Honduran LGBT+ advocates in legal bid to stop same-sex marriage ‘lock’

 | 
02/19/2021

Honduran LGBT+ advocates on Thursday mounted a legal challenge to changes made to the constitution by lawmakers that make it harder to reverse the existing ban on same-sex marriage. Last month, members of the Honduran Congress voted to amend the constitution making it much harder to reverse existing hard-line bans on abortion and same-sex marriage, as lawmakers doubled down on socially conservative priorities. The changes go “against rights and values recognized in the constitution and in international treaties and conventions, including the rights to human dignity, equality, and liberty,” said Nadia Mejia, a lawyer for LGBT+ advocacy Las Cattrachas, which filed the legal bid.

Share this:

Latest Global News

Added on: 10/12/2024
10/12/2024
In Bangladesh, where traditional gender roles are deeply entrenched, transgender people face extraordinary challenges in achieving educational and economic success. A study conducted by …
Added on: 10/12/2024
10/12/2024
Father Johan Verschueren, the general counsellor and delegate for the Interprovincial Houses and Works of the Society of Jesus in Rome, expressed his support …
Added on: 10/12/2024
10/11/2024
A queer bar destroyed by Hurricane Helene in September is getting a new lease on life with the help of thousands of donations from …

Explore LGBTQ+ Issues

Added on: 09/09/2024
Yumisleidi Rodríguez, a transgender student in  Cuba, proudly shared on social media their ability to choose and wear the male school uniform at their educational …
Added on: 09/01/2024
The Dominican Republic’s Constitutional Court will hear a challenge on August 30, 2024, to laws that criminalize consensual same-sex conduct by officers in the …
Added on: 08/31/2024
The Dominican Republic’s Constitutional Court will hear a challenge on August 30, 2024, to laws that criminalize consensual same-sex conduct by officers in the …