Sadly, 2020 has already seen at least 34 transgender or gender non-conforming people fatally shot or killed by other violent means, the majority of which were Black and Latinx transgender women. We say at least because too often these stories go unreported -- or misreported.
Argentina: Presentation of the bill for the comprehensive protection of sexual characteristics
This afternoon the bill for the "Comprehensive Protection of Sexual Characteristics" entered the National Chamber of Deputies, authored by the National Deputy Gabriela Estévez with the support of Intersex Justice, Abosex, the Intersex Plurinational Network and the LGTBIQ + League of the Provinces. The project is presented within the framework of the Intersex Visibility Weeks (October 26 - November 8).
Italy: Author of law against homophobia speak
Hungary: Transgender couple wed in Hungary, land of growing homophobia
Poland: What next with the Constitutional Tribunal Act on Abortion?
India: Delhi HC adjourns to November 19 plea for recognition of same-sex marriage
Nigeria: #EndSARS is a huge moment in Nigeria’s queer history
US: Washington passes 1st voter-approved sex ed mandate
Canada: Health Canada approves first HIV self-testing kits
In supporting civil unions for same sex couples, Pope Francis is moving Catholics toward a more expansive understanding of family
Public support for civil unions from Pope Francis is not entirely new. When he was archbishop of Buenos Aires, and again in a 2014 interview, he spoke about civil unions for same-sex couples. While the Vatican is right in saying that church doctrine remains the same, as a theologian who has been writing about Catholicism and family for over two decades, I see in the pope’s comments evidence that Catholic understanding of who counts as family is evolving.