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Speaker of the Republic of Georgia’s parliament Shalva Papuashvili announced on Thursday that he signed into law a bill defining marriage as between a man and a woman and prohibiting the promotion of same-sex relationships in schools, according to local media. The legislation states that Georgia recognizes family values of the union of a man and a woman, [...]

Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili on Wednesday refused to sign a highly controversial “Family Values and the Protection of Minors” bill to significantly curtail the rights of LGBTQ+ individuals. The bill, which passed with overwhelming parliamentary support, seeks to ban same-sex marriage, prohibit adoption by same-sex couples, restrict gender-affirming care, and limit public expressions of LGBTQ+ [...]

The Thai Royal Gazette announced on Tuesday that Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn has endorsed the Marriage Equality Bill, recognizing same-sex marriage. The bill revises several sections of the Civil and Commercial Code. Amendments to the law employ gender-neutral language and grant LGBTQ+ couples marriage, child adoption, inheritance and healthcare consent rights. The law will enter [...]

The Parliament of Georgia passed a set of laws that place restrictions targeted at minority sexual orientations and gender identities on Tuesday, infringing upon the international human, civil, and political rights of the LGBTQ+ community. The legislation, labelled “Laws on Family Values and Protection of Minors,” is broad and includes restrictions relating to “marriage, adoption, [...]

Amnesty International urged the Hong Kong government to demonstrate progress in establishing a framework to recognize same-sex partnerships, in its statement issued on Thursday. The statement marked one year since the landmark ruling by the city’s Court of Final Appeal (CFA) in Sham Tsz Kit v. Secretary for Justice.  On September 5, 2023, the CFA ruled [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday decried an Iraqi draft law that would permit marriages of children as young as nine years old. The draft, an amendment to Iraq’s 1959 Personal Status Law, was officially brought before the Iraqi Parliament on August 4, 2023 by Ra’ad al-Maliki. It seeks to amend Article 7(1) of the [...]

Bulgaria’s National Assembly approved an amendment to its Pre-School and School Education Act on Wednesday, prohibiting its education system from promoting LGBTQ+ views in schools. The anti-LGBTQ+ law, introduced four weeks ago by far-right and pro-Russian party Vazrazhdane, received an overwhelming majority in Bulgaria’s 240-seat parliament, securing 135 votes in favor, 57 against and eight abstentions. [...]

The Supreme Court of South Korea ruled on Thursday in favor of a same-sex couple concerning the recognition of their union. The plaintiff’s same-sex partner, who had become an employed subscriber in 2016, submitted a notification of the plaintiff’s eligibility for dependent status in the National Health Insurance system. Attached was a personal guarantor’s certificate [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit decided Friday that Emilee Carpenter, a religious wedding photographer seeking an exemption to the New York Human Rights Law under the First Amendment, had enough factual basis for a claim and could proceed to the district court. Carpenter sought a preliminary injunction for the New York [...]

It has been a longstanding principle of judicial restraint in the US that judges ought not to read their politics or personal preferences into the laws of the republic. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, dissenting in the same-sex marriage case Obergefell v. Hodges, wrote that “Under the Constitution, judges have power to say what [...]