A court ruling in China was hailed as an LGBTQ milestone, an Algerian Olympic boxer filed a criminal compliant against J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk, and school librarians in the United Kingdom were asked to remove LGBTQ books.
Ruling In Same-Sex Case Hailed As LGBTQ Milestone
A court in Beijing recognized that a child can have two legal mothers.
According to The Guardian, Didi, a 42-year-old woman, has been seeking visitation rights to see her 7-year-old daughter who lives with Didi’s estranged wife. The court ruled that she should be allowed monthly visits with the child.
While same-sex unions are not legally recognized in China, this development is a small step towards recognition and rights for families in similar situations.
Didi hopes that as China becomes more socially progressive, the legal system will begin to acknowledge same-sex households, even if only through gradual changes.
"It's quite straightforward," she said. "Other families have one father and one mother. We have two mothers."
Algerian Olympic Boxer Sues J. K. Rowling, Elon Musk
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Imane Khelif, an Algerian gold medalist boxer, has filed a criminal complaint against Elon Musk and J.K. Rowling for “acts of aggravated cyber harassment.”
This comes after Musk and Rowling falsely accused Khelif of being a man while she competed against other women in the 2024 Paris Summer Games.
France’s Central Office for the Fight Against Crimes Against Humanity and Hate Crimes is conducting an investigation and looking into all people who falsely claimed that Khelif is trans or male, including people who published under pseudonyms, according to Nabil Boudi, Khelif’s attorney.
School Librarians in UK Asked To Remove LGBTQ Books
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A new survey shows that more than two dozen school librarians in the U.K. have been asked to remove books from their shelves – most of which are LGBTQ titles.
According to The Guardian, the Index on Censorship survey found that 28 of 53 librarians polled said that they had been asked to remove books such as “This Book Is Gay” by Juno Dawson, “Julián is a Mermaid” by Jessica Love, and “ABC Pride” by Louie Stowell, Elly Barnes and Amy Phelps. Over half of the removal request came from parents.
“There appears to be something of a ‘trend’ of censorship targeted at books written by queer authors or featuring queer characters,” said Alison Tarrant, the chief executive of the School Library Association (SLA).
She continued, “We’ve seen a couple of cases where things have been stirred up or initiated by groups or people in America – it’s no one actually in the school community itself.”
In response to these requests, the SLA is suggesting that school libraries have collection development policies laying out the kinds of complaints that will be acted on, the types of books that will be stocked, and the aim of the school library.
