Sexuality Policy Watch

COVID-19 and LGBTQI rights: compilation (March – June)

MAY / JUNE

LGBTQ Inequality and Vulnerability in the Pandemic – HRW

LGBT: Covid-19 forced me back home where I’m ‘unwanted’ – BBC

LGBT Nonprofits struggle and adapt to new realities – bear

Asia

India

The Modi Govt’s Handling of the Trans Rights Bill is Transphobia in Action – The Wire

Halt Implementation of the Trans Act 2019: Activists – The Wire

Consensual Cohabitation Between Two Adults Of Same Sex Not Illegal; They Have A Right To Live Together Even Outside The Wedlock: Uttarakhand HC – Live Law

Eviction Fear Heightens as Lockdown Signals Loss of Livelihood for Transgender People – The Wire

Coronavirus Has Compounded the Ostracisation of LGBTQ Community – The Wire

Assam Govt Sets up Six-Member Transgender Welfare Board – The Wire

Taiwan

Analysis | Taiwan LGBT community at risk of being seen as COVID-19 hotbeds – China Post

South Korea 

Tracing homophobia in South Korea’s coronavirus surveillance program – The Conversation

LGBT groups launch petition to allow cross-national same-sex marriage – Focus Taiwan

Bangladesh

Bangladesh Should Support Hijra, Trans Under Covid-19 – HRW

Europe

Hungary 

Hungary rolls back legal protections, puts trans and intersex people at risk – ILGA Europe

Hungary votes to end legal recognition of trans people – The Guardian

UK

Boris Johnson scraps plan to make gender change easier – The Irish Times

North America

US

The L.G.B.T.Q.-Rights Movement Wins Its Biggest Supreme Court Victory – The New Yorker

The Trump Administration’s Hateful Message on Health Care for Transgender Americans – The New Yorker

Supreme Court clashes over meaning of ‘sex’ in LGBT discrimination cases – CNBC

Supreme Court Delivers Major Victory To LGBTQ Employees – NPR

LGBTQ Americans are getting coronavirus, losing jobs. Anti-gay bias is making it worse for them – USA Today

Africa

Zambia

Zambian President Pardons Gay Couple Jailed for 15 Years – NYT

 

MARCH / APRIL

English

Protecting Ourselves in the Age of COVID-19 – MPact

The Price of Confinement: The impact of COVID-19 on LGBTQI+ refugees’ community in Lebanon – Arab Foundation For Freedoms & Equality

Bangladesh Should Support Hijra, Trans Under Covid-19 – HRW

Morocco’s LGBT community faces death threats after online outing – Egypt Independent

Trump team moves to scrap protections for LGBTQ patients – Politico

Coronavirus exacerbates LGBTQI refugees’ isolation and trauma – Al Jazeera

Coronavirus 2019 Information – National LGBT Cancer Network

COVID-19: Community Response – GATE

Top ‘Working at Home’ Tips for LGBTI Activist Organisations – Medium

The Losers Conspiracy –  Artforum

Will the NHS drop its trans obsession when peak coronavirus hits? – The Spectator

Demands from Grassroots Organizers Concerning COVID-19 – Transformative Spaces

Panama to restrict movement by gender during virus quarantine – Bangkok Post

Panama’s Gender-Based Quarantine Ensnares Trans Woman – Human Rights Watch

Gender divide: Peru limits men and women to alternate days out to stall vírus – Reuters

Philippines Uses Humiliation as COVID Curfew Punishment – Human Rights Watch

Hungary rolls back legal protections, puts trans and intersex people at risk – ILGA Europe



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