gay rights

Biden Boosts LGBTQI Protections, Bans Conversion Therapy

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Biden Boosts LGBTQI Protections, Bans Conversion Therapy

June 15, 2022 – President Joe Biden issued an executive order today banning conversion therapy and offering other LBGTQI+ protections as part of White House efforts to advance equality during Pride Month. “My order will use the full force of the federal government to end inhumane practices of conversion therapy,” Biden said in a speech … Read more

Bangladeshi court sentences ex-army major, 5 other Islamist militants to death for killing gay rights activist

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Bangladeshi court sentences ex-army major, 5 other Islamist militants to death for killing gay rights activist

A Bangladeshi anti-terrorism tribunal on Tuesday sentenced six Islamist militants, including a fugitive ex-army major, to death in the brutal murder of a gay rights activist and his friend in 2016. “They will be hanged by neck until their death,” Judge Md Majibur Rahman of the Anti-Terrorism Special Tribunal pronounced as four of the convicts … Read more