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New Zealand Parliament apologizes for homosexuality convictions
The New Zealand Parliament on Thursday formally apologized to the hundreds of men who were criminally convicted under antiquated anti-homosexuality laws. The country's House of Representatives stated that it apologizes "to those homosexual New Zeal (More) |
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China court finds for gay man in conversion therapy case
A Chinese court has ordered a mental hospital to issue a public apology and pay compensation to a 38-year-old man after forcing him to undergo conversion therapy. The man was committed to the institution by his wife in 2015. He was subjected to force (More) |
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Texas Supreme Court: states not required to provide publicly funded benefits to same-sex couples
The Supreme Court of Texas held on Friday that the Houston's benefits policy need not extend to same-sex couples. In so holding, the Court concluded that: "The Supreme Court held in Obergefell that the Constitution requires states to license and (More) |
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Germany parliament votes to legalize same-sex marriage
The lower house of the German Parliament voted 393-226 Friday to legalize same-sex marriage. The decision came shortly after Chancellor Angela Merkel changed her conservative stance on the issue. Although Merkel voted against the move she encourag (More) |
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Federal appeals court upholds North Carolina same-sex marriage recusal law
The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Wednesday upheld North Carolina's Senate Bill 2 , which allows magistrates to refuse to perform same-sex marriages if doing so would conflict with their religious beliefs. The court ruled that the (More) |
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Germany Parliament passes bill to compensate those persecuted under anti-homosexuality laws
The lower house of the German Parliament on Thursday passed a bill to compensate thousands of individuals who had been persecuted and imprisoned for their sexuality. The law under which the individuals had been convicted is paragraph 175 of German (More) |
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Federal court lifts injunction on controversial Mississippi religious objection bill
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit lifted an injunction Thursday on a Mississippi law that critics say allows individuals, including government employees, to discriminate against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people for religiou (More) |
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Alabama's Religious Freedom: Natural Rights, Social Duties
JURIST Guest Columnist Mark R. Killenbeck of the University of Arkansas School of Law discusses Alabama's HB 24 which allows adoption agencies to refuse to place foster children with same-sex couples according to religious beliefs ... In March 1967, (More) |
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Europe rights court rules Russia 'gay propaganda law' discriminatory
The European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday that a Russian law prohibiting the promotion of homosexuality is discriminatory and violates the European Convention on Human Rights . The suit was brought by three activists—Nikolai Bayev, 42 (More) |
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HRW: pregnant and married African girls are being denied education
Human Rights Watch (HRW) stated on Friday that millions of pregnant and married girls across Africa are being denied education due to discriminatory policies. More than 49 million girls in sub-Saharan African are out of primary or secondary school, (More) |
Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in Memphis
Civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis on April 4, 1968.
Pay a virtual visit to The King Center in Atlanta.
