Let the Courts Decide

US: Outside the Supreme Court, demonstrators on both sides of cake case fear for their freedoms

Around the time the Supreme Court was wrapping up the 90-minute argument Tuesday morning in the case of a baker who refused to make a cake for a gay wedding, two crowds huddled against the cold outside the court, about 50 feet apart from each other.

Turkey: Landmark court ruling a victory for transgender citizens of Turkey

Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency reports the Constitutional Court ruled to annul a stipulation in the Turkish Civil Code “to be deprived of the ability to reproduce” to allow gender change. This is verbatim translation like all our translations.

Australia: 'I want control over my body'

Isabelle Langley and her family had been dreading it for years. To get access to vital "stage 2" hormones, the 14-year-old transgender girl would have to go to court early next year to convince them she was capable of making this very personal decision.

Romania Gay Marriage Case Could Have Outsize Impact in Europe

The European Union’s highest court began examining a case on Tuesday over a Romanian man’s attempts to get legal residency for his American husband, a closely watched hearing that will have major implications for the legal recognition of same-sex relationships across Europe.