- The U.S. House of Representatives passes the Equality Act, which would amend the 1964 Civil Rights Act by requiring laws against sex-based discrimination to include gender identity and sexual orientation.
- Sharing digitally altered “deepfake” footage or intimate images captured without consent should be made a crime, a UK government-supported review said after finding victims are being denied justice because the law has not kept up with cyber sexual abuse.
- Dr. Rachel Levine refuses to answer a question from Senator Rand Paul on the use of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones for minors, even without consent from parents or guardians. Dr. Levine is nominated by President Joe Biden for the Asst. Secretary of the Health Department and Human Services.
- Japan’s minister for women’s empowerment and equality is among a group of MPs who signed a document opposing a policy change to allow women to keep their surnames after marriage.
- Human Rights Watch alleges Cameroonian soldiers raped at least 20 women in a raid on a village last year.