Fears of discrimination and photo ID laws can keep trans and gender non-conforming people away from the polls. More mail-in voting this year could help.
Georgia: ECHR condemns Georgia for strip searches in LGBT + association
Georgian police abused LGBT+ activists with strip searches, court rules
US: Photos From the George Floyd Protests, City by City
UN: Report on conversion therapy
The term “therapy”, derived from the Greek, denotes “healing”. However, practices of “conversion therapy” are the very opposite: they are deeply harmful interventions that rely on the medically false idea that LGBT and other gender diverse persons are sick, inflicting severe pain and suffering, and resulting in long-lasting psychological and physical damage.
ILGA-Europe Rainbow Map Points To Make-or-Break Moment for LGBTI Rights in Europe
Needs assessment of trans* communities in Eastern Europe and Central Asia during COVID-19 pandemic
When asked to choose three major challenges, survey participants noted decrease in their income and unemployment. 13% reported worsening of their psychological wellbeing. Around the same nymber of people reported challenges connected to healthcare, need for doctors, medical information and fear of hospitals.
Stonewall 50: Where next for LGBT+ lives?
Annual Review of the situation of LGBTI people paints a picture at odds with a widespread notion that in Europe the work is done
US: HRC Releases Annual State Equality Index Ratings
HRC Foundation and the Equality Federation Institute released their 6th annual State Equality Index (SEI), a comprehensive report detailing statewide laws and policies that affect LGBTQ people and their families and assessing how well states are protecting LGBTQ people from discrimination.