Scottish National Party MP John Nicolson writes for PinkNews after his bill to pardon men with historical gay sex offences was blocked by the government in favour of a rival Lib Dem proposal.
The German Justice Ministry plans to allocate €30 million to pay compensation to thousands of men convicted under Paragraph 175, a law that criminalized homosexuality that was enforced until late 1960s.
A group of up to 17 countries led by Belarus has blocked a plan to include the rights of gay, lesbian and transgender communities in a new urban strategy drawn up by the United Nations, according to sources close to negotiations.
A collection of asset management companies, who collectively manage investments totaling $2.1trillion, have written an open letter demanding that North Carolina repeal anti-LGBT HB2.
The National Christian Foundation is one of the biggest donor-advised funds in the United States, yet it has a remarkably low profile—at least in the secular nonprofit world.
The UN Human Rights Council appointed its first independent investigator to help protect homosexual and transgender people worldwide from violence and discrimination. The United Nations expert Vitit Muntarbhorn will have a three-year mandate to investigate abuses against LGBTI people.
Last week, five Tunisian civil society associations submitted a report to the United Nations, decrying systemic attacks on members of Tunisia’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.
