Let the Courts Decide

US: Catholic LGBTQ Ministry Responds to Supreme Court Decision on Adoption Case

The Catholic hierarchy may think that they have achieved a stunning victory in the Fulton vs. the City of Philadelphia decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, but in fact it is a crushing defeat for the Catholic values of equality, respect, and human dignity of all people, including LGBTQ people. The decision is also a defeat for Catholic values of stable family life and the promotion of the common good.

UK: British children in limbo over gender therapy after court ruling

In Britain the number of children referred to GIDS has risen nearly 30-fold in the past decade and waiting lists are more than 18 months long. About 2,660 under-18s were referred to GIDS in the year to March 2020, while 161 were referred on by GIDS to specialist endocrinologists who prescribe puberty blockers, according to the clinic’s data.

Canada: Quebec Court Rules in Favour of Trans, Non-Binary, and Intersex Rights

On January 28, 2021, the Quebec Superior Court released a long awaited ruling that is considered the most wide-reaching case to date in Canada for the rights of trans, non-binary and intersex people and their families.

Romania: The authorities’ refusal to legally recognise a change of gender identity in the absence of surgery breached the Convention

The case concerned the situation of two transgender persons whose requests for recognition of their gender identity and for the relevant administrative corrections to be made were refused on the grounds that persons making such requests had to furnish proof that they had undergone gender reassignment surgery.

Czech Republic: Don't worry, rainbow families will not slip towards us! The borders are guarded by the Constitutional Court

Most democratic countries in the world recognize the same adoption of same-sex couples. However, due to Monday's ruling of the Constitutional Court, the Czech Republic will continue to be the kingdom of inequality with firmly guarded borders, through which no rainbow family will pass.

Venezuela: Prison for five workers of NGO Azul Positivo

They accuse them of "improper obtaining of goods, legitimation of capital and association to commit a crime." They have been detained since Tuesday, when regime agents raided the organization's headquarters