The legislation allows Prime Minister Viktor Orban to further consolidate power while eroding civil liberties. It also makes it harder to scrutinize how the government spends public funds.
Tag: Homosexuality and Bisexuality
U.K. to Ease Rules on Blood Donations by Gay and Bisexual Men
The new policy, which will take effect next summer, was described by Britain’s health secretary as a landmark and by an activist as “a fundamental shift toward recognizing people are individuals.”
Bhutan Becomes Latest Asian Nation to Dial Back Anti-Gay Laws
Lawmakers in the Himalayan country voted this week to amend a 2004 law that criminalizes “sexual conduct that is against the order of nature,” previously treated as a reference to gay sex.
European Union Tries to Counter Anti-L.G.B.T.Q. Wave in Hungary and Poland
The bloc is trying to stop the Eastern European member nations from advancing discriminatory measures, but its legal powers are limited.
Poets and Lovers: Do Rimbaud and Verlaine Belong in France’s Panthéon?
A petition seeks to honor them, but critics ask if it’s about poetry or sexuality, and whether such rebels would be out of place in an august shrine to national heroes.
China’s Stance on Homosexuality Has Changed. Its Textbooks Haven’t.
A lawsuit brought by a student is part of an effort to get schools, editors and publishers to recognize that being gay is not a mental disorder.
Judge Dismisses Case Against 47 Men Charged Under Nigeria’s Anti-Gay Law
The judge said prosecutors failed to appear in court or call witnesses in the trial, regarded as a test case of the draconian law enacted nearly seven years ago in Africa’s most populous country.
Pope Francis’ Views on Same-Sex Civil Unions Were Cut From a 2019 Vatican Interview
A Mexican broadcast company says Francis made the comments to its correspondent more than a year ago, and people close to the company say the Vatican then edited them out.
In Shift for Church, Pope Francis Voices Support for Same-Sex Civil Unions
The comments, shown in a new documentary, are the strongest yet from a pontificate that has taken a more tolerant and inclusive tone.
Bill Offering L.G.B.T. Protections in Italy Spurs Rallies on Both Sides
Supporters frame the measure as a long-overdue means to provide basic human rights. Opponents depict it as an overreaching step that would suppress opinion.