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CAIRO — Coverage inside Egypt of people arrested on charges of homosexuality has skyrocketed as a direct result of government pressure, with one editor going so far as to say it is happening under "instructions" from the state.
Dec. 19, 2014: Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, right, shakes hand with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, left, at Government House in Bangkok. (AP)
On Friday, the Supreme Court justices will be meeting to decide whether to hear a case — or multiple cases — challenging a ban on same-sex couples' marriages.
This will be the second time the justices have considered whether to take any of the cases out of Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and/or Tennessee. When they did so on Jan. 9, they took no action on those cases, instead re-listing them for discussion on Friday.
The Washington Blade has learned the State Department is considering phasing out domestic partner benefits for unmarried gay employees in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's 2013 ruling that struck down a portion of the Defense of Marriage Act.
Patrick Kennedy, under secretary for management at the State Department, told representatives of Gays and Lesbians in Foreign Affairs Agencies during a Dec. 22 meeting that the agency plans to move forward the proposed elimination of the Same-Sex Domestic Partner (SSDP) program.
Defendants, masking their faces, enter a cell in the courtroom minutes before they hear the verdict. Asmaa Waguih / Reuters
No trial court has ever cleared Egyptians of charges of homosexuality in a high profile case, say human rights activists. J. Lester Feder and Maged Atef report for BuzzFeed News from the courthouse in Cairo.
CAIRO — A Cairo court acquitted 26 men of charges of participating in a gay "sex party" at a public bathhouse in December.
In this Nov. 6, 2014 photo provided by Johnny Shryock, Sonia Luna poses for a photograph at her office in Los Angeles.
"I have determined that the best reading of Title VII's prohibition of sex discrimination is that it encompasses discrimination based on gender identity, including transgender status," Attorney General Eric Holder writes.