This gap closed rapidly after Sutherland and the European Court of Human Rights once again proved itself a champion of LGBT rights and persuaded numerous other states to repeal or amend their discriminatory laws in this area. The Criminal Code of the Australian colony of Queensland was drafted in 1899 by the colony’s chief justice, Sir Samuel Griffith, and came into force in 1901. This reform was part of an omnibus bill first introduced in 1967 which served as a broader overhaul of the criminal code of Canada. Texas that the criminalisation of private, consensual same-sex sexual activity under Texan law, and by extension such laws in any other US State, was protected by a right to personal and private life located within the due process clause of the US Constitution (the Fourteenth Amendment). The High Court held that the criminal provisions were unconstitutional, as they contravened the fundamental rights to personal privacy and freedom of expression.

Author’s Note (12/18/17): Due to a family emergency, I will no longer be able to submit stories every Monday. The amendment was shelved due to fears of it being used for blackmail and a perceived lack of evidence that such acts actually took place.In addition a transgender woman from the UK successfully challenged the government’s refusal to allow her to draw a state pension at same age as other women.

Attorney General of Botswana, the High Court of Botswana held the Penal Code provisions criminalising private, consensual same-sex intimacy to be unconstitutional, thereby decriminalising such acts. v United Kingdom that the offence of gross indecency violated the right to privacy contained in the European Convention of Human Rights, was achieved.They reported experiencing twice as many police stops, arrests and convictions as other girls who had engaged in similar behavior. Human rights groups slammed the punishment as a setback to human rights and said it could worsen discrimination against people in Malaysia's lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender community. Nearly two-thirds of Malaysia's 31 million people are Muslims, who are governed by Islamic courts in family, marriage and personal issues. In February, the Kenyan Supreme Court ruled that the National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (NGLHRC) must be allowed to officially register as a non-governmental organisation (NGO).