HEADLINES
Botswana accepts court repeal of anti-queer Penal Code
Namibian High Court’s marriage equality denial supports rights
Hong Kong rejects ID change without full trans surgery
France bans conversion therapy
Pope encourages parents to accept their LGBTQ children
Football Australia fines Melbourne team for homophobic fans’ chants
Mexican Football Federation bans anti-queer taunters
LGBTQA soccer fans sue Chicago stadium for uncontrolled homophobia
“Skyfall” villain becomes Bond girl for birthday surprise
SUMMARY
Botswana’s government announces that it will abide by court rulings decriminalizing consensual same-gender sex, a Namibian court rejects gay and lesbian bi-national couples’ quest for recognition based on a previous ruling and calls for constitutional reform, a Hong Kong court upholds the requirement that trans people undergo full reassignment surgery to legally change their gender on government documents, the French parliament finalized its national ban on conversion therapy, Pope Francis informally urges parents to support children with different sexual orientations, the Australian A-League Melbourne Victory is fined for fans chanting homophobic epithets against out Adelaide United defender Josh Cavallo, the Mexican Football Authority warns that fans who chant the anti-queer slang word “puto” will be banned from stadiums for five years, LGBTQA U.S. soccer fans sue Chicago's Soldier Field for not stopping abusive chants during its 2019 Gold Cup matches, and Daniel “James Bond” Craig and “Skyfall” nemesis Javier “Raoul Silva” Bardem celebrate their birthdays with their cinematic homoeroticism baked into the cake.
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