Warsaw police have arrested a nonbinary activist, Margot Szutowicz, who has been placed in pretrial detention, in the latest example of Polish authorities’ anti-LGBT actions.
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Barbados: Parliament of Barbados adopts workplace protections for individuals of diverse sexual orientation
Barbados tells bosses it’s OK to fire trans workers without cause
Poland: Statement of the Commissioner for Human Rights after the events of August 7 in Warsaw
Thailand: Gender recognition bill set to be tabled
Colombia: Violence is just one of the sufferings of trans people in a pandemic
The death in Bogotá, on May 29, of Alejandra Ortega 'Monocuco', a trans sex worker from Magangué who apparently had covid and who apparently did not receive medical attention when she reported that she was HIV-positive; The police harassment last weekend for six hours of Emma Hidalgo, another trans woman, when she was trying to enter the Medellín Metro.
Jamaica: Children in danger
Italy: Homotransphobia, the Justice Commission gives the green light to the text.
The majority finds agreement. Yes to the Italia Viva amendments concerning the funds available and the National Day, with changes that will make the reference to schools less demanding. The requests of feminists have also been accepted: a more precise definition will be found with respect to the term "gender identity"
Poland: Polish Minister Wants All of Poland to be a LGBT-Free Zone
The Polish Minister of State Assets said that “all of Poland should be an LGBT-free zone” during an interview with the Polish language Rzeczpospolita. Janusz Kowalski made the remarks in response to news the European Union is withholding funds from the growing number of towns declaring themselves LGBT-free zones in the central European country.