FIFA holds meeting to address human rights concerns ahead of Qatar World Cup
Human Rights Watch has said that Qatari laws continue to discriminate against women and LGBT+ individuals
French parliament bans LGBT+ conversion therapy
Countries including Brazil and Malta have already moved to ban practices that seek to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity
Trans youth denied hormones at greater risk of depression, suicide - study
Transgender teens and young adults unable to access cross-sex hormones are more likely to be depressed or have attempted suicide, U.S. study finds
Global warming of 3C could cost $1.6 trillion a year in lost labour
As temperatures rise, outdoor workers will find it harder to adapt, especially in already-hot places like the Gulf
Top EU court rules Bulgaria must issue ID to child of two mothers
European Court of Justice make ruling in case which LGBT+ couple were refused identity documents for their child in Bulgaria where same-sex marriage is not recognised
Britain's first gay banking chief executive wants to shake up finance
Anthony Watson, the first openly gay British bank chief executive, aims to change the 'pale, stale, male and straight' banking world
Hungary's anti-LGBTQ law breaches international rights standards - European rights body
Rights experts labelled Hungary's ban on teaching about homosexuality and transgender issues in schools as a violation to human rights standards
U.S. diversity push for lawyers, agents to tackle housing crisis
Amid an affordability crisis and with the homeownership gap between white and Black Americans at its widest in 50 years, new programs are working to broaden the pool of people who work in the housing sector
Senegalese lawmakers draft tougher laws against LGBT
Same-sex relations remain taboo in many socially conservative African societies, where some religious groups have branded it a corrupting Western import
Philippine women switch on solar to light their way in a storm
Solar power is clean, cheap and quick to deploy, say aid workers, helping protect local communities as the impacts of climate change ramp up