Category: Anti-LGBTQ+ law

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Gay sex convictions under now-abolished laws to be wiped by UK govt

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Priti Patel is set to announce a pardons scheme expansion covering any conviction given to those engaging in consensual homosexual activity. The Home Secretary is reportedly planning to broaden the government’s Disregards and Pardons scheme, meaning that those who were convicted of a crime under the now-abolished legislation can apply to have it wiped from their criminal record with no requirement to disclose it in the future. The Home Office said that the nine former offences currently included on the specified list “largely focused on the repealed offences of buggery…

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China set to ban video games featuring LGBTQ+ relationships and “unmanly characters”

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The Chinese government set to ban all video games that contain LGBTQ+ relationships or “unmanly” characters. According to a report from the South China Morning Post, the new policy was introduced via an internal memo from Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) – the country’s internet watchdog. The memo states that any “effeminate” male characters, established queer relationships and characters with “no clear gender” are banned. “If regulators can’t tell the character’s gender immediately, the setting of the characters could be considered problematic and red flags will be raised,” it said.…

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Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni rejects anti-LGBTQ+ bill

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President Yoweri Museveni has refused to sign the country’s “Sexual Offenses Bill”, which passed Ugandan parliament last year. On Tuesday (August 17), President Yoweri Museveni refused to give assent on the Sexual Offenses Bill, stating: “Many provisions are redundant and already provided for in other legislations.” The Sexual Offenses Bill, introduced in 2015, seeks to “consolidate laws relating to sexual offences and provide procedural and evidential requirements during trial of sexual offences and proposes several measures to check among others, sexual harassment in schools by guardians or teachers.” “I have…

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U.N. human rights experts call Ghana’s anti-LGBTQ+ bill “textbook” discrimination

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A Ghanaian bill criminalising LGBTQ+ people has been criticised as “state-sponsored discrimination and violence” against sexual minorities. On August 12, a group of United Nation human experts condemned an anti-LGBTQ+ bill and appealed to Ghana’s government to repeal the proposed legislation. The Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill was condemned by Victor Madrigal-Borloz, the independent U.N. expert on LGBTQ issues, and 11 of his colleagues. The controversial bill, which has already been introduced in the Ghanaian Parliament,  states that “any person who deviates from an…

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Hungary calls out Lewis Hamilton for his support of the LGBTQ+ community

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A Hungarian government official has called Lewis Hamilton’s solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community “fake news.”  Earlier this week, the British racing driver took to his Instagram to condemn Hungary’s archaic anti-LGBTQ+ law.  “To all in this beautiful country Hungary. Ahead of the Grand Prix this weekend, I want to share my support for those affected by the government anti-LGBTQ+ law,” he said.  “It is unacceptable, cowardly and misguiding for those in power [to suggest] such a law. Everyone deserves to have the freedom to be themselves no matter who they…

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