INTERNATIONAL: United Nations appoints first watchdog to help prevent LGBT discrimination… Read more on page:
HONG KONG: A petition letter urging the government to change the current immigration policy denying same-sex couples equal recognition in spousal visa applications has been ignored by several large investment banks. 12 total investment banks, including HSBC, JPMorgan, and Goldman Sachs, declined to sign.
HAITI: Organisers cancelled the festival celebrating Haiti’s Afro-Caribbean lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community due to violent threats and government opposition.
UNITED STATES: The Pentagon announces an end to the military ban on transgender service members, extending beyond active-duty military.
IRELAND: As many as fifty percent of the LGBT population in Ireland have responded to a survey saying they have chosen not to “come out” at work.
NORWAY: “Norwegians are girls who love girls, boys who love boys, and boys and girls who love each other,” the King said in his speech. “Norwegians believe in God, Allah, everything and nothing. Norwegians are also immigrants from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Poland, Sweden, Somalia and Syria. It is not always easy to say where we come from, to which nationality we belong. Home is where the heart is. That cannot always be placed within country borders.” -King Harald V of Norway
