People say they are disheartened by the court’s ruling but hopes remain that the case can continue The court of session ruling upholding the UK government’s veto on Scotland’s gender recognition reforms contributed to a “sense of exhaustion” in the trans community, said Jennie Kermode, a writer, film-maker and adviser for Trans Media Watch, based near Glasgow. “People are still hopeful that this case can proceed further but there is a sense of exhaustion that there is always this waiting, which is the case for all trans people whether it’s gender recognition or waiting lists which are so long ..read more

The state senate is considering a bill to prohibit doctors from offering gender-affirming care to trans patients younger than 18 Hundreds of transgender advocates and medical experts gathered at the Ohio statehouse on Wednesday to speak out against a proposed ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth. This week, the Ohio senate government oversight committee discussed a bill from state representative Gary Click, a Republican, who championed legislation that would prohibit doctors from offering gender-affirming care to transgender patients under the age of 18. The bill would also block trans ..read more

Lady Haldane’s decision will disappoint LGBTQ+ campaigners and offers a boost to Rishi Sunak at the end of a difficult week UK politics live – latest updates Downing Street’s unprecedented veto of Holyrood’s contentious gender recognition reform bill was lawful, a judge has ruled. In a ruling which will disappoint LGBTQ+ campaigners and offers a boost to Rishi Sunak at the end of a difficult week, Lady Haldane rejected the Scottish government’s petition to rule the UK government’s section 35 veto – contained in the 1998 Scotland Act, which created the devolved parliament – as unlawful ..read more

Anthony Odiong – who gave anti-LGBTQ+ sermons – had detailed allegations abuse filed against him before his removal A Louisiana Catholic priest’s sudden dismissal from the church where he had been a popular pastor for the last several years has set off a fresh scandal in the embattled New Orleans archdiocese, the second-oldest in the US. As they tell it, local church leaders rescinded Anthony Odiong’s invitation to serve as a cleric in the region due to unspecified “concerns … about [his] ministry prior” to his arrival in the archdiocese – “and quite possibly during his time” there. As a resul ..read more

Minister confirms plan to ban conversion practices and says law will have to address issues with affirmative care Gender-affirming care for children could be considered “a new form of conversion therapy”, Kemi Badenoch has said. The women and equalities minister made the claim as she confirmed plans to bring forward a bill to ban conversion practices, which seek to change or suppress someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity ..read more

After months of legal challenges Maya Gurung and Surendra Pandey registered their marriage, giving hope to other same-sex couples in the south Asian country The dancing continued until the early hours. Family and friends – and Suru the dog – gathered in western Nepal to mark the joyful end to what had been a historic day for Maya Gurung and Surendra Pandey. On Wednesday, they became the first same-sex couple in south Asia to have their marriage legally recognised. “Finally, we are completely together, finally we are completely each other’s, finally we can perform each other’s funeral if we die ..read more

Republicans have proposed $767m in cuts to HIV funding and held up Pepfar reauthorization for first time since 2003 On 1 December 1988, for the first time in history, a public day of awareness was celebrated. Called World Aids Day, it served as an attempt by the World Health Organization and the United Nations to bring awareness to a disease that had already killed 45,000 Americans by that point and tens of thousands more worldwide. It was the first time that the Names Project’s Aids memorial quilt, which famously included one coffin-sized panel for each person who had died of Aids, was displa ..read more

A new documentary challenges an alleged 1946 mistranslation that helped lead to a justification for Christian anti-gayness What if all the anti-gay, homophobic rhetoric that has come from the Christian right over these past few decades was rooted in a mistranslation of the Bible? In the documentary, 1946: The Mistranslation that Shifted Culture, researchers and scholars delve into the 1946 mistranslation of 1 Corinthians 6:9 and explore how it fuelled the Christian anti-gay movement that still thrives today ..read more

Operation Maximise aims to ‘cram’ people into hotel rooms in attempt to drive down costs Concerns are mounting for LGBTQ+ asylum seekers living in accommodation provided by the Home Office as the government ramps up its Operation Maximise exercise to “cram” more people into hotel rooms. A Guardian investigation has identified cases including that of a transgender man who slept on a staircase because he was afraid for his safety, and a gay man who was afraid to get undressed because of the amount of homophobic abuse he received ..read more

Rights activists say marriage of Maya Gurung, a transgender woman, and Surendra Pandey is ‘historic day’ An LGBTQ+ couple in Nepal have said they want to “scream to the world that we are husband and wife at last” after becoming the first in south Asia to have their marriage legally recognised. Maya Gurung, 38, a transgender woman, and Surendra Pandey, 27, were given a legal certificate in Nepal’s Lamjung district on Wednesday ..read more