Pinksixty News SUNDAY 03 JUNE 2012
Channel: Colin Fallesen
Date: 2012-06-03

Yonlada Suanyos has won a seat at local elections in Thailand; the first trans women to do so. Suanyos is now a local councillor for the Nan province in the north of the country.

Brazil's new anti-homophobia bill will pass into law next month. Protections for gay, lesbian and transgender people extend from hospitality services to online and media.

Zach Wahls  presented a petition to US Scout leaders on Thursday, to protest the sacking of a lesbian troop leader. The petition also urged the organisation to end their  ban on gay scouts and gay scout leaders.

The EU has responded to growing homophobia in Eastern Europe, saying it is "gravely concerned by developments which restrict freedom of expression and assembly on the basis of misconceptions about homosexuality and transgenderism".

And finally, a federal court judge in California has ruled that the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional. Judge Claudia Wilken said the act was 'anti gay' and 'devoid of any legitimate governmental purpose'.

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