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State Department To Create Special Envoy For LGBT Rights
The State Department is expected to name an out gay official currently at the department to fill the role. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry attends a meeting at the UN on LGBT rights Jason DeCrow /...
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Randy Berry Likely Pick For First Special Envoy For LGBT Rights
Berry currently oversees consular operations for the United States in the Netherlands. amsterdam.usconsulate.gov / Via amsterdam.usconsulate.gov The State Department has forwarded the name of Randy...
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Referendum To Bar Same-Sex Couples From Marrying And Adopting In Slovakia Fails
Fewer than 50-percent of voters cast ballots in Saturday’s vote, which means the proposal cannot become law under the country’s voting rules. A voter casts his ballot during a referendum to maintain a...
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Meet The Trans Sex Worker Who Transformed A Gang-Controlled Prison
Karla Avelar survived a serial killer, gang attacks, and four years in a Salvadoran prison to become a trans activist on the global stage. J. Lester Feder and Nicola Chávez Courtright report from El...
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Italy's Top Court: No Right To Marriage For Same-Sex Couples
A ruling Wednesday is at least the third time the judiciary has called on the legislature to provide same-sex couples with legal recognition since 2010. Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, February...
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China's Largest Tech Company Throws Its Weight Behind Marriage Equality
Ten couples were chosen by the public to be flown to California to marry this summer in a contest run by the online retailer Alibaba. Elsie Liao, right, and Mayu Yu kiss in an alley outside the...
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Egyptian Doctors Think This Torturous Exam Can Detect "Chronic Homosexuals"
Anal exams are performed by police in many countries that criminalize homosexuality — and they base their work on 150 year-old European science. BuzzFeed News’ Lester Feder reports from Cairo. Dr....
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LGBT Members Of Congress Object To Free-Trade Deal With Countries...
“These two countries are responsible for severe human rights abuses, including adopting penal codes permitting the imprisonment and physical harm of LGBT people,” the representatives write. U.S....
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Colombian Constitutional Court Limits Adoption Rights Of Same-Sex Couples
“Same-sex couples can only adopt when the request [concerns] the biological child of a permanent partner,” the court announced on Twitter. Ana Elisa Leiderman and Verónica Botero won their fight to...
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Violada, perseguida y encarcelada, Karla Avelar es ahora referente mundial de...
Sobrevivió a un asesino en serie, ataques de pandillas y cuatro años en una prisión en El Salvador para convertirse hoy en una activista trans en la escena global. J. Lester Feder y Nicola Chávez...
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Pope Compares Transgender People To Nuclear Weapons
His comments appear to contradict the Holy See’s gesture of welcome to an LGBT Catholic group at the Vatican this week. Pope Francis walks as he arrives to lead the weekly audience in Saint Peter's...
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U.S. State Department Formally Appoints Its First Special Envoy For LGBT Rights
“Defending and promoting the human rights of LGBT persons is at the core of our commitment to advancing human rights globally,” said Secretary of State John Kerry announcing the appointment....
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Mexico's Quiet Marriage Equality Revolution
Alex Cossio / AP Courts in more than two-thirds of Mexico’s 31 states have granted same-sex couples the right to marry over the past two years in a series of rulings that will likely make marriage...
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First Ever LGBT Special Envoy Comes To Washington
“This appointment is really … a way of sending a compelling message: we have a moral obligation to speak out against the persecution and the marginalization of LGBT persons,” Secretary John Kerry...
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La revolución silenciosa del matrimonio igualitario en México
Alex Cossio / AP Durante los últimos dos años, tribunales en más de dos tercios de los 31 estados de México concedieron el derecho al matrimonio a parejas del mismo sexo en una serie de sentencias...
View ArticleSeven Arrested In Latest Egyptian Raid On Charges Of Homosexuality
The arrests suggest police are continuing to aggressively prosecute charges of homosexuality despite embarrassing acquittals in a high-profile case in January. Al-Youm el-Saba's video about the...
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World Bank President Declines Meeting With Leading Critic Of Human Rights Record
“What [President] Kim has said about discrimination … all point to the fact that he could take the lead on [human rights] if he wanted to, but so far he hasn’t,” a U.N. human rights rapporteur told...
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Slovenian Parliament Votes In Favor Of Marriage Equality
The vote comes as several other Eastern European nations have passed laws barring same-sex couples to marry. General view of the Slovenian Parliament Jure Makovec/AFP / Getty Images The parliament of...
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European Court Rules Turkey Cannot Make Sterilization A Requirement For...
Europe’s top human rights court sides with a trans man who was denied gender reassignment in Turkey unless he was sterilized. LGBT rights activists wave a rainbow flag during a demonstration near...
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Nigerian President Accuses Opponent Of Pledging To Legalize Same-Sex Marriage
In the closing days of the election, President Jonathan’s campaign now wants to draw attention to his support for sweeping anti-LGBT legislation he signed into law. Opposition Presidential Muhammadu...
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