HEADLINES
Euro Commission loses patience with homophobic Hungary
Andorra approves marriage equality
Taiwanese gay wins marriage to Japanese spouse
Federal court blocks Biden’s trans protection plan
Greek gay activist’s killer free after two months in prison
Russia’s top tennis woman Kasatkina comes out
Christian zealots zap Seoul’s Queer Culture Festival
SUMMARY
The European Commission brings its human rights complaint against Hungary’s “no promo homo” law to the Court of Justice, Andorra’s General Council unanimously approves marriage equality, a Taipei court orders the recognition of a Taiwanese gay’s marriage to his Japanese husband despite the law’s binational restrictions, a U.S. federal judge in Tennessee blocks the Biden administration from enforcing transgender anti-discrimination protections on the grounds that it would stop states from discriminating, one of the killers of Greek gay activist and entertainer Zak Kostopoulos is released for family reasons after serving just two months of a 10-year prison sentence, Russia’s top-ranked women’s tennis player Daria Kasatkina dares to come out, 13,000 LGBTQ Pride celebrants in Seoul face down Christian opponents to demand basic anti-bias protections.
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