Issue Highlights
Two Major Trans Civil Rights Groups are Merging to Fight for Trans Equality | Them
The new organization, Advocates for Trans Equality, will focus on policy at the local, state, and federal levels, as well as litigation and public education.
For LGBTQ+ Rights, 2023 Was a Year of Fighting. Here’s What We Won | Them
From overturning drag bans to shield laws that protect trans healthcare, we had some major wins this year.
75 anti-LGBTQ bills have become law in 2023
Restrictions on gender-affirming care for transgender youth were the most common, with 21 such laws passed this year.
A Case For Hope: The Victories Trans People Won In 2023
2023 was one of the toughest years for transgender people ever, but it was not without its victories. Erin Reed lists the biggest ones here.
Top 10 international news stories of 2023
War, continued anti-LGBTQ crackdowns and the decriminalization of consensual same-sex sexual relations are among the issues that made headlines around the world over the past year. Here are the top international stories of 2023.
2023 World Same-Sex Marriage and LGBT Rights Progress – Part 6: Global Trends
2023 saw the global LGBT rights movement make some great strides. Here are some of the overall trends we saw.
Transgender Pseudoscience Spread by 60+ Extremist Groups
A comprehensive Southern Poverty Law Center study exposes over 60 groups propagating harmful misinformation, revealing tactics and future threats to LGBTQ+ rights.
LGBTQ Social Justice
Uganda medical researchers ordered to report homosexuals to the government
Medical researchers say Anti-Homosexuality Act puts research and participants at risk
An Anti-L.G.B.T.Q. Law in Uganda Is Hurting the Economy - The New York Times
Passed in May, the Anti-Homosexuality Act is harming businesses that rely on foreign travelers and trade.
‘If I go out, I’ll be a target’: fear stalks Uganda over brutal anti-gay laws | LGBTQ+ rights | The Guardian
There was a spike in violent rhetoric, police harassment and attacks targeting LGBTQ+ people across the continent in 2023, which activists say Uganda’s bill helped to fuel.
Amid global disputes over LGBT rights, Uganda takes Non-Aligned Movement chair
As human rights abuses pile up, Ugandan leader claims allegiance to principles of human rights
State Department urges Ugandan government to investigate prominent activist's stabbing
“We call on the government of Uganda to investigate this assault, as it would every other violent assault, and to prosecute those responsible to the full extent of the law,”
7 steps the U.S. took to counter Uganda's cruel Anti-Homosexuality Law
‘A tragic violation of universal human rights’ is Biden’s description of the Anti-Homosexuality Law.
In All But Six Countries, Intersex People Are Not Protected from Medical Abuse | Them
the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Intersex Association (ILGA) released its first-ever Intersex Legal Mapping Report, detailing the status of intersex rights as of July 2023.
Killer of Kenyan lesbian sentenced to 30 years
LGBTQ+ activists decry prison sentence as too lenient
Secret LGBT-friendly church welcomes and protects Kenyan worshippers
After 10 years the church now has more than 200 members
2023 World Same-Sex Marriage and LGBT Rights Progress – Part 4: Africa and Oceania
It was an unusually busy year for LGBT news in Africa in 2023, with one country decriminalizing sodomy, one slowly opening the door to equal marriage, several non-discrimination rulings, and a bunch of countries continuing or extending harsh anti-LGBT crackdowns.
2023 World Same-Sex Marriage and LGBT Rights Progress – Part 2: Latin America and Caribbean
there were many important smaller developments, and the region is poised to make some big gains for LGBT equality in 2024
Despite progress, Guyana holds tight to its homophobia
Guyana remains the only South American nation that criminalizes homosexuality
At Least Three Trans People Have Been Killed in Mexico This Month | Them
Two prominent trans activists were among the victims.
Lesbian activist: It's time for LGBT people to pay more attention to faith
We also need to be present on these issues, so that a certain acceptance of religion doesn’t become the norm either
Florida Teachers Fight Back Against Anti-LGBTQ Policies
The group of teachers, represented by the Southern Poverty Law Center, includes AV Vary, the nonbinary teacher at statewide online public school Florida Virtual School who was fired last month for using the honorific Mx. The complaint asserts that the pronouns law discriminates against transgender and nonbinary school employees and violates their constitutional rights
Some Florida schools adopt LGBTQ-inclusive policies
some locales are working with Equality Florida to implement strategies that allow for the use of preferred pronouns and names with parental permission.
HHS guts Trump’s ‘conscience’ rule, drawing praise from LGBTQ legal groups
“The revised rule issued today is premised on the recognition that a proper balance must be struck between respecting conscience and ensuring that people get the health care they need,” NCLR federal policy director Julianna Gonen said in a written statement. “Given the continued prevalence of discrimination in health care faced by LGBTQ people, this new rule is a welcome development that will help protect our community.”