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June 26, 2023 Commentary

Decriminalizing Sex Work Would be Ireland’s Next Opportunity to Choose Equality

Kate McGrew and other members of Sex Workers Alliance Ireland hold a candlelit vigil outside Leinster House in Dublin, Ireland to mark International Day to End Violence against Sex Workers, December 17, 2014.

June 23, 2023 Commentary

Bittersweet Pride Month in Panama

Biased Marriage Rulings Mean Legal Limbo for Diverse Families

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June 22, 2023 Commentary

LGBTQ+ Victories Did Happen in 2023

Seeing the bright side in the fight for queer equality.

People march through the street with rainbow flags during the Warsaw's Equality Parade, Poland, June 17, 2023.

June 22, 2023 Dispatches

US Courts Block Anti-Trans Legislation

New Rulings Condemn Anti-Trans Discrimination

Dylan Brandt speaks at a news conference outside the federal courthouse in Little Rock, Arkansas, US, July 21, 2021.

June 22, 2023 Dispatches

Estonia legalizes same-sex marriage

A Step Toward Greater Equality in the Baltics

Annual gay pride parade in Tallinn, Estonia, July 8, 2017.

June 20, 2023 Commentary

Uneven Progress

Gay Ugandan refugees who fled from their country to neighboring Kenya, return after shopping for food in Nairobi, Kenya, June 11, 2020.

June 15, 2023 Dispatches

Ukraine LGBT Center Broken Into, Vandalized

Credible Police Investigation, LGBT Protection Legislation Needed

The office of Ukrainian LGBT organization Insight was attacked in Lutsk on June 13, 2023.

June 2, 2023 Dispatches

Russia Moves to Ban Trans Health Care

Exceptions for Medically Unnecessary “Normalizing” Operations on Intersex Children

A Russian transgender woman walks in Saint Petersburg on April 12, 2019.

June 2, 2023 Commentary

Africa: Independent judiciaries can defend rights

People take part in the first Botswana Pride Parade in Gaborone, November 30, 2019.

June 1, 2023 Dispatches

Marriage Equality Gets a Boost in South Korea

Proposed Law Would Protect Rights of Same-Sex Couples

Participants march during a Pride event in support of LGBT rights in Seoul, South Korea on June 1, 2019.

June 1, 2023 Commentary

This Pride Month, Support LGBTQ+ People

Drag artist Vidalia Anne Gentry speaks during a news conference held by the Human Rights Campaign to draw attention to anti-drag bills in the Tennessee legislature, Nashville, Tennessee, February 14, 2023.

May 30, 2023 Dispatches

Uganda’s President Signs Repressive Anti-LGBT Law

New Law Violates Fundamental Rights

Ugandan Members of Parliament stand as they participate during the passing of the anti-Homosexuality bill, at a sitting inside the Parliament Buildings in Kampala, Uganda, May 2, 2023.

May 26, 2023 Dispatches

Namibian Court Recognizes Foreign Same-Sex Marriages

Ruling Protects Rights of Binational Couples

May 23, 2023 News Release

Poland: Proposed Law Threatens Children’s Rights

Ruling Party Aims to End Key Role of Non-Government Groups

People attend a “Stop Lex Czarnek” protest at the Main Square in Krakow, Poland.

May 17, 2023 Commentary

Russia, Homophobia and the Battle for ‘Traditional Values’

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, outside Moscow, Russia.

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