Sofia: Candidate storms Trans event, faces 5 years
Reuters reported on November 3 that far-right presidential candidate Boyan Rasate is being charged with "hooliganism and infliction of injury" after he and 10 supporters stormed the Rainbow Hub, an LGBT community center that was hosting a Trans community event at the time. According to the Hub's leadership, Rasate and his supporters flipped tables, toppled booths, and struck one employee in the face. The attack has been condemned by the government of Bulgaria itself and the ambassadors of many other countries, while Rasate has admitted no guilt and has declined to make a statement. He'll face five years in prison if convicted.
United Kingdom: Lesbian couple decries "social infertility"
The BBC reported on November 8 that Lesbian couple Megan and Whitney Bacon-Evans are launching a judicial review of their NHS Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), citing discriminatory obstacles to their fertility treatment. The influencer couple says they'd need 12 rounds of expensive, private treatments costing up to £26,000 before they could get NHS support, while heterosexual couples need to try to conceive for two years to be eligible for the same support. The BBC added that, since policy varies in different areas, one in four CCGs requires 10—12 rounds of the same treatment. Critics of such policies call it a tax on LGBT couples, and research from the UK fertility regulator seems to point in that direction.