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Rights groups urge Cameroon to drop charges against transgender youths
May 19, 2013 by Endia Vereen
Five human rights organizations, including Human Rights Watch (HRW), sent a letter letter Cameroon authorities on Friday to drop the charges against two transgender youths rather than undergoing an appeal to the Cameroon Supreme Court. The defendants, who identify as women, were arrested in July.... [more]
Hong Kong high court rules transgender woman can marry
May 13, 2013 by Benjamin Minegar
Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal ruled Monday that a law prohibiting a transgender woman from marrying her boyfriend was invalid under the Chinese constitution. The law had been interpreted to hold that only a person's gender at birth could be considered for the purposes of marriage, which is.... [more]
Canada lawmakers vote to ban transgender discrimination
March 22, 2013 by Daniel Mullen
Canada's House of Commons on Wednesday approved a bill to outlaw discrimination against transgender individuals. The bill will go to the Senate, an unelected body, for final approval. The bill passed the House of Commons by a vote of 149-136 with the help of 16 conservatives despite opposition.... [more]
UN urges US Congress to renew Violence Against Women Act
February 20, 2013 by Maureen Cosgrove
UN experts on Tuesday urged the US House of Representatives to renew the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) which expired in 2011. The bill is intended to increase protections for Native American and Alaskan Native women, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender victims, and immigrant victims and.... [more]
Transgender Exceptionalism Should Not Cloud Legal Analysis [comment]
October 16, 2012 by Stephen Krug
JURIST Guest Columnist Jennifer Levi, Transgender Rights Project Director at Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, says that constitutional protections must be consistently upheld by our courts regardless of how marginalized or unpopular the person to whom they apply may be...The.... [more]
UN rights chief urges Serbia to allow gay pride parade
October 4, 2012 by Brandon Gatto
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Thursday urged Serbia to protect universal freedoms and allow a banned pride parade for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. The pride parade, which was scheduled to be held this Saturday in Belgrade, was canceled by the Serbian.... [more]
California lawmakers approve ban on sexual orientation therapy for minors
August 29, 2012 by Saheli Chakrabarty
The California State Assembly voted 51-21 on Tuesday to ban reparative therapy intended to change sexual orientation in minors. The bill, authored by state Senator Ted Lieu, seeks to provide protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth from allegedly deceptive, harmful.... [more]
Gay rights activists sue Russia authorities over 2014 Winter Olympics registration
August 20, 2012 by Dan Taglioli
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) activists filed a lawsuit against Russian authorities Monday in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). The founders of Pride House in Sochi filed the lawsuit seeking ?200,000 over the Russian Justice Ministry's refusal to register Pride House....... [more]
Alaska to allow transgender individuals to change gender marker on driver's licenses
July 27, 2012 by Max Slater
Alaska Lieutenant Governor Mead Treadwell issued a regulation on Thursday that allows transgender individuals to change the sex indicator on their driver's licenses without undergoing surgery. Last year, the American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska (ACLU) filed a lawsuit against Alaska on behalf.... [more]
UN SG calls for end to sexual orientation discrimination
July 3, 2012 by Sung Un Kim
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday praised the work of human rights activists for the right of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people while calling for an end to discrimination based on sexual orientation. The secretary-general's message was delivered during a Human Rights.... [more]
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