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New Law Puts Denmark At The Forefront Of Trans Rights In Europe
New legislation removes requirements for a diagnosis of “gender identity disorder” and forced sterilization for those seeking to change their gender on legal documents. Denmark's Interior Minister...
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Uganda's Foreign Minister Sails Through U.N. Election Despite Concerns Over...
Sam Kutesa has been unanimously elected president of the United Nations General Assembly. Ugandan Foreign Minister Sam Kutesa with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov AP Photo/Frank Franklin II...
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New Bill Calls For Creation Of First U.S. Special Envoy For LGBT Rights
“For the United States to hold true to our commitment to defending the human rights of all people around the world, we must stand with the LGBT community in their struggle for recognition and equality...
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After Months Of Delay, Obama Administration Announces Action On Ugandan...
New steps ban visas to officials involved in human rights abuses and cancels a US-funded military exercise in Uganda. J. Lester Feder/BuzzFeed The White House announced Thursday that it would cancel a...
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Ugandan Court Rules Government Can Stop LGBT Groups
“This is like a second or third nail into our coffin.” facebook.com / Via facebook.com A Ugandan court essentially sanctioned a crackdown on LGBTI rights organizations in a ruling issued Monday...
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U.N. Human Rights Council Adopts Resolution On "Protection Of The Family"
The reference to a singular “family” without acknowledging diversity could be used as precedent to oppose rights for LGBT couples. Denis Balibouse / Reuters LGBT rights supporters were defeated in the...
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Catholic Church May Be Nearing Big Shift In Approach To Same-Sex Couples And...
A new document from the Vatican may pave the way for baptizing the children of same-sex couples and allowing divorced people to receive communion. Alessandro Bianchi / Reuters VATICAN CITY — A...
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The Fight For Marriage Equality In The Pope's Backyard
The fact that Vatican City is just a walk across the bridge from Italy’s Parliament goes a long way to explain why Italy is still the only nation in Western Europe with no partnership rights for...
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Police In Kenya Raided A Bar And Reportedly Arrested Many LGBT People
The raid comes as conservatives in the country have been calling for an anti-LGBT crackdown, but it’s not clear that’s what motivated the police. Eric Gitari of Kenya's National Gay and Lesbian Human...
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Watch As Skinheads Attack A Gay Bar In Kiev
The attack comes after lack of police protection forced the cancellation of a planned pride march. youtube.com / Via youtube.com A group of skinheads charged a bar called Pomada (which translates as...
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Report: Ugandan Police Arrest Five For "Promoting Homosexuality" Amid Renewed...
Ugandan Foreign Ministry says new anti-gay law “has been misinterpreted as a piece of legislation intended to punish and discriminate against people of a ‘homosexual orientation.’” Uganda's President...
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American Quakers Have Created An "Underground Railroad" in Uganda
But human rights activists in the region aren’t cheering. J. Lester Feder/BuzzFeed A group of American Quakers say they are offering a way out for some desperate Ugandans fleeing the country's new...
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EU Politicians Tell Cameron He's Doomed To Failure In Juncker Battle
Attempts to block the appointment of Jean-Claude Juncker as European Commission boss are doomed and to leading figures in the main political parties are already planning for life with him in control.....
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European Court Of Human Rights Deals Blow To Trans Rights And Marriage Equality
Trans people can be forced to terminate marriages in order to legally change their gender, the court held. Heli Hämäläinen. helihamalainen.puheenvuoro.uusisuomi.fi / Via...
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Russian Court Declares LGBT Organization A "Foreign Agent"
The group is publishing propaganda that violates the rights of “persons with traditional sexual orientation,” said the judge. A demonstration in St. Petersburg on International Day Against Homophobia...
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The Rise Of Europe's Religious Right
“For too long a time in Europe, pro-life people did not really say clearly and directly what they believe.” After years on the margins of European politics, social conservatives are learning to fight...
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Ugandan Constitutional Court Could Rule Thursday On Challenge To...
The court opened hearings Wednesday over the government’s objections. Ugandan anti-gay activist Pastor Martin Ssempa in parade before "thanksgiving ceremony" celebrating passage of the anti-LGBT law...
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Top State Department Official Says Response To Ugandan Anti-LGBT Law Was "Slow"
“I would acknowledge we’re sometimes slow,” Assistant Secretary of State Tom Malinowski said. U.S. State Department / Via state.gov WASHINGTON — The State Department's top human rights official said...
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Uganda's Constitutional Court Really Could Strike Down The Anti-Homosexuality...
“I am very optimistic that they will strike it down,” said Frank Mugisha of Sexual Minorities Uganda. Many LGBT rights supporters inside the Ugandan Constitutional Court this week say there are strong...
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Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Act Struck Down By Constitutional Court
“We become legal again!” said LGBT activist Frank Mugisha. But Ugandan LGBT activists are bracing for a violent backlash to the decision. Anti-LGBT activist Martin Ssempa (right) in Constitutional...
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