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Swedish parliament passes law to simplify legal gender change process (18/04/24)
German parliament approves gender self-determination law (12/04/24)
UN Human Rights Council approves resolution affirming the rights of intersex people (04/04/24)
Lawmaker in Democratic Republic of the Congo plans to introduce bill to criminalise homosexuality (03/04/24)
Uganda Constitutional Court upholds Anti-Homosexuality Act (03/04/24)
Thai House of Representatives passes marriage equality bill 400-15, moves to Senate (27/03/24)
Proposed anti-LGBT bill in Georgia would ban legal gender change and possibly outlaw Pride parades (25/03/24)
New South Wales Parliament passes conversion practices ban, with new law effective from 2025 (22/03/24)
Colombian House of Representatives passes conversion practices ban, bill passes to Senate (20/03/24)
New South Wales Government introduces conversion practices ban to parliament (13/03/24)
Swiss parliament will not consider federal conversion practices ban until later this year (05/03/24)
President of El Salvador rolls back gender inclusive education in public schools (29/02/24)
Ghana’s parliament passes law to criminalise LGBT+ identities and restrict civil society organising (28/02/24)
Argentina’s president bans the use of gender-inclusive language by government departments (27/02/24)
High Court in St Vincent & Grenadines rejects bid to decriminalise homosexuality (16/02/24)
Greek Parliament legalises same-sex marriage (15/02/24)
Multiple anti-trans legislative proposals defeated in Virginia (09/02/24)
UK Private Members’ Bill to ban conversion therapy passes second reading in House of Lords (09/02/24)
Alberta provincial government announces policies to restrict gender-affirming care (31/01/24)
South Africa President criticises same-sex marriage law (23/01/24)
Scottish Government publishes draft conversion practices bill for public consultation (17/01/24)
Taiwan elects first out LGBT legislator (13/01/24)
French President appoints openly gay prime minister (09/01/24)
Thai Parliament votes 369-11 in first reading of marriage equality bill (21/12/23)
Norwegian Parliament approves conversion therapy ban with overwhelming majority (18/12/23)
Draft conversion practices bill in Tasmania criticised by LGBT groups for containing loopholes (14/12/23)
New Polish government to prioritise legalisation of same-sex partnerships (12/12/23)
Russian Supreme Court bans LGBT movement for ‘extremism’ (30/11/23)
UK to expand opt-out HIV testing in English hospitals (30/11/23)
Thai marriage equality bill to face parliamentary vote in before end of 2023 (21/11/23)
Non-binary equality action plan published by Scottish Government (16/11/23)
Latvian Parliament passes same-sex civil partnerships law (10/11/23)
Hopes for UK conversion therapy ban fade after government drops bill from legislative agenda (06/11/23)
Jamaica Supreme Court upholds colonial-era ban on same-sex relations (27/10/23)
Lithuania moves to repeal 2009 ‘LGBT propaganda’ law (26/10/23)
Japan Supreme Court rules law requiring sterilisation before gender change to be unconstitutional (25/10/23)
New South Wales Government to table conversion therapy ban before end of 2023 (12/10/23)
Court rules Mauritius sodomy law unconstitutional, decriminalises same-sex relations (04/10/23)
United States Senate swears in its first Black lesbian senator (02/10/23)
UK government expected to scrap legislation to ban ‘conversion therapy’ (25/09/23)
Nashville elects first trans person to hold elected office in Tennessee (15/09/23)
Prime Minister of Andorra comes out as gay (11/09/23)
Hong Kong court gives government two years to introduce same-sex relationships recognition (05/09/23)
Brazilian Supreme Court rules homophobic hate speech punishable with prison sentence (24/08/23)
German Cabinet approves new gender self-determination bill (23/08/23)
North Carolina lawmakers override Governor’s veto to enact raft of anti-trans laws (16/08/23)
World Bank suspends new loans to Uganda in response to Anti-Homosexuality Act (09/08/23)
Michigan Governor signs conversion therapy ban into law (26/07/23)
Belgium becomes 8th European country to adopt conversion therapy ban (21/07/23)
Conversion therapy ban proposed by Ohio lawmakers (20/07/23)
UK parliamentarians urge progress on delayed conversion therapy ban (18/07/23)
Russian parliament bans gender reassignment surgery for trans people (14/07/23)
Czech same-sex marriage bill passes first parliamentary stage (29/06/23)
