LGBTQ Global

Niger: The military junta ruling the West African country has imposed a new penal code that criminalizes homosexuality for the first time. Penalties include 5-10 years in prison and fines up to approximate...

Netherlands: A senate majority appears ready to pass a bill banning conversion therapy. The final vote is scheduled for today.

Italy: Parliament has passed the government’s bill that will

Hello! It’s Pride Month, I’m back from my vacation, and a lot happened in the week I took off, so this is gonna be a longer post than usual. Let’s dive in!

Poland: The government has approved regulations allowing it to

Kenya: A high court has delivered a win for Kenya’s trans community, finding that the government’s refusal to update gender markers on trans people’s ID violated the constitutional rights to equality, dignity, privacy, and expression, and ordered the government to reconsider the claimant’s application within 60 days. The ruling does not force the government t...

UK: The new Crimes Bill, which includes stiffer penalties for anti-LGBT hate crimes and a number of provisions targeting violence against women, received Royal Assent and became law at the very end o...