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Russian LGBT Activists Prepare For New Wave Of Violence Following Brutal Attack
Sunday’s attack on a social gathering at an HIV organization has bred a new fear among activists in Russia, who say they believe it is the first pre-planned assault on a private event. LGBT rights...
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"Homosexual Propaganda" Law Repealed In Russian Region Of Arkhangelsk
The move isn’t necessarily good news for LGBT Russians, however, because it simply streamlines enforcement of the federal law prohibiting the “promotion of non-traditional sexual relationships to...
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Following Wave Of Homophobia, Zambia's First Lady Steps Out To Oppose Sexual...
“Silence around issues of men who have sex with men should be stopped and no one should be discriminated against on the basis of their sexual orientation,” Christine Kaseba-Saba said in a statement...
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The Russian Plot To Take Back Eastern Europe At The Expense Of Gay Rights
Russia and its allies in countries like Ukraine are fomenting anti-gay sentiment in an effort to push back the European Union’s eastern expansion. “Now, the fight [is] between East and West, Russia...
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Russian Media Rush To Cite Fