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President John Mahama says he wants to open dialogue on the law, while one legislator said he would rather be dead than live in a country that affirmed LGBTQ+ rights.
The legislation in both countries, awaiting final approval, will remove medical requirements and ease the process in other ways.
The new legislation will include treatment directed at trans people, reversing last year's announcement that this would be excluded.
The suspended Alabama chief justice demonstrates an apocalyptic view of America after Obergefell.
Log Cabin Republicans scored a coup last week when the Republican majority in the New York State senate introduced the Safe Schools for All Students Act, which would protect kids from being bullied in public schools because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. Jeff Cook, legislative adviser for Log Cabin, said it was historic to have transgender people included in what is known in Albany parlance as a "rules bill" -- a bill introduced by the majority that is automatically understood to have the assent of the majority leader. "It is the first rules bill that we know of that includes gender identity and expression in New York State," Cook said.
The U.K.'s Daily Mail says she did, but spokespeople for the royal family are not amused.
The law will take effect in 30 days and will make promoting or practicing conversion therapy a criminal offense.
It comes too late for Oscar Wilde, but not for thousands convicted under now-repealed laws.
It's the first known nation to take such an action.
A year after the longest-serving British monarch's death, here's a look at her handling of LGBTQ+ issues — a mixed bag that leans toward the positive.
Those convicted under now-defunct antisodomy laws can apply for pardons and have their criminal records cleared.
