Although homosexuality is no longer classified as an illness in Germany, some therapists still try to "cure" gays and lesbians. LGBT activists have fought for a ban on such practices, and have met with success.
- I will respond to misleading public opinion about my intentions as well as scandalous and unacceptable manipulations and libeling - said the mayor of Warsaw, Rafał Trzaskowski. He also announced that he would not tolerate hate speech, including against the background of sexual identity.
Transgender troops testifying for the first time to Congress on Wednesday said transitioning to another sex made them stronger, while Pentagon officials defended the Trump administration’s desire to bar people like them from enlisting in the future.
NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard has expressed support for moves by the Victorian Labor government to ban so-called "gay conversion therapy", indicating he would take the issue to the Council of Australian Governments for a national solution.
Luxembourg’s prime minister, Xavier Bettel, has confronted Arab leaders over the repression of gay rights, telling them his same-sex marriage would condemn him to death in some of their countries.
Army Capt. Alivia Stehlik commissioned as an infantry officer from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., graduated from Ranger School and lived a “soldier’s life,” she said, spending long periods in the field before becoming a physical therapist in the service.
In a landmark ruling in April 2014, India’s Supreme Court introduced recognition of a third gender and directed that transgender people must have access to the same rights to social welfare schemes as other minority groups in the country.
In this op-ed, Mary Emily O'Hara explains why Trump's plan to decriminalize homosexuality is suspect, especially after he's made life worse for LGBTQ people at home.
