The Mexico City government marked 10 years of the legal recognition of same-sex marriage by holding a mass wedding, which saw the participation 140 same-sex couples.
Scotland: Church urges Government to drop Gender Recognition Reform Bill
UK: This is what women’s groups really think about reforming Scotland’s gender recognition laws
Global Equality Caucus meets in Canada to discuss value of parliamentary cooperation
Norway’s community organizations ensuring health, dignity and rights
It was a very different morning bus ride for UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima as she boarded the hepatitis bus in Oslo, Norway, to hear more about the work of ProLAR, an organization that supports people who use drugs.
US: Idaho Senate passes HB 500a, transgender athletes bill, on 24-11 vote
Today, HRC responded to the news that the Idaho Senate has passed HB 500, a discriminatory anti-transgender bill that would bar transgender women and girls from participating in sports consistent with their gender identity. It will undergo a few procedural votes before heading to Governor Brad Little for his signature.
UNAIDS welcomes government’s decision to make PrEP routinely available across England
UNAIDS warmly welcomes the decision made to make pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) available to everyone who needs it in England. Activists and advocates have been campaigning for a number of years to make the life-saving preventative HIV medicine available to people at higher risk of HIV and on 15 March the government announced that PrEP will be made available across the country as part of the government’s efforts to end HIV transmission by 2030.