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Peter Tatchell: Queen Elizabeth “Has Turned Her Back” On The Gay Community
While I doubt that Elizabeth II is a raging homophobe, she certainly doesn’t appear to gay-friendly. Not once in her 60-year reign has she publicly acknowledged the existence of the LGBT community—or...
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Man In Dubai Gets 1 Year In Prison For Gay Relationship
In Dubai, it’s a crime to have consensual gay sex. And if you’re caught, the penal code allows up to 10 years in prison. So a Belgian who was recently arrested in the emirate got lucky—he was only...
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Yet Another Brutal Anti-LGBT Murder In South Africa
A young gay South African was murdered last week in the Northern Cape after getting into an argument with two men about his sexuality and gender. Thapelo Makutle (right), a drag performer who may have...
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STUDY: Asylum Groups Fail To Protect LGBT Refugees
A survey conducted by sociologists at Indiana University and the Organization for Refuge, Asylum & Migration (ORAM) indicates widespread failure to protect LGBT and intersex refugees.Conducted in...
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Cuba Elects First Openly Trans Woman To Public Office
Cuba has elected the first transgender woman to a public office in a move that demonstrates the island nation’s continuing progress on LGBT issues. 48-year-old Adela Hernandez won election as a...
View ArticleU.S. Embassy Condemns Series Of Violent Anti-Gay Attacks In Kosovo
Several incidents of anti-LGBT violence in Kosovo over the weekend has prompted condemnatory responses from both the Kosovo government and the U.S. Embassy there. In the capital city of Pristina on...
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STUDY: One LGBT Brazilian Murdered Every 26 Hours In 2012
Grupo Gay da Bahia, a gay rights advocacy group in Brazil, reports 338 murders of LGBT people in 2012 – meaning roughly one LGBT person is murdered every 26 hours in the South American nation. The...
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Somali Teen Stoned To Death For Being Gay As Village Forced To Look On
A gay teen in Somalia accused of sodomy was allegedly stoned to death in public while his village was forced to watch. As originally reported by Identity Kenya (via the gay Muslim group, Somali Gay...
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Gay Somali Teen Stoning Death In Doubt Over Fraudulent Photos
The story of a Somali teen being stoned to death in front of his fellow villagers has been cast in doubt due to the veracity of the photos used. According to LGBTQNation: [A]ll of the photographs...
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Anti-Gay Marriage Violence In France As Man Brutally Beaten And LGBT Fair...
A man was brutally beaten in Paris over the weekend in an anti-gay attack he says shows the “face of homophobia in France.” Gay rights activists say ongoing sentiment against same-sex marriage has...
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Uruguay Becomes 12th Country In The World To Legalize Gay Marriage
Uruguayan lawmakers overwhelmingly passed a bill legalizing same-sex marriage and adoption Wednesday, becoming the second South American country and 12th nation globally to do so. According to the AP,...
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Man’s Ear Shot Off In Anti-Gay Attack In South Africa
A South African man was stripped, beaten unconscious and had part of his right ear shot off on his 23rd birthday by a group of men, all because he was gay. Lunga Voko recounted the attack, which took...
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Ireland’s Constitutional Convention Votes Overwhelmingly In Favor Of Gay...
Over two years after Ireland legalized civil partnerships, a constitutional convention consisting of one-third politicians and two-thirds ordinary citizens has voted in favor of extending marriage...
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New Zealand Gets Ready To Legalize Gay Marriage
New Zealand is well on its way to becoming the 13th nation in the world to legalize same-sex marriage after a milestone parliamentary vote today. Agence France Presse reports: A bill that amends the...
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New Zealand Becomes 13th Nation To Legalize Gay Marriage
New Zealand has become the 13th country in the world, and the first in the Asia-Pacific region, to legalize same-sex marriage. Hundreds gathered to celebrate outside Parliament, where the gay marriage...
View Article[WATCH] UN Secretary-General: LGBTs Face “One of the Great, Neglected Human...
At the International Conference on Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Oslo, Norway, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon reaffirmed his and the UN’s commitment to global...
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After Brutal Murder, Gay Activists Struggle to Highlight Russia’s Rampant...
The 23-year-old man brutally tortured and killed in the Russian town of Volgograd over the weekend has been identified as Vladislav Tornovoi. His murder has enraged gay activists who continue to...
View ArticleWATCH: The UN Reassures Oppressed LGBTs the World Over —“You Are Not Alone”
If recent stories out of Russia, Uganda and South Africa have taught us anything, it’s the importance of highlighting the plight of the international lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community....
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Russian Celeb Reflects On The Importance Of Coming Out In The Face Of Extreme...
A former friend of mine – gay of course, and of course he kept it secret from all his family, as is common practice in Russia – said to me: ‘What on Earth made you come out? How stupid! Nobody was...
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Gay South Korean Film Director Marrying Boyfriend, Breaking Taboos
South Korean filmmaker Kim Jho Gwang-soo announced plans to marry his partner of nine years on Wednesday, a largely symbolic gesture since gay marriage is illegal in South Korea. As the first celebrity...
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STUDY: Most Gay Europeans Still Living In Fear
A new report from the European Union’s Fundamental Rights Agency found that almost two-thirds of LGBT Europeans are afraid to be open in public and feel discriminated against. The findings were...
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Nigeria Passes Bill Imprisoning Gays 10 Years For “Public Shows” Of Affection
Nigeria’s House of Representatives voted Thursday to pass the so-called “Jail All the Gays” bill, banning same-sex marriages, outlawing any groups endorsing gay rights and calling for 10-year prison...
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Will President Obama Use His Upcoming Trip To Africa As A “Teachable Moment”...
President Obama’s visit to Africa will coincide with the Supreme Court’s scheduled rulings on two cases determining the future of same-sex marriage, prompting hope that the Commander-in-Chief will...
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Gay Ex-Patriots From 10 Countries Banned From Marrying In France
France has agreed to ban foreign nationals from Algeria, Bosnia & Herzigovina, Cambodia, Laos, Montenegro, Morocco, Poland, Serbia, Slovenia, Tunisia and the region of Kosovo from getting wed under...
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Cameroonian Gay Activist Brutally Tortured And Killed In His Own Home
Cameroonian LGBT activist and journalist Eric Ohena Lembembe was found dead in his home on July 15, his body bearing signs of torture. Lembembe was an outspoken activist and executive director of the...
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At Landmark UN Meeting On Gay Rights, Russia Conspicuously Absent
At the first ever ministerial meeting of the United Nations to discuss LGBT rights, Russia was, unsurprisingly, nowhere to be found. Foreign ministers and officials from Argentina, Brazil, Croatia, El...
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60 Injured During Montenegro Gay Pride March
A gay pride march turned violent in Podgorica, Montenegro, as police clashed with anti-gay extremists who meant to disrupt one of the first gay pride marches in the region. March organizer Danijel...
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