LGBT+ Rights

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🇳🇦 High Court of #Namibia has ruled that the ban on same-sex sexual activity is unconstitutional and strikes law down

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🇳🇦 Same-sex sexual activity decriminalised in #Namibia

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Government announces plans to ban conversion therapy, and to quash historic convictions of homosexuality, in 🇮🇪 #Ireland

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🚨 SAME-SEX MARRIAGE IS NOW LEGAL IN 🇪🇪 #ESTONIA

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🚨 🇮🇸 #Iceland votes unanimously to ban conversion therapy

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🇪🇪 #Estonia is the 35th country in the world to legalise same-sex marriage - and the first former Soviet country to do so

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🚨 SAME-SEX MARRIAGE IS NOW LEGAL IN 🇪🇪 #ESTONIA

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[Kaja Kallas @kajakallas]

It's official: #Estonia has legalised marriage equality. We join other Nordic nations with this historic decision.

I'm proud of my country. We're building a society where everyone’s rights are respected and people can love freely.

The decision will enter into force from 2024.

[IFEX @IFEX]

With spotlight on #Rwanda, @hrw reports on how vendors, LGBTQIA+ people and homeless were rounded up in anticipation of @Commonwealth's #CHOGM meeting scheduled for June 2021 (but then postponed): https://t.co/hqWMyjJYZa @rightswatchLGBT @AmnestyUK_LGBTI @RightifyGhana

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@IFEX @hrw @commonwealth @AmnestyUK_LGBTI @RightifyGhana Thanks for sharing!

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❗️🇨🇭#Switzerland - early projections indicate that voters have decided by a clear margin to legalise same-sex marriage in a national referendum.

Official results later.

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🇦🇩 #Andorra - A debate on passing an #EqualMarriage bill has been postponed for a 6th time.

It’s now scheduled to take place in mid-September 2021

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It was widely believed that 🇱🇨 #StLucia is due to decriminalise male homosexuality in 2022, so it’s unclear what the situation is.

We’ll try and get more information and post an update when we can.

Any #LGBT people in St Lucia who can point us in the right direction, please DM

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🇱🇨 #StLucia and 🇲🇷 #Mauritania have both rejected calls from other nations to decriminalise homosexuality at a Universal Periodic Review of the UN Human Rights Council

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🇬🇪 #Georgia - A media cameraman injured during anti-#LGBT demonstrations last week has died from his injuries.

The 🇺🇸#USA State Department has called for prosecutions and reminded 🇬🇪#Georgia of their duty to ensure freedom and safety of the press.

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🇷🇺 The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that #Russia must recognise same-sex unions.

It’s thought that Russia will ignore the ruling, after constitutionally banning #equalmarriage last year.

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🇦🇩 #Andorra - A debate on passing an #EqualMarriage bill has been postponed for a 6th time.

It’s now scheduled to take place in mid-September 2021

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🇲🇷 #Mauritania currently carries the death penalty by stoning for male homosexuality under Sharia Law, but it’s not currently enforced

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🇱🇨 #StLucia and 🇲🇷 #Mauritania have both rejected calls from other nations to decriminalise homosexuality at a Universal Periodic Review of the UN Human Rights Council

[LGBT+ Rights @rightswatchLGBT]

It was widely believed that 🇱🇨 #StLucia is due to decriminalise male homosexuality in 2022, so it’s unclear what the situation is.

We’ll try and get more information and post an update when we can.

Any #LGBT people in St Lucia who can point us in the right direction, please DM