LGBTQIA World News Roundup

By Tricia Boucher

‘One guy took a cutlass’: gay women at greater risk of violence in Ghana

LGBT women in Ghana are often ostracized by their families in Ghana at a larger rate than men, putting them at greater risk for violence from family members as well as the general population.

India’s top court to re-examine gay rights

Currently, the law in India makes any homosexual act punishable by up to 10 years in prison.  While a lower court found this law to be unconstitutional in 2009, the Supreme Court refused to overturn it.  It is now planning to re-examine this decision.

Could same-sex couples soon conceive a child with both their DNA?

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have discovered how stem cells create sperm, the first step in what will be a very long process of research and study, that could some day make biological parenthood a possibility for same-sex couples.

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