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Honduras effectively killed same-sex marriage forever

The Honduran legislature today voted to change their country’s constitution to make it nearly impossible to reform previous bans on marriage equality and abortion rights for women. In the past, a two-thirds vote of the nation’s legislators was required to…

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One of Poland’s LGBT-free zones withdraws its hateful legislation

The first thread of Poland’s patchwork of so-called “LGBT-free zones” was undone Thursday (28 January) as town councillors voted to withdraw its hateful legislation, activists said. As women’s rights advocates, LGBT+ activists, among other allies, poured onto the streets of Warsaw…

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HRC: 60 corporations that improved LGBT policies in 2020

The Human Rights Campaign this week released its 19th Corporate Equality Index, which closely examines the LGBTQ+ policies of thousands of American corporations, including most of the Fortune 500. Even with the tumult of 2020 — from the COVID-19 pandemic to social unrest…