China appears to have shuttered the lesbian app Rela, prompting some to wonder if the move is a part of state censorship of LBGT rights following a ruling in Taiwan earlier this paving the way for same-sex marriages.
US: Scathing ruling dismisses lawsuit against anti-LGBT hate group leader Scott Lively on narrow jurisdictional ground
In a scathing ruling in which a federal court judge affirmed that anti-LGBT hate group leader Scott Lively of Abiding Truth Ministries aided and abetted anti-LGBT persecution and that Lively violated international law, the court has dismissed a lawsuit brought by a Ugandan LGBT groups on a narrow jurisdictional ground.
Ireland: op-ed, Leo Varadkar Will Be as Helpful to the Gays as Margaret Thatcher Was to Women
Report of the Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity
Cuba, where LGBTQ means lesbians, gays, bi, trans, questioning: repression or openness? op-ed
Lithuania: The right to be accepted as you are: Towards legal gender recognition in Lithuania
In a meeting room of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania, a conference entitled “Prospects of securing transgender persons´ human rights in Lithuania” took place.
UK: Ian McKellen joins protests at Russian embassy in London over 'gay purge' in Chechnya'
Sir Ian McKellen joined hundreds of protesters outside the Russian embassy in London to voice anger against a "purge" of gay men in Chechnya.