World of Politics

Panama tells police to be fair on trans people in gender-based lockdowns

Authorities in Panama have ordered police to avoid discriminating against LGBT+ people during the country’s gender-based coronavirus lockdown following an outcry over trans people being detained for going outside on the “wrong” day.

US: Lambda Legal Statement on Senate Vote Amending Puerto Rico’s Civil Code

"However, the proposed new Civil Code still falls woefully short of reflecting the progress we have made in our society and fails to recognize modern families. In the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic and the wave of violence affecting transgender people in the Island, Puerto Rico’s legislature chose to prioritize a flawed new Civil Code, without the benefit of public hearings or an open process.”

Australia: LGBTQI Activists Call for Complete Review of Discrimination Act After Mark Latham Proposes Amendments

The NSW Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby (GLRL) has identified significant existing flaws with the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (the Act) after NSW One Nation leader, Mark Latham proposed changes to the state’s anti-discrimination laws.

India: Draft Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Rules 2020: Critical Appraisal

Yet again the Legislature has swiftly and quite smartly undertaken another step in ensuring bucket list being checked, pacification of sentiments and a law seemingly to be brought in place for protection of the community that deserves a much more attention than the present state and frame of mind with which they are dealt.

UNAIDS calls on Hungary to respect the rights of transgender people

Both international and European human rights bodies have affirmed the right of people to legally change their gender and name to match their gender identity, recognizing that the right is fundamental to the enjoyment of many other rights. UNAIDS is therefore concerned that the Government of Hungary is proposing to remove the right of the people of Hungary to legally change their gender on legal documents.