US Supreme Court begins hearing case that could blow a hole in LGBT rights protections

• Released Date: 05-Dec-2017

LGBT campaigners say that if the court sides with Mr Phillips, the case threatens to blow a hole in decades of civil rights laws and anti-discrimination protections across the US.Trump’s Justice Department will deliver oral arguments as part of the b

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There’s a surge of anti-LGBTQ hate taking over Paraguay

• Released Date: 04-Dec-2017

Like in most of Latin America, Paraguay is seeing the rise of an increasingly well-resourced, politically active, and loud anti-LGBTQ movement. Using the made-up concept of ‘gender ideology’ to justify their attacks against thousands of people and fa

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A same-sex royal wedding would be a wonderful occasion

• Released Date: 03-Dec-2017

We were amused and appalled to read that the provost of St Mary’s Cathedral in Glasgow has suggested that the Church of England might recognise same-sex marriage more quickly if people prayed for Prince George to be gay (Report, 1 December).While Rev

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Donald Trump ignores LGBTQ community in World AIDS Day proclamation

• Released Date: 01-Dec-2017

Trump’s statement is a far cry from previous president Barack Obama’s final World AIDS Day address in 2016, where he urged his successor to continue to raise awareness and fight towards an AIDS-free generation.In the United States, more than 1.2 mill

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Push for gay marriage rights

• Released Date: 24-Nov-2017

The Cambodian Centre for Human Rights and LGBTIQ people yesterday called on the government to issue laws on gender recognition to provide legal documentation relating to marriage and adoption rights for the LGBTIQ community.

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CCHR PRESS RELEASE

• Released Date: 23-Nov-2017

The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) publishes today - 23 November 2017- a ground - breaking new research report entitled Cambodia’s Rainbow Families: Marriage, Adoption and Gender Recognition Rights in the Kingdom (the Report). It is

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Australia’s Parliament will not break for Christmas until Marriage Equality passes

• Released Date: 23-Nov-2017

After a lengthy postal vote survey between September and November earlier this year, 61.6% of the Australians who took part have voted in favour of legalising same-sex marriage in the country.The No vote held 38.4% of the share.

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‘Rainbow couples’ fight for approval in Cambodia

• Released Date: 23-Nov-2017

For the report, titled Cambodia’s Rainbow Families, CCHR conducted interviews with 121 individuals either currently or formerly in an LGBTIQ couple, which it terms rainbow couples, in nine provinces and analysed the legal framework of their rights. G

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Sri Lanka to decriminalise homosexuality and protect LGBTQ citizens

• Released Date: 23-Nov-2017

Nerin Pulle, Sri Lanka’s Deputy Solicitor General, has pledged to change the penal code in Sri Lanka after the country’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR).The UPR is a process where countries within the UN have their human rights records scrutinised by

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MEDIA ALERT–CCHR press conference and photo exhibition to launch new report

• Released Date: 21-Nov-2017

The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) is pleased to announce that it will hold a press conference at 8:30am on Thursday, 23 November 2017 at Meta House to mark the launch of a new report entitled Cambodia’s Rainbow Families: Marriage

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Turkey bans all LGBT events in capital city Ankara due to public sensitivity

• Released Date: 19-Nov-2017

Earlier this week, Turkish officials banned a festival of gay German-language films to be held in capital city Ankara.Pink Life QueerFest had scheduled four movies in cinemas across the Turkish city of Ankara on 16 and 17 November, with all of t

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Religious freedoms must be included in same-sex marriage bill, says Matt Canavan

• Released Date: 19-Nov-2017

Elements of the right are resisting suggestions from senior Turnbull government figures that religious freedom be considered separately from legalising same-sex marriage, with National Matt Canavan declaring the issues need to be considered in one jo

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