A court in Uganda upholds its anti-gay law, a jailed man in Qatar is pressured to name sexual partners, and a Welsh athlete apologizes for making an anti-trans post.
Maryland lawmakers passed a number of LGBTQ rights bills during this year’s legislative session that ended on April 8.
A Drag Story Hour event hosted by the Arlington, Va. gay bar and restaurant Freddie’s Beach Bar was interrupted by a bomb threat sent by email on April 6 requiring parents and their children attending the event to exit the bar into its rear outdoor seating area and parking lot until police and a bomb sniffing dog searched the premises and found no trace of a bomb.
The Vatican on April 8 condemned gender-affirming surgeries and “gender theory.”
Thailand passes the marriage equality bill, Elliot Page criticizes the rollback of LGBTQ rights in Canada, and a mother and son launch an app to keep LGBTQ people safe in England.
The annual Walt Disney Company shareholders meeting took on a contentious environment April 3 as far right anti-trans activists attempted to push through a measure that would force Disney to pay for services for transgender people who choose to detransition.
During a briefing on April 3, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre condemned the ruling issued hours earlier by a court in Uganda that upheld the East African country’s Anti-Homosexuality Act, a law that contains a death penalty provision for “aggravated homosexuality.”
So much good has come from the end of one marriage.
The Indian government on March 11 implemented a law that allows undocumented people who entered the country from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and other neighboring countries before Dec. 31, 2014, to receive fast-track citizenship.
A report in Australia called for the removal of LGBTQ exemptions in schools, the Scottish Parliament staff are banned from wearing rainbow lanyards, and workers were arrested in an "extremism" case in Russia.
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