Indonesia condemns British ambassador after LGBTQ+ flag is flown outside embassy
Read: https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/05/23/british-embassy-indonesia-lgbtq-pride-flag/
UK: LGB Alliance founder Allison Bailey loses legal fight against Stonewall
Allison Bailey has lost her lawsuit against Stonewall but has won her employment tribunal case against Garden Court Chambers.
USA: Hawaii governor signs trio of pro-LGBTQ+ bills to make state ‘inclusive for all’
Read: https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/06/20/hawaii-lgbtw-bills/
Even more sports governing bodies join FIFA and FINA in reviewing rules for trans athletes
Read: https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/06/22/trans-athletes-rules-review-netball-football-rugby/
ECtHR: UK Family loses bid to have gay dad named on birth certificate instead of surrogate’s husband
A lawsuit filed on behalf of the six-year-old daughter of a same-sex male couple, born via a surrogate mother, to have her biological father named on her birth certificate has been ruled inadmissible.
Read: https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/06/23/same-sex-surrogate-husband-father-court/
Trans and non-binary footballers can choose men’s or women’s teams, German football bosses say
Read: https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/06/24/german-football-association-dfb-trans/
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is hiring for two Human Rights Officer positions, on the human rights of LGBTI people. These are two fixed term posts based in Geneva. A minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in human rights, political affairs, international relations, law or related area is required.
Working alongside ILGA-Europe, the UN High Commissioner for Refugee has published recommendations for humanitarian actors working with LGBTI people affected by the war in Ukraine. ILGA-Europe have worked together with the UN, via its Protection Cluster Ukraine, on a list of recommendations for humanitarian actors and service providers working with people affected by the war in Ukraine, so they can better understand and address the risks faced by LGBTI people staying or fleeing the country.
Caribbean nation of Antigua and Barbuda rules gay sex ban ‘unconstitutional’
Read: https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/07/06/antigua-and-barbuda-gay-sex-unconstitutional/
UK: Judge rules Maya Forstater was discriminated against because of ‘gender-critical’ beliefs
Read: https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/07/06/maya-forstater-gender-critical-tribunal/
International and Comparative SOGIESC Law - Professor Andreas R Ziegler 