Belgian parliamentary committee approves conversion therapy ban, moves to full vote in parliament (28/06/23)
Michigan State Senate passes conversion therapy, awaits Governor’s sign off (28/06/23)
Concern over draft ‘LGBT+ propaganda’ law in Kyrgyzstan (27/06/23)
Federal conversion therapy ban introduced to US House of Representatives (26/06/23)
New South Wales LGBT+ equality bill begins parliamentary journey (21/06/23)
Estonian Parliament legalises same-sex marriage, law to take effect 1 January 2024 (20/06/23)
Japan enacts watered-down ‘LGBT+ understanding’ law (16/06/23)
Austrian conversion therapy ban faces roadblock over disagreement on trans protections (15/06/23)
Michigan House passes conversion therapy ban, vote splits down party lines (15/06/23)
Queensland passes law allowing trans people to change gender marker without first requiring surgery (14/06/23)
Colombian conversion therapy ban passes first congressional stage (13/06/23)
Icelandic parliament passes ‘conversion therapy’ ban (12/06/23)
Australian Capital Territory passes pioneering intersex rights law (08/06/23)
PrEP rollout and opt-out testing contribute to sharp drop in HIV transmission in England (07/06/23)
Citizens’ initiative to ban ‘conversion therapy’ resubmitted to Finnish Parliament (04/06/23)
Latvia elects openly-gay president, the first LGBT+ head of state in the EU (31/05/23)
Same-sex marriage and familial rights bills proposed in South Korea (31/05/23)
Final assent granted to anti-homosexuality law in Uganda (29/05/23)
Cypriot Parliament votes to ban ‘conversion therapy’ (25/05/23)
Thai election victors agree coalition deal including same-sex marriage law (23/05/23)
Estonia and Lithuania both advance same-sex partnerships bills (23/05/23)
Michigan lawmakers move to ban ‘conversion therapy’ (18/05/23)
Florida Governor signs raft of anti-trans laws impacting healthcare, education, bathrooms (17/05/23)
Taiwan grants full adoption rights to same-sex couples (16/05/23)
Waterloo City Council in Iowa passes ordinance banning conversion therapy (16/05/23)
Namibia Supreme Court rules government must recognise same-sex marriages registered abroad (16/05/23)
Estonian government approves draft marriage equality law, parliament to consider bill (15/05/23)
Colombian Congress holds evidence hearings as it considers law to ban conversion practices (13/05/23)
Hopes fades for Japanese pro-LGBT+ law as governing party lacks consensus (05/05/23)
Neuchâtel becomes first Swiss canton to ban conversion therapy (02/05/23)
Uganda Parliament passes mostly unchanged anti-LGBT+ bill, returns to President for approval (02/05/23)
Japanese government considering pro-LGBT+ law ahead of G7 summit (27/04/23)
Proposed anti-homosexuality bill in Kenya would expel LGBT+ refugees (26/04/23)
Minnesota Senate votes to protect gender-affirming care and passes conversion practices ban (23/04/23)
Hungarian president vetoes anti-LGBT+ ‘snitch on your neighbour’ law (22/04/23)
‘Conversion therapy’ ban passes first reading in Portuguese Parliament (22/04/23)
Uganda anti-LGBT+ bill returned to parliament for ‘rehabilitation’ amendments (20/04/23)
Hungarian Parliament passes ‘snitch on your gay neighbour law’ (17/04/23)
India Supreme Court begins considering marriage equality case (19/04/23)
Cook Islands Parliament decriminalises homosexuality (15/04/23)
MPs in Tanzania call for tough new anti-LGBT+ laws inspired by measures in Uganda (14/04/23)
Estonia to legislate for marriage equality (12/04/23)
Gender identity law in Vietnam could be in 2024 government programme (10/04/23)
White House condemns ‘legislative bullying’ as more US states pass anti-trans laws (06/04/23)
Labor government returned in New South Wales election with promise to ban conversion practices (26/03/23)
Iowa enacts anti-trans laws banning gender-affirming care and bathroom access for students (23/03/23)
Intersex rights bill tabled in Australian Capital Territory (22/03/23)
Bolivian court ruling legalises same-sex unions (21/03/23)
Ugandan lawmakers pass draconian law criminalising LGBT+ identities with enhanced sentences (21/03/23)
Italian Senate rejects EU regulation on recognition of same-sex parental rights (17/03/23)
Ugandan parliament to consider bill that criminalises LGBT+ identities (09/03/23)
Ukrainian MP submits bill proposing legalisation of same-sex unions (07/03/23)
Spanish parliament grants final approval to comprehensive LGBTI law (16/02/23)
Sri Lanka will decriminalise homosexuality (10/02/23)
Finnish lawmakers approve gender self-ID law (03/02/23)