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Egypt: Two defendants acquitted from debauchery accusations

The Dokki Misdemeanour Court acquitted on Saturday two men accused of practising homosexual acts and inciting debauchery, according to local media and the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR). According to the investigations, they were referred to court after being arrested as police staged an ambush.

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US: 76 Major Businesses Urge U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Anti-Gay Discrimination Case

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Today more than 75 businesses signed onto an amicus brief to the United States Supreme Court that argues Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 should protect employees from workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation.

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US: Sessions undoes DOJ support for trans workers under Title VII

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Bucking a string of court rulings and the views of a separate U.S. agency, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday reversed the Justice Department’s support for the legal view trans workers are eligible for non-discrimination protections under current civil rights law.

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US: Jeff Sessions Just Reversed A Policy That Protects Transgender Workers From Discrimination

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The Justice Department under Obama decreed that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 banned transgender discrimination in the workplace. But in a new memo, the attorney general rescinded the policy.

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Brazil: Juiz do DF ignora recurso do Conselho Federal de Psicologia e mantém decisão sobre 'cura gay'

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Para o magistrado, sua decisão possui fundamentos e deve passar pelos ritos do processo.

Judge ignores appeal of the Federal Council of Psychology and maintains decision on 'gay cure'

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Brazil: Juíza proíbe corte de cabelo de travestis e transexuais em presídios do DF

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Decisão considera manutenção do cabelo como ‘forma de empoderamento’ e parte ‘fundamental da identidade’. Segundo a SSP, atualmente 12 travestis estão presas em unidades prisionais do Distrito Federal.

Brazilian judge rules that trans people will not be forced to have their hair cut in prison

US: Trump Administration Says Bias Rules Don't Cover Gay Workers

The U.S. law that has protected workers from gender and racial bias for more than half a century should not be extended to cover gay and lesbian employees because that isn’t what Congress envisioned when it passed the bill, Trump administration lawyers told a federal appeals court.