a number of secondary schools were not informing parents when their child was questioning their gender identity. Schools were asked a series of questions about their policies on issues ranging from whether schools would disclose to parents as soon as a pupil “comes out” as transgender or questions their gender, to whether children should play in sports teams that don’t match their sex registered at birth. Only 154 of 304 schools responded, and not all of the schools responded to all of the questions asked. The paper found that only 39 of the schools “reliably” informed parents when pupils identified as trans or questioned their gender.
Former Secretary of State for Education Rt Hon Nadim Zahawi MP stated in the report that the Policy Exchange report makes an “important contribution to the growing body of evidence demonstrating that urgent attention needs to be paid to the ways children are being impacted by gender identity beliefs,” while Nick Fletcher MP noted, “a systemic safeguarding blind spot when it comes to gender-distressed children and their peers.” Co-Patron of Policy Exchange’s Biology Matters Project, Rosie Duffield MP stated in the foreward of the report, “it appears the system is rotten to the core.” Duffield concluded that Parliament and society at large “must end this reckless experiment now.” Writing in The Times, Duffield stated that “Schools are failing in their duty to protect gender-distressed children.”
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Emergency in Uganda – Sign Petition now !
Last Tuesday, Ugandan lawmakers approved some of the world’s harshest anti-LGBT+ legislation.
We face the prospect of prison sentences of up to 20 years for “promoting homosexuality” – and even the death penalty for so-called “aggravated homosexuality”.
We are frightened for our lives.
There’s not much time left to stop this nightmare from becoming a deadly reality: The Ugandan President has 30 days to sign the Bill into law and he could do so at any time.
Please sign my petition TODAY and ask the President to veto the Bill.
This heinous bill will turn family members against each other by forcing all Ugandans to report any person “suspected” of being LGBT+ to the authorities.
The public discussion about the Bill has already led to a significant increase in cases of extortion, eviction, denial of healthcare, and savage mob violence against LGBT+ Ugandans.
Our community is strong, resilient and determined. And we’re tireless in making the case that this law has no place in a modern, successful, democratic Uganda.
But we also need your help. Please sign this petition to tell our President that LGBT+ Ugandans are citizens of our country, worthy of respect and deserving of our fundamental human rights.
Thanks for going All Out.
A Ugandan LGBT+ activist*
* The current situation is so dangerous for LGBT+ Ugandans that the author of this email needs to remain anonymous for their own safety. READ MORE:
● Uganda Anti-Homosexuality bill: Life in prison for saying you’re gay – BBC, March 23, 2023
● Ugandan Parliament Passes Extreme Anti-LGBT Bill – Human Rights Watch, March 22, 2023
● Uganda: UN rights chief calls on President not to sign anti-homosexuality bill – UN News, March 22, 2023
Hundreds of Swiss gay couples said yes in 2022
Hundreds of Swiss gay couples said yes in 2022 In the first six months that same-sex marriage was legal in Switzerland, 749 couples tied the knot, according to government statistics. An additional 2,234 couples changed their registered partnership to a marriage.
Same-sex marriage became legal in Switzerland on July 1, 2022, after 64% of voters […]
Hundreds of Swiss gay couples said yes in 2022 — LGBTI Recht in der Schweiz – Droit LGBTI en Suisse – by Professor Andreas R Ziegler
USA: Kentucky passes the ‘worst anti-trans bill’ in America
Interesting Article: Masuma Shahid, ‘Equal marriage rights before the European courts’ in ERA Forum
Download: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12027-023-00729-w
International and Comparative SOGIESC Law - Professor Andreas R Ziegler 
