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Harvard University sued over single-sex club crackdown

December 3, 2018 World Justice News 0

Harvard is being sued over claims that a crackdown on single-sex social clubs at the Boston-area university amounts to sexual discrimination. A number of sororities and fraternities filed lawsuits on Monday challenging a policy Harvard […]

‘Gay cake’ row: Bakers win UK Supreme Court appeal

October 10, 2018 World Justice News 0

The Christian owners of a Northern Ireland bakery have won their appeal in the so-called “gay cake” discrimination case. The UK’s highest court ruled that Ashers bakery’s refusal to make a cake with a slogan […]

Neo-Nazi Ethan Stables guilty of gay pride attack plan

February 5, 2018 World Justice News 0

A white supremacist who plotted a machete attack on people at a gay pride event has been convicted of a terror offence. Ethan Stables, 20, planned to strike at the LGBT event at the New […]

Indonesia police cut transgender women’s hair

January 29, 2018 World Justice News 0

Police in north Indonesia have detained 12 transgender women, cut their long hair, and say they are now “coaching” them to behave like “real men”. Several beauty salons in Aceh province were raided over the […]

Queensland abolishes ‘gay panic’ as criminal defence for murder

March 21, 2017 zoshinuk 0

Parliament in the Australian state of Queensland has voted for legislation to remove a controversial “gay panic” defence from the criminal code. It had allowed defendants to reduce criminal responsibility by claiming provocation due to […]

Ivory Coast officials refuse to explain why two gay men were jailed

February 1, 2017 zoshinuk 0

Authorities in the Ivory Coast have refused to explain why two gay men were arrested and jailed in a country that does not criminalise same-sex acts, and is widely regarded as a beacon of tolerance […]

Thousands of gay men pardoned for past convictions

February 1, 2017 zoshinuk 0

Thousands of gay and bisexual men found guilty of decades-old sexual offences in England and Wales have been posthumously pardoned. The enactment by the government of the so-called Alan Turing law means about 49,000 men […]

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Scott Medical Health Center – Judge rules that 1964 Civil Rights Act protects gay people from discrimination

November 7, 2016 zoshinuk 0

Passed more than 50 years ago, the Civil Rights Act provision Title VII prohibits employers from discriminating against employees on the basis of sex, race, colour, national origin and religion, but does not explicitly include […]

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Four men held over child marriage in Sierra Leone appear in landmark court case

June 28, 2026 0

For the first time since child marriage was banned in Sierra Leone two years ago, people accused of committing the crime have been brought to trial. Four men appeared at a High Court on Friday […]

Human Rights

Jail time and unlimited fines planned under conversion practices ban

June 25, 2026 0

Those who carry out conversion practices – commonly known as “conversion therapy” – could be jailed for up to five years under landmark new plans. The draft Conversion Practices Bill, which criminalises “abusive acts” aiming […]

Human Rights

Under-16s in UK will be banned from social media from early 2027

June 16, 2026 0

Millions of children in the UK will be forced off social media after the government announced it would ban under-16s from accessing a range of platforms. Apps including TikTok, Snapchat and Instagram will become inaccessible […]