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Gerald Talbot, Maine’s First Black Legislator and Civil-Rights Leader, Dies at 94

His decades of advocacy reshaped Maine’s laws on housing, education, equal rights.

Delhi, Kerala High Courts Seek Answers on New Transgender Law

Mahama Defends Ghana’s LGBTQ+ Policy Approach as Lincoln University Pulls Honor

Zapatero Returns to Caracas to Monitor Disputed Amnesty Rollout

Government Tables Bill Redefining Transgender Status, Replaces Self-ID With Medical Certification

Starmer Presses Farage at PMQs After Reform Councillor Shared Post Saying MP ‘Should Be Shot’

UK Honour-Crime Prosecutions Fall Below 3%, New Data Show

Allahabad High Court Says DM Certificate Is Conclusive for Passport Gender Changes

Dutch Commission Links MPs’ Discriminatory Rhetoric to Rise in Online Hate

Tuam Exhumation Finds 22 More Infant Remains, Bringing Total to 33

Farage Unveils Plan to Pardon Troubles Veterans, Block New Prosecutions

Ukraine’s Myrotvorets Adds Russian Athletes Kurbonmamadova and Minakov to Database

Fugitive German Extremist Liebich Says They Now Identify as Non-Binary

La Spezia Court Grants Legal Gender Change to 13-Year-Old, Marking Italy's Youngest Case

France Finalizes Abortion Conviction Rehabilitation, Sends Homosexuality Redress Bill to Negotiators

Australia Logged 1,654 Antisemitic Incidents in Latest Year, ECAJ Report Finds

Tokyo High Court Upholds Same-Sex Marriage Ban as Former Judges Decry Proposed Retrial Curbs

São Paulo Court Orders Deputy Nikolas Ferreira to Pay R$40,000 Over Transphobic Post

Mexico's Supreme Court Leaves Victim Budget Floor Repeal Intact After Split Vote

Central Council of Jews Honors Activist Karoline Preisler With Paul‑Spiegel Prize