Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo said that his government will await a Supreme Court ruling before taking action on a bill aimed at further criminalizing LGBTQ actions in the country. Rights groups have criticized the bill, citing concerns about similar measures in other
Russia’s first openly transgender politician has abandoned plans to run in a gubernatorial election, saying that the country’s latest anti-LGBTQ+ bill has eroded the support needed to register her candidacy. Yulia Alyoshina had planned to represent the opposition Civil Initiative party at
The United Nations rights chief is urging Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni to block an anti-LGBTQ bill that prescribes harsh penalties for some homosexual offenses, including death and life imprisonment. “The passing of this discriminatory bill – probably among the worst of its
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida fired one of his aides on Saturday for making anti-LGBTQ comments, calling the remarks “outrageous and completely incompatible with the administration’s policies.” Masayoshi Arai, an economic official who joined Kishida’s administration last fall, said people would leave