LGBTQ+ Rights
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Monitoring LGBTQ+ Rights in India and Bangladesh
Tags Share Developments regarding LGBT rights in India and Bangladesh appear to be taking divergent paths within the two neighboring countries. In India, there has been a recent move toward a potentially more open society of social inclusion and increased civil liberties. Particularly, within the last decade there have been calls for the government to…
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Influential Indian Organization Appears to Shift Its Stance on Homosexuality
Tags Share LGBT activists in India have long called for the repeal of the country’s colonial-era law banning homosexuality, known in India as Section 377 of the criminal code. In 2009, the Delhi High Court, which exercises jurisdiction over the national capital territory of Delhi, overturned the law, finding it unconstitutional. The victory was short-lived:…
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Supreme Court Affirms Constitutional Right to Same-Sex Marriage
Tags Share (Washington, D.C. | June 26, 2015) Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights welcomes today’s historic Supreme Court Decision affirming a Constitutional right to same-sex marriage. In a 5-4 ruling in the case of Obergefell v. Hodges, the Court found that the 14th Amendment to the Constitution guarantees the right to same-sex marriage and requires…
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Trans Murder Goes Uninvestigated
Police refused to investigate Leonela Zelaya’s case for 14 years, exhibiting the Honduran State’s disregard for trans people.
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