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May 22, 2024
An Urgent Call to Protect Gender-Affirming Care
![Protesters of Kentucky Senate Bill SB150, known as the Transgender Health Bill, cheer on speakers during a rally on the lawn of the Kentucky Capitol in Frankfort, March 29, 2023. © 2023 AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/05/202405lgbt_transyouth_gac.jpg?h=6cff36ad&itok=Z66hs08G)
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May 19, 2024
South Korea: Extend Health Benefits to Same-Sex Partners
Differential Treatment Amounts to Discrimination
![So Seong-wook (L) and Kim Yong-min attend a news conference after filing a lawsuit against South Korea’s National Health Insurance Service for dependent family status.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/02/202302lgbt_south_korea_same_sex_couples_receive_benefits_lawsuit.jpg?h=ca51eb13&itok=lwehO5vq)
May 15, 2024
Peru Chooses Bigotry in Medical Services
Government Should Scrap Decree that Pathologizes LGBT Identities
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May 9, 2024
Anti-Loitering Laws Will Not Help California Fight Human Trafficking
Reinstating Abusive Bans Would Harm Marginalized Groups
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April 24, 2024
Dominica High Court Decriminalizes Same-Sex Conduct
All Caribbean Nations Should Repeal Similar Criminal Laws
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April 24, 2024
Japan’s Transgender Law Revisions Should Be Grounded in Autonomy
Compulsory Sterilization Removed, but Lawmakers Should Reject all Onerous Requirements
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April 12, 2024
Belarus Calls LGBT Lives ‘Pornography’
“Depicting” LGBT Relationships May Be Punishable with a Prison Sentence
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April 12, 2024
Germany: Landmark Vote for Trans Rights Law
Creates Gender Recognition Procedure, Upholds Nondiscrimination
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