German authorities on Wednesday extended compensation payments to more gay men who were investigated under a law criminalizing homosexuality that was enthusiastically enforced in West Germany after World War II.
As British politicians wrestle with Brexit, Britain’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community - like others around the world - is grappling with a potential split of its own.
Law enforcement officials on Tuesday morning arrested two former police officers suspected of executing a Rio de Janeiro councilwoman — a breakthrough in a brazen political assassination that has haunted Brazilians for nearly a year.
Last week, HRC welcomed Victor Madrigal-Borloz, the United Nations’ Independent Expert on sexual orientation and gender identity, to Washington, D.C. for a discussion about the state of LGBTQ rights and the challenges LGBTQ people face around the world.
Courts have ruled in favour of a teenager who wants medical treatment in his gender transition, despite the opposition of his father, in a ruling that grants trans kids more legal rights and protections.
New estimates on the number of LGBT people who would gain protections from discrimination in employment, education, public accommodations, housing and credit if Congress enacts the Equality Act
After 17 years, this anti-discrimination bill finally overcame resistance in the lower house and reached the Senate plenary in 2016. But since then, the bill languishes in the period of interpellation, making it the longest-running bill under interpellation in the Senate.
