Hungary: Ombuds finds rejection of lesbian woman’s application to adopt unlawful

A recently published report of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights found that the Hungarian authorities’ decision to reject the application of a woman living with her same-sex partner to adopt a 16-month-old Roma girl infringed on the child’s right to protection and care, and amounted to unlawful discrimination based on sexual orientation.

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Pakistan: UNAIDS lauds Pakistan’s efforts for empowering trans people

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Dr Mamadou Lamine Sakho, country head of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), has appreciated Pakistan over the launch of the Transgender Empowerment Association in the country.

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US: Outside the Supreme Court, demonstrators on both sides of cake case fear for their freedoms

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Around the time the Supreme Court was wrapping up the 90-minute argument Tuesday morning in the case of a baker who refused to make a cake for a gay wedding, two crowds huddled against the cold outside the court, about 50 feet apart from each other.