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Ugandan president praises gay forefathers
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni this week gave LGBT activists a glimmer of hope that he will prevent enactment of the so-called “Kill the Gays” bill, which would toughen the country’s laws against...
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€20 million from EU will fight all types of discrimination
The European Union today announced a €20 million ($24.8 million) program to fight “any kind of discrimination — whether based on gender or sexual orientation, religion or belief, race or ethnic origin,...
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Ukraine’s anti-gay bill could lead to travel restrictions
Uri Rosenthal, foreign affairs minister of the Netherlands (Photo courtesy of Wikipedia) If Ukraine passes a proposed law against “gay propaganda,” the country might be punished through tougher...
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Ukraine vote on ‘gay propaganda’ likely tomorrow
Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych (Photo courtesy of Wikipedia) Tomorrow the Ukrainian parliament may consider — and give its final approval — to a bill to ban “gay propaganda,” which includes any...
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Pressure grows on Cameroon to drop anti-gay law
Cameroon faces growing international pressure to end its repression of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. The pressure is coming from the United States, the European Union, and from...
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Europe warns Ukraine: anti-gay law obstacle to visa-free travel
The European Parliament’s Intergroup on LGBT rights today issued this press release, which confirms the observations of the Oct. 4 blog post “Ukraine’s anti-gay bill could lead to travel...
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After Jamaica beating, UTech launches tolerance contest
Jamaican university security guard attacks a student suspected of being gay. (Click the image for link to the YouTube video, the second half of which shows the incident.) In response to last year’s...
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Will Europe pressure Ukraine to reject anti-gay bills?
European parliament building Human rights activists are urging the European parliament to delay a move to ease requirements for visas for travel to and from Ukraine until that country drops efforts to...
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Ukraine’s anti-gay bills don’t derail visa relaxation
Pink News reports: European Parliament building (Photo via Wikimedia Commons) Efforts to halt the European Parliament’s decision to relax visa restrictions on Ukraine, due to the country’s support for...
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To please European Union, Moldova rejects anti-gay law
Location of Moldova in Europe. The lure of affiliation with the European Union has persuaded Moldova’s parliament in the capital city of Chisinau to cancel a new law that had banned “gay propaganda.”...
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U.N. campaigns against 76 countries’ anti-gay laws
“You won’t believe what’s illegal in 76 places,” says the U.N. Human Rights Office as part of its Free & Equal campaign seeking recognition of human rights for LGBT people. The campaign notes,...
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Outside protests flop; Nigerians embrace anti-gay law
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (2007 photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons) International protests against Nigeria’s new anti-gay law have met with the type of rejections that by now are standard —...
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Europe targets anti-gay laws in Uganda, Nigeria
Online image from the Intergroup on LGBT RIghts. The European Parliament today called for action against new anti-gay laws in Uganda and Nigeria, the parliament’s Intergroup on LGBT Rights reported....
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Iran’s top judge denies executions for being gay
Sadeq Ardeshir Amoli Larijani, the head of Iran’s judiciary. (Photo courtesy of Dadiran.ir) The head of Iran’s judiciary, Sadeq Amoli Larijani, has disputed the accuracy of frequent reports that Iran...
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African Commission to promote LGBTI interests
Logo of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights. The African Commission on Human and People’s Rights recently adopted a historic multilateral agreement, along with 25 nations, the EU,...
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Gambian president scapegoating LGBTI
President of The Gambia Yahya Jammeh (Photo credit: Wikipedia) “The Gambia does not have a gay problem, it has a leadership problem.” So says Mr. Momodou Krubally in his latest You Tube video published...
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Three more gays arrested in Gambia
Protest at the Gambian High Commission in London (Photo courtesy of america.aljaseera.com) State television in Gambia reported on Monday December 22nd that three more men accused of engaging in...
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Ukraine activists, ambivalent allies seek ban on anti-LGBTI bias
LGBTI rights activists have vowed to keep pushing for passage of a Ukrainian law against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. They fell short this week in the Ukrainian...
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On third try, Ukraine passes law against anti-LGBTI bias
Dozens of demonstrators supporting a ban on anti-LGBTI bias protested outside the Ukrainian parliament on Nov. 12 before the ban was approved. (Photo by Kostyantyn Chernichkin courtesy of Kyiv Post)...
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Belarus weighs Russia-style anti-‘gay propaganda’ law
The U.S.-based advocacy organization Human Rights First warns of threatened restrictions on the human rights of LGBT people in Belarus. In a commentary titled, “Homophobic Legislation Threatens LGBT...
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