In good news, the UK Privy Council heard a marriage equality case about the Cayman Island, a Malaysian man won a challenge against Islamic law banning gay sex, the Canadian government has given $100,000 for Inuit LGBTQ people to expand resources in Canada's northern Nunavut territory, and the Equality Act passed the United States House of Representatives.
On the other side, the Indian government said that same sex marriages cannot be given legal sanction, Turkey’s president continued to target the LGBT community, and a recently opened center in Ghana has been shut down after last Wednesday’s raid by security forces.
Violence threatens our basic human rights to safety and assembly. In these COVID times, it’s important to remind ourselves and our governments that our basic human rights cannot be violated just because they want to. We wish you health and safety in the everyday fight for our collective freedom.
Global Queer News is an initiative of The Global Center’s Media Unit. Each week, we gather the top seven queer stories from around the world and synthesize them for your knowledge and action.
