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The faith leaders also sought for countries to seek justice on behalf of the victims.
The declaration was presented at the launch of the Global Interfaith Commission on LGBT+ Lives during a virtual conference hosted in the U.K. December 16.
Jayne Ozanne, director of the commission, called the declaration a landmark. We ve never had such a powerful, clear, and supportive statement from so many leaders, she told CNN.
Nearly 400 religious leaders representing 10 religions from 35 countries signed on to the initial declaration that recognized religious institutions history and role harming LGBTQ people.
Some of the prominent initial signatories included Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu and his lesbian daughter the Reverend Canon Mpho Tutu van Furth of South Africa; former Irish president Mary McAleese; the Reverend John C. Dorhauer, the general minister and president of the United Church of Christ; the Reverend Michael-Ray Mathews, president of the Allian
Switzerland Passes Marriage Equality, Eases ID Rules for Trans Adults December 18 2020 3:36 PM EST
Lawmakers in Switzerland approved two historic bills Friday, one establishing marriage equality and the other making it easier for transgender and intersex residents to change the name and gender marker on official documents.
Both houses of the Federal Assembly, Switzerland’s parliament, passed the marriage equality bill by large margins 136-48 in the National Council, the lower house, and 24-11 in the Council of States, the upper house, the
Washington Blade reports. Such legislation has been under debate since 2013.
But the Federal Democratic Union, a far-right, Christian-identified political party, announced plans to call a national referendum on same-sex marriage, according to Swiss publication
Switzerland s parliament, the Federal Assembly, passed new gender recognition laws. (FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)
In a stunning move, Switzerland’s parliament passed a sweeping legal gender recognition bill Friday (18 December) enshrining self-declaration for trans people – but it has a major snag.
Yes, unlike what anti-trans lobbyists in Britain may believe, Switzerland did not implode nor did it become engulfed in hellfire as a result. The sun continues to rise and fall. Birds are, in fact, still tweeting and the wind blowing.
Trans and intersex Swiss can soon change their legal name and the gender marker on government-issued documents with a simple self-declaration at a civil registry office. It scraps previous laws that demanded trans people go through the courts to seek such changes, activists confirmed.