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18 Oct 2018 - NPWJ News Digest on LGBTI rights
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French LGBTI activist attacked in Paris' third homophobic attack in a month
GayStarNews, 17 Oct 2018
The head of a French LGBTI organization has been assaulted in an alleged homophobic attack. It is the third homophobic attack in Paris in less than a month.
Guillaume Mélanie, president of Urgence Homophobie shared photos of his bloodied face after the attack which happened on Tuesday night (17 October). ‘Tonight is my turn. Homophobic assault on the way out of a restaurant,’ he wrote on Facebook.
Transgender law reform has overlooked women’s rights, say MPs
The Guardian, 17 Oct 2018
Senior MPs have called on the government to reconsider plans to make it easier for trans people to have their preferred gender legally recognised to ensure that the reforms are not detrimental to women’s rights.
Maria Caulfield, the Conservative party’s former vice-chair for women, said the parliamentary inquiry into transgender rights, which informed the consultation that is due to end on Friday, was “fundamentally flawed” and failed to consider the wider implications of the proposals for women.
What LGBT supporters need to know about Kavanaugh
CNN, 16 Oct 2018
Brett Kavanaugh has replaced Anthony Kennedy on the US Supreme Court. For all the scrutiny of Justice Kavanaugh's personal life, his hearings told us little about where he will land on gay rights. Americans across the political spectrum have reason for concern -- especially pro-LGBT conservatives like ourselves who relied on Justice Kennedy as a champion of limited government. With the polarizing Kavanaugh confirmation now behind us, gay rights advocates need to prepare for the political reality of a rightward shift in the Supreme Court, because much more than marriage is at stake.
Tokyo’s ‘Olympic’ LGBT Non-Discrimination Law
Human Rights Watch , 11 Oct 2018
Last week Tokyo’s municipal government passed a bill that prohibits discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. In doing so, the city not only demonstrated its commitment to equal rights for all, but also to making the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games a springboard for human rights in Japan and beyond.
The new law states that the city government, citizens, and enterprises “may not unduly discriminate on the basis of gender identity or sexual orientation.” It requires the government to “conduct measures needed to make sure human-rights values are rooted in all corners of the city and diversity is respected in the city.”