National strike in Israel over surrogacy law
Tens of thousands of Israelis turned out over the weekend to protest a law that would exclude gay male couples from surrogacy. [Time]
#BreakThePatent
A growing activism and protest movement in the United States aims to break pharmaceutical company Gilead’s patent on the PrEP drug Truvada and make it available to more Americans. [NBC]
Trans activist to star as first transgender superhero
American transgender activist Nicole Maines will star as a transgender superhero in the television show Supergirl. [Associated Press]
Switzerland moves towards equal marriage
The Swiss government has voted to continue movement on a bill that could legalize same-sex marriage in the country in the next three years. [Le Matin]
Qatar censors LGBT content in New York Times
As the international spotlight turns to Qatar, host of the 2022 World Cup, the country is censoring pages of the New York Times that cover LGBT issues. [ABC News]
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