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Alaska to allow transgender individuals to change gender marker on driver's licenses
Alaska Lieutenant Governor Mead Treadwell issued a regulation on Thursday that allows transgender individuals to change the sex indicator on their driver's licenses without undergoing surgery. Last year, the American Civil Liberties Union of Alask (More) |
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Kentucky man challenges federal hate crime law
A man charged with kidnapping, assault and violating a hate crime law in an attack on a gay man filed a motion in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky on Wednesday challenging the validity of the hate crime law under which he (More) |
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California's Journey Towards Marriage Equality
JURIST Guest Columnist Angela Perone, Staff Attorney for the National Center for Lesbian Rights, argues that there has been a drastic change in public opinion in favor of same-sex marriage and that courts are more willing to recognize marriage equali (More) |
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Hungary top court strikes down mandatory retirement age for judges
The Constitutional Court of Hungary on Monday ruled that a new law lowering the mandatory retirement age for the country's judges is unconstitutional. The court held that the new law, which lowered the retirement age from 70 to 62 years resulting (More) |
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UN expert calls for international prevention of racial discrimination
UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance Mutuma Ruteere on Tuesday called on the international community to be wary of signs of racism that could lead to escalated conflicts (More) |
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UN SG calls for end to sexual orientation discrimination
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday praised the work of human rights activists for the right of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people while calling for an end to discrimination based on sexual orientation. The secretary-gen (More) |
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HRW calls on Bulgaria to denounce anti-gay violence
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday sent a letter [text; press release] to Bulgarian Justice Minister Diana Kovacheva urging her to denounce calls to violence by anti-gay groups in anticipation of a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) pri (More) |
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Uganda official: government not discriminating based on sexual orientation
Ugandan Minister of State for Ethics and Integrity Simon Lokodo said last week that no "government official is bent to harass any section of the community and everybody in Uganda enjoys the freedom to lawfully assemble and associate freely with oth (More) |
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Uganda government banning organizations for 'promoting' gay rights
The government of Uganda [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] announced on Wednesday that it will ban at least 38 non-governmental organizations that are accused of promoting gay rights and recruiting children to homosexuality. Minister of State (More) |
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Tennessee plaintiffs to appeal dismissal of anti-discrimination suit
A lawyer for a group of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) plaintiffs in Tennessee said Wednesday that she will appeal the decision of a Tennessee County judge dismissing a lawsuit challenging a controversial law. The suit challenges Ten (More) |
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death for spying
On April 5, 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death after a treason trial in which they were convicted of passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union.
Learn more about the Rosenberg trial.
