Lesbian Who Got In Twitter Fight With President Of Ecuador Tries To Marry
Activists Gabriela Correa and Pamela Troya applied to marry on Monday kicking off a campaign by the rights group Red LGBTI to win “the same rights with the same names.”View Entire List ›
View ArticleFirst Same-Sex Couple To Marry In Mexico's Yucatan State
A recent ruling by Mexico’s Supreme Court said that state laws restricting marriage to a man and a woman violated the country’s constitution, but Mexico’s complicated legal system means couples still...
View ArticleAustralian Prime Minister Promises Vote On Same-Sex Marriage
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd promises to hold a vote on same-sex marriage within 100 days if he wins reelection on Sept. 7.View Entire List ›
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Anti-LGBT Persecution Can Form Basis For "Crimes Against Humanity" Lawsuit,...
Global anti-gay crusader Scott Lively, who helped spark the fervor in Uganda that led to the introduction of the “Kill the Gays” bill, can now be sued in U.S. courts for crimes against humanity. Scott...
View ArticleMalaysian Court Upholds Ban On Sexual Rights Festival
Police shut down the sexuality rights festival Seksuality Merdeka in 2011. This week, an appeals court threw out the organizers’ attempt to have the ban declared unconstitutional. instagram.com...
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How A Global Anti-Gay Activist Reached Into Russia
Global anti-gay crusader Scott Lively is facing U.S. charges of crimes against humanity for promoting Uganda’s “Kill the Gays” bill. Will his similar work in Eastern Europe open him up to more...
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More Than 35 LGBT People Murdered In The Americas In July
The human rights arm of the Organization of American States sounds the alarm over a widespread pattern of hate crimes in its 35 member countries. A reveler helps carry a gay pride flag during the...
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Mob Violence And Murders Make A Scary Summer For LGBT In Jamaica
At least two people are believed to have been murdered in Jamaica because of their sexuality in the past few months, while others have become the target of angry mobs. David McFadden / AP The death of...
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Fight LGBTs Like Russia Fought The Nazis, U.S. Anti-Gay Activist Tells Putin
In an open letter to the Russian president, activist Scott Lively tells Vladimir Putin his fight against the “homosexualist movement” has just begun. Flickr: madw American anti-gay activist Scott...
View ArticleWatch Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd Make The Case For Marriage Equality
“I took a position [to support marriage equality] … because I concluded in my conscience—through an informed conscience, a Christian conscience—that it was the right thing to do,” says the prime...
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Catholic Church And Popular Politician Spar In Peru's Fight For LGBT Rights
Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani gets personal in opposing a civil union proposal introduced by Congressman Carlos Bruce, one of Peru’s leading politicians. Carlos Bruce speaks to Peru's parliament in...
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Grindr Fights Back After Turkish Ban
The Turkish government blocked Grindr last week. Now the app is fighting back with help from All Out and the Turkish LGBT rights group KAOS GL. Participants attend a gay pride parade in central...
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Montenegro's "First Openly Gay Man," Target Of Death Threats, Attends Pride...
Zdravko Cimbaljevic is seeking asylum in Canada after persistent death threats. Stevo Vasiljevic / Reuters PODGORICA, Montenegro — The LGBT pride march held Sunday in Montenegro's capital, Podgorica,...
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Attackers Target LGBT Activists Following Montenegro Pride March
LGBT rights activists have suffered at least three attacks since the first pride march was held in the capital of the Balkan nation last weekend. Counter-protesters throw stones during a pride rally...
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Croatian Parliament Puts Same-Sex Marriage Ban To Popular Vote
A top U.S. official refuses to comment on the decision, saying same-sex marriage isn’t a core issue. Around 15,000 people attended Zagreb's 12th pride parade in June. Antonio Bronic / Reuters Croatia...
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The Hidden History Of Same-Sex Marriage In Asia
Marriages around the region show that the desire to wed is not just a part of the Western LGBT rights struggle. Rous Savy and Muern Sarun during their wedding ceremony in Cambodia, 1993. Courtesy of...
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Russian LGBT Activists Say New IOC Chief Ignoring Request To Meet During...
Thomas Bach, the head of the IOC, met with Vladimir Putin in Sochi on Monday. Pool / Reuters The newly elected president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach has not responded to a...
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Olympic President Will Meet Russian LGBT Activists, But Not In Sochi
Activists say they have been invited to meet Thomas Bach in Switzerland at an unspecified time instead. Russian President Vladimir Putin and IOC President Thomas Bach during a visit to Sochi this...
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Masked Men Attack HIV Organization In St. Petersburg
“Pogroms are becoming a reality,” a spokesperson for a coalition of Russian LGBT organizations said of the Sunday attack. LGBT activists take part in a "March against Hatred" in St. Petersburg on Nov....
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Human Rights Campaign's Move Into International Work Puts Global LGBT...
Global LGBTI activists worry HRC’s new international initiative could run roughshod over local partners and are concerned that it is partly funded by vulture fund money. “It is not money that should...
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