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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A lawsuit to block enforcement of Louisiana's new ban on transgender health care procedures for anyone under 18 was announced Monday by LGBTQ+ advocates. The lawsuit was prepared by Lamda Legal and others on behalf of five Louisiana minors and their parents, identified in the filings ...
... can't discuss femaleness, you can't discuss heterosexual couples. So this, you know, it may have been the intent of the legislature to target LGBTQ issue courts, and based on the language you are borrowing, basically, every single book known to man, woman and whatever other pronoun you might ...
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked key parts of an Iowa law that bans some books from school libraries and forbids teachers from raising LGBTQ+ issues. Judge Stephen Locher's preliminary injunction halts enforcement of the law, which was set to take effect Jan. 1 ...
The study found that 81 percent of transgender adults had thoughts of suicide, 42 percent attempted it and 56 percent self-harmed. Sanchez said there are more hotlines for people looking for support. PFLAG’s website has a list of options, including the Trevor Project’s hotline for LGBTQ+ youth ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday refused to take up a case about whether state and local governments can enforce laws banning conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ children. Over the dissent of three conservative justices, the court turned away an appeal from Washington, where the law has been upheld. An ...
... LGBTQ+ activists tried to become a party in the case but were rebuffed by the court. In 2013, the Kremlin adopted the first legislation restricting LGBTQ+ rights, known as the “gay propaganda” law, banning any public endorsement of “nontraditional sexual relations” among minors. In 2020, constitutional reforms pushed through by ...
... LGBTQ+ initiatives that work in Russia, considering them a part of this civic movement," Max Olenichev, a human rights lawyer who works with the Russian LGBTQ+ community, told The Associated Press ahead of the hearing. Some LGBTQ+ activists have said they sought to become a party to the lawsuit, arguing ...
... from their shelves in response to the law, the ACLU said. Many of the banned books contain content of particular relevance to LGBTQ+ students, including LGBTQ+ characters, historical figures or themes. “As a result of the ban, LGBTQ+ students are denied the comfort of narratives that include LGBTQ+ characters and ...
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The Russian Justice Ministry on Friday said it has filed a lawsuit with the nation's Supreme Court to outlaw the LGBTQ+ “international public movement” as extremist, the latest crippling blow against the already beleaguered LGBTQ+ community in the increasingly conservative country. The ministry said in an ...
Impunity runs rampant in Mexico. Only 1% of all crimes committed were reported, investigated and resolved in 2022, according to a survey by National Institute of Statistics and Geography. The state authorities' hypothesis was quickly rejected by many in Mexico's LGBTQ+ community. Alejandro Brito, director of the LGBTQ+ rights ...
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