LGBTQ+ Rights Worldwide

So the Bermuda triangle ain't pink... The inverted pink triangle is a popular LGBT symbol, reclaimed from a pitch-black past.

Repealing marriage legality is a judicial headache. What about all the households that already exist?

In this case they're falling back to the old Domestic Partnership, which means that they're dealing with the same legal entities.

Right, but did the actual rights change? Visitation, inheritance, etc?

No they legally can’t have domestic partnerships give different rights, they have to comply with European court rulings (which apply there due to them being a British Overseas Territory and the UK still being in the EU for a little bit longer).

Still an asshole move, sadly the British government won’t intervene, especially the current one which relies on the Republican level of crazy DUP to sustain itself.

edited 8th Feb '18 3:09:52 AM by Silasw

If the rights are indeed identical then this whole thing is a colossal waste of time and money because it's literally just fucking semantics.

Bermuda has not repealed same sex marriage. They have repealed admitting it.

It’s going to cause a dent in their tourism. Bermuda is a popular wedding destination, so now, they’ll lose the gay part of that market to a significant degree.

https://ph.news.yahoo.com/zealand-passes-law-quash-historic-gay-convictions-021950939.html

New Zealand is enacting laws to finally declare gay convictions illegal and is offering help for those who have criminal records due to that.

Designing for the crackdown

I've heard that story multiple times. It's sad that in a country with such turmoil as Egypt, law enforcement officers instead spend their time worried with arresting gay people for trying to get a partner.

Is Egypt worse than Russia in this regard?

At least outside of Kadyrov's fief, almost certainly.

Bermuda's supreme court has overturned the legislation that removed recognition from same-sex marriage.

to Bermuda's Supreme court.

The Bermudan Government has six weeks to appeal the decision but this is a good sign.

https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/christian-charity-helps-tackle-lgbtq-youth-homelessness-n877186?cid=public-rss_20180610

Sincerity Mode: Thank God.

And also,

"Acting like a Christian. Who would have guessed."

Ugh. I got into a ugly Edit War in the wikia of a manganime series because a Trans character. She is female, she is a freaking Magical Girl because the Powers That Be choose her. When even the Sadistic Humanoid Abomination thinks that a trans girl is a girl but IRL humans have such a hard time understanding it, that is awful.

I imagine that similar stuff had happened with...almost every trans character, right?

It must be even more frustrating to actual transgenders, right?

edited 13th Jun '18 7:24:11 PM by KazuyaProta

"Transgenders."

edited 13th Jun '18 7:13:22 PM by RAlexa21th

Thanks. The spanish term is quite different and used interchangeably.

The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled in favor of several law societies who said they would refuse to accredit graduates from a potential law program at an Evangelical university. The root cause of this refusal was that all students at Trinity Western must sign a "covenant" which among other things bans sexual activity (on pain of suspension or expulsion, potentially) outside of heterosexual marriage.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trinity-western-supreme-court-decision-1.4707240

This is good news, as it not only affirms that limiting religious freedom when it infringes on that of others is acceptable, but it also hobbles Trinity's more long-term plans; getting Dominionist nutters into politics and the judicial system.

That's a big bullet dodged.

Wrong thread, sorry

edited 15th Jun '18 10:29:58 AM by BlueNinja0

Ok, actual comment for this thread: Want to bet that the punishment for pre-marriage^note or if they're particularly daring, outside-their-own-marriage heterosexual sexual contact will be a slap on the wrist^note unless they're a rape victim who comes forward, while any homosexual conduct will be met with immediate expulsion?

Very likely.

I know Ninja. I know that you think that all religions should be erradicated.

I'm not gonna forget that old commentary

edited 15th Jun '18 10:40:53 AM by KazuyaProta

Shit like this sure doesn't make religion look good. Organized religion has all the same flaws as any other hierarchical group (priests are fallible mortals, after all), and having the ultimate authority not directly available doesn't help matters.

England's Freemasons to allow women - if they were once male

A for effort, but I think that falls rather short of the mark, eh? As per my understanding transgender(ed?) people are not "X who become Y", but are rather considered "Y who are mistakenly believed to be X". And they will still be referred to as 'Brothers'.

Edited by Eagal on Aug 1st 2018 at 11:28:27 AM

To me this sounds more transparently transphobic than if they hadn't said anything.

I don't know if I'd say transphobic as such but more of a case of completely and utterly failing to understand gender identity and how it applies to trans people.