HEADLINES
U.N. says laws against lesbian sex violate human rights
Thailand’s marriage equality bill stuck in political loop
Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill slapped with federal lawsuit
Arizona and Oklahoma enact anti-trans laws
U.S. to offer “X” gender option for passports
Crazed Q-Anon congresswoman snipes at Buttigiegs
SUMMARY
The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women’s declaration on a case from Sri Lanka is the first to specify that criminalizing lesbian sex is a violation of international human rights, Thailand’s Cabinet punts a marriage equality bill back to Parliament in an apparent effort to avoid a vote on the issue, Florida’s Republican Governor Ron DeSantis signs the infamous “Don’t Say Gay” bill into law and triggers a federal lawsuit, governors in Arizona and Oklahoma continue the Republican Party’s assault on transgender young people by signing more laws limiting their rights, the United States joins more than a dozen other countries that offer “X” gender markers on passports, Q-Anon favorite Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) attacks U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and his husband as electric vehicle-loving invaders of girls bathrooms.
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