A government minister has come under fire from conservative members of Parliament and religious groups after attending an interfaith Pride service in support of LGBTQ+ rights. The minister, whose participation marked the first high-profile government […]
In a landmark moment for LGBTQ+ rights in Asia, King Maha Vajiralongkorn of Thailand signed the same-sex marriage bill into law today, making Thailand the first country in Southeast Asia to legalize same-sex marriage. The […]
A Filipino Catholic university student has instructed Pope Francis to “stop using offensive language” toward members of the LGBTQ community. During an online video panel featuring several Catholic university students and the pope, Jack Lorenz […]
Hearings on a challenge to the anti-LGBTQ+ measure approved by parliament in February have commenced at Ghana’s Supreme Court. Richard Dela Sky, an attorney and journalist, filed a request to contest the contentious bill, and […]
Accra’s high court has rejected an attempt to force the president to sign a contentious anti-LGBTQ+ measure that was approved by parliament in February. A political controversy in the West African nation resulted from President […]
The contentious anti-LGBTQ+ measure has drawn criticism from Ghana’s ministry of finance, which estimates that over the next five years, the bill may cost the West African nation over $3.8 billion (£2.9 billion) in World […]
The United States has expressed its “deep trouble” over Ghana’s adoption of a strict anti-LGBTQ+ law that it claims compromises fundamental liberties. “The bill would also undermine Ghana’s valuable public health, media and civic spaces, […]
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