Legimacy of 'ctomer' Supreme Court gay rights se rais ethil and legal flags | AP News

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• LEGIMACY OF ‘CTOMER’ SUPREME COURT GAY RIGHTS SE RAIS ETHIL AND LEGAL FLAGS
• SGAPORE’S LATT RULG ON GAY SEX IS ‘COLD COMFORT,’ ACTIVISTS SAY
• CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR
• FIRG OF GAY CATHOLIC SCHOOL TEACHER ULD TT LATT SUPREME COURT LG

LEGIMACY OF ‘CTOMER’ SUPREME COURT GAY RIGHTS SE RAIS ETHIL AND LEGAL FLAGS

Sgapore’s Prime Mister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday said the untry will repeal the lonial-era Sectn 377A of Sgapore’s Penal Co, thereby crimalizg gay sex Sgapore, but add that same-sex marriage will ntue to be illegal the cy-state. This will brg the law to le wh current social mor, and I hope, provi some relief to gay Sgaporeans, ” said the Prime Mister.

“Like every human society, we also have gay people our midst.

It punish gay sex – even if is nsensual, between adults, and tak place privately – for up to two years of imprisonment. In Febary 2022, Sgapore’s Court of Appeal led that the sectn would rema the law, but nnot be enforced to prosecute men for havg gay sex.

SGAPORE’S LATT RULG ON GAY SEX IS ‘COLD COMFORT,’ ACTIVISTS SAY

Lee said: “We need to fd the right way to rencile and acmodate both the tradnal mor of our society, and the aspiratn of gay Sgaporeans to be rpected and accepted.

In June, Thailand edged closer to beg the first place Southeast Asia to legalize same-sex unns when lawmakers passed four different bills aimg to provi greater rights to gay upl, such as the abily to adopt children and manage assets jotly.

The lg is fal and nnot be has fallen behd s global peers regnizg gay and transgenr rights. It is the only member of the Group of 7 natns that has not legalized same-sex month, the Japane Parliament passed a bill that outlawed “unfair discrimatn” and promoted “unrstandg” of gay and transgenr people, a measure that rights advot emed sufficient and watered down om a bill submted natn’s urts have been more sympathetic to gay and transgenr rights.

CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR

Ne stat have laws banng transgenr people om g bathrooms or other facili that align wh their genr inty at least some settgs, acrdg to the Movement Advancement Project, a thk liberatns over the bill promotg unrstandg of gay and transgenr people the Diet, as Japan’s Parliament is known, nservative policians raised ncerns that the law might enable men to barge to women’s bathrooms and asslt Tuday after the cisn was released, some nservativ objected. ”She said pendg on how the language and spe of the cisn is terpreted, the se uld affect other rights for gay and transgenr people. Activists said that the Supreme Court cisn uld help nudge other pani and lol ernments to change their own l erng the e of rtrooms by transgenr lg uld help “lol ernments to make their own policy or their own ordanc, and many pani will follow the judgment, ” said Gon Matsunaka, a director and adviser to Pri Hoe Tokyo, a support center for the gay and transgenr muny.

The Lbian Gay Bisexual Transgenr Law Sectn striv to:Support unrstandg among WSBA members of the legal needs of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr rints of WashgtonAssist LGBT rints and those who reprent themBetter unrstand how their legal needs n be metSupport rearch, tn, and llaboratn by sectn members on issu of sexual orientatn and genr intifitnPromote the study of LGBT law and report on changg law and regulatns as they affect LGBT people and muniAssist legislative work unrtaken wh the spe of GR 12Act as a liaison between the WSBA, s Board of Governors, LGBT anizatns, and the publicAnnual Report |.

FIRG OF GAY CATHOLIC SCHOOL TEACHER ULD TT LATT SUPREME COURT LG

The purpose of the LGBT Sectn is to promote the tnal and profsnal objectiv of the Connecticut Bar Associatn wh the practice area of issu and ncerns to Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr (“LGBT”) dividuals the profsn, which clus (1) monorg the progrs and enhancg the stat and opportuni available to LGBT dividuals the legal profsn; (2) providg LGBT attorneys, as well as, non-LGBT dividuals that are members of the Connecticut Bar Associatn wh an opportuny to share ncerns, munite, and work wh one another a supportive fom; and (3) promotg the participatn of the Connecticut Bar Associatn substantive areas of law and legislatn that prent issu of particular ncern to LGBT dividuals the profsn, and to those who seek legal servic. The sectn is open to all lawyers, judg, and law stunts who have an tert laws that perta to gay, lbian, bisexual, and/or transgenr persons, as well as persons livg wh HIV. Promote the study of gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr, and HIV law.

Study and report on laws, cisns, and ernment regulatns as they affect the rights, rponsibili, and the needs of the gay, lbian, bisexual, and/or transgenr people, as well as persons who are livg wh HIV. Provi a mon meetg ground and fom for lawyers, judg, and law stunts terted the legal problems of people who intify as gay, lbian, bisexual, or transgenr persons, as well as people who are livg wh HIV.

Gav Newsom and sla gay rights lear Harvey the ne-hour Temecula Valley Unified meetg, which ran past midnight, some parents spoke support of the nservative majory on the school board and s buckg of state standards for clive and diverse pated Newsom — who plans to send textbooks that reference Milk to Temecula stunts fiance of the board — as a “tyrant” who “forc his le” upon a district he knows nothg about. ”The bate arose after the board rejected proposed stctnal material that mentned Milk, a member of the San Francis Board of Supervisors and the first out gay man elected to public office California, who was assassated 1978. ” Conservative school board Print Joseph Komrosky, who lled Milk a “pedophile” and has been publicly fdg wh Newsom over the issue, asked sheriff puti on Tuday to remove a teacher om the meetg after she lled nservative board member Danny Gonzalez a “homophobe.