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Zambia Could Become The Next Uganda On LGBT Rights
The situation for LGBT people in the southern African country has rapidly deteriorated in the past month. “At this point, we need all the help that we can get from the international community,” an...
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Russian Man Raped And Killed After Coming Out
The victim had been raped with beer bottles and his head bashed in with a rock in what authorities believe to be a hate crime. Participants march and shout slogans during a protest by gay rights...
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Belize Latest Country Where British Sodomy Laws Are Under Attack
The Supreme Court of Belize held hearings this week on a challenge to the country’s colonial-era sodomy law. This is at least the third former British colony where courts have taken up challenges to...
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Ricky Martin Champions Two LGBT Rights Laws In Puerto Rico
The legislation has a good chance of becoming law on the island just months after its supreme court upheld a ban on same-sex couples adopting children. SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MAY 09: Ricky Martin during...
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Minister Sues South African Methodist Church After Being Dismissed For...
The Methodist Church of South Africa dismissed Rev. Ecclesia de Lange after she legally married her wife in 2010. Now she’s suing to win back her ministry. Photo of Ecclesia de Lange. Same-sex...
View ArticleWatch This Video Of Transgender Malaysians Refuting Government "Witch Hunt"
Malaysian politicians have recently stepped up anti-LGBT rhetoric, and trans activists are fighting back online. Source: youtube.com / via: mytransally.weebly.com Transgender activists in Malaysia...
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Pakistani Lesbians Seek Asylum After Civil Ceremony In The United Kingdom
Immediately after registering their union under the United Kingdom’s Civil Partnership Act, the couple filed for asylum fearing they would be killed if they return to Pakistan. Via: MARK BLINCH /...
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Man Stabbed To Death In Russian Village In Homophobic Attack
This is the second crime in less than a month that police have said was motivated by homophobia. Russian authorities usually resist classifying such attacks as hate crimes. Russian police officers...
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Government Youth Militiamen Attack Offices Of Gays And Lesbians Of Zimbabwe,...
“GALZ is not taking this incident as a random act,” the gay-rights organization says after five men wielding hammers disrupted a meeting of LGBT activists in Zimbabwe. Samba Chesterfield, Director of...
View ArticlePeruvian Police End Wedding At Underground Gay Bar
Peruvian national police raided an underground gay bar in the city of Pucallpa last week to shut down a same-sex wedding ceremony. One member of the couple, who was wearing a wedding dress, was...
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South Africa's Same-Sex Marriages Don't Always Have A Happy Ending
“All things that are in the constitution, here they don’t mean anything, they don’t translate to our daily lives. People are being killed,” a married black lesbian activist in a Cape Town township...
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Colombia's Same-Sex Couples Await Final Word On Marriage Rights
Same-sex couples in Colombia are supposed to be able to form legal unions starting Friday. But unclear guidance from top officials could leave lower-level officials confused about whether to call the...
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New Zealand Tourism Board Raffles Same-Sex Wedding Package To Lure Australian...
“We are excited to be making history,” said Tourism New Zealand’s General Manager, who also is excited about the millions of dollars Australian gays and lesbians would bring with them. Gay-rights...
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Gay Ambassador Nominee Sparks Controversy In The Dominican Republic
The country’s cardinal refers to Obama’s pick to lead the U.S. embassy in the Dominican Republic a “maricón,” which is usually translated as “faggot,” while others urged the country’s president to...
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Almost 10 Percent Of People Worldwide Live With Marriage Equality
Roughly 607 million people around globe are living in places where same-sex couples have full marriage rights, an advocacy group announced. That’s 8.6 percent of the world’s total population. Via:...
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62 LGBT Candidates In Nepal To Run In Upcoming Elections
The Nepali LGBT advocacy group the Blue Diamond Society announced Wednesday that 28 lesbians, 21 gays, 12 transgenders and 1 bisexual would run in the November 19 election. Blue Diamond Society...
View ArticleFamily And Friends Of South African Hate Crime Victim Speak Out In New Video
26-year old lesbian Duduzile Zozo’s brutalized body was found on June 30 after having apparently been raped with a toilet brush. She is the latest victim in an epidemic of attacks on black lesbians in...
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First Same-Sex Couple Wins Marriage Suit In Colombia
The pair, Diego and Juan, will marry on July 24 under a ruling handed down by a judge in Bogotá. This is the beginning of the next phase of the fight for marriage equality in Colombia. Participants...
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HIV Divides Lesbians In South Africa
“The reality is lesbians are HIV-positive. The reality is lesbians are so in denial,” a black lesbian activist in the township of Khayelitsha tells BuzzFeed. A recent study found almost one in 10...
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Colombian High Court Rebukes Top Opponent Of Marriage Equality
This could be a sign that the court will endorse full marriage rights for LGBT couples in Colombia. GUILLERMO LEGARIA / AFP Colombia's inspector general, Alejandro Ordóñez, has been waging a crusade...
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