Let the Courts Decide

UK: High Court to say whether NHS guidance on hormone blockers can be legally challenged

The High Court in London has been asked to give the go ahead for a challenge to the legality of NHS guidelines on administering hormone blocking drugs to children at the UK’s only specialist NHS service for young people seeking gender reassignment.

ILGA-Europe welcomes a landmark European Court of Human Rights judgment on online hate speech

Today, the European Court of Human Rights found Lithuania’s failure to investigate online hateful comments against a gay couple to violate their rights to private and family life as well as being discriminatory on the ground of sexual orientation.

US: Appeals court upholds temporary ruling barring discharge of HIV-positive service members

A federal appeals court on Friday allowed a lawsuit to go forward challenging the U.S. military’s decision to discharge certain service members who test HIV-positive, saying it appears the Pentagon unlawfully discriminates against them based on a medical condition.

Eight legal hotspots for global LGBT+ rights in 2020

From Botswana to Barbados, here are some of the key legal fights that will dominate LGBT+ news in 2020