An Italian court ruled in one case where a couple of girls wanted to leave only the biological mother on the birth certificate of their children. A court in Padua on March 5 rejected a prosecutor's request to exclude non-biological mothers from the birth certificates of children born through reproductive technology, têtu reported. Previously, we talked about how a queer couple of girls went to court to defend their rights to have two girls listed on their child’s birth certificate.

The tragic story of a German gay couple at the beginning of the 20th century One of the first to address the problem of suicide in the LGBT community was Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld (in the old tradition of translation he was called Hirschfeld), a prominent sexologist and LGBT activist in the German Empire and the Weimar Republic. As far as we know, only three of Hirschfeld's books have been translated into Russian.

The Ministry of Justice refused to explain whether feminism is a sign of participation in the “LGBT movement” In response to a request from St. Petersburg deputy Boris Vishnevsky, the Ministry of Justice responded that clarification of laws does not fall within their powers. In the request, Vishnevsky asked the Ministry of Justice to confirm or refute the authenticity of the text of the Supreme Court decision, which recognized the “LGBTQ movement” as extremist.

Pharmaceutical companies have unveiled two future antiretroviral drugs that can be taken one tablet per week, and even less frequently for PrEP. The third drug is being returned to testing. The presentation took place at the XXXI Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2024) in Denver, USA Pharmaceutical companies Merck and Gilead Sciences presented two future drugs that remain in the body for a long time and are effective for at least a week after administration.

Journalist Maria Volokh sent a notice of the initiation of an administrative case due to the public display of “extremist” pride symbols The notification was sent to her via the Telegram messenger; the journalist herself is currently outside Russia. Volokh suggests that the case was brought against her because of the upcoming elections to the Moscow City Duma in September this year.

A study of the Russian queer community in conditions of war and totalitarian repression has been published The Coming Out group has prepared the first study of its kind, “The needs of LGBTQ+ people in Russia in 2023.” First of all, they did this for themselves: to understand how the Russian queer community has changed in the context of a protracted war and increasingly fierce repression, and how best to help them in this situation.