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Here are 10 of the main issues likely to be faced in 2021:
1. Marriage equality: Rights activists expect to see same-sex civil partnerships or marriages enacted in countries such as Mexico, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, Estonia and Venezuela this year.
2. European Union (EU) sanctions on Hungary and Poland: Calls are growing for the European Commission, the executive arm of the EU, to impose further sanctions on Hungary and Poland.
3. Conversion therapy: Germany outlawed conversion therapy for minors in May, joining Brazil, Ecuador, Malta in instituting forms of nationwide bans on the practice, which aims to alter a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity.
4. Transgender rights: Trans rights, hotly debated around the world as to whether they encroach upon those of women, will see battles in many countries in 2021.
5. The United States: Trans rights will also be high on the U.S. political agenda with an expected repeal of a ban on new transgender military personne
6. Hate crime laws
7. The Caribbean: Decriminalisation proceedings are expected to be filed – or have been filed – in the remaining jurisdictions that outlaw gay sex.
8. Decriminalisation of same-sex relations
9. LGBT+ asylum seekers
10. Japan: This year, Japan is set to host the delayed 2020 Olympic Games and the international spotlight has focused increased scrutiny on the country’s relative absence of pro-LGBT+ laws.
