Fabiano Contarato challenged homophobic comments during hearing
While some input was positive a greater majority took to social media platforms including Twitter & were uniformly negative in their reaction
Advocacy group describes decision as a 'landmark judgment'
New government urged to expand LGBTQ rights
Mauricio Toro elected in 2018
Poland has seen a resurgence in the past three years of rightwing religious ultra-conservative groups in this heavily Catholic country
The pandemic, poverty has exacerbated problem
Taylor Hirschberg working with Belgian lawmaker
Statute received 64 percent support in referendum
Linda Thomas-Greenfield spoke at U.N. LGBTI Core Group event
