Padua recently became Italy’s first city to retroactively remove non-biological same-sex parents from children’s birth certificates as other jurisdictions alter their processes.
"Lesbian, bisexual and queer women are renowned for leading human rights struggles around the world, but the scale of brutal violence, legal discrimination, and sexualized harassment these communities face is rarely documented" - HRW
Lesbian, bisexual, and queer (LBQ+) women and non-binary people around the world face violence from security forces, family members, and others, along with widespread discrimination that prevents them from building relationships, homes, and families, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
The Special Commission of Inquiry into LGBTIQ Hate Crimes is well underway and is an essential effort by the State of New South Wales (NSW), Australia, to understand a critically important aspect of hate violence and in particular policing and murders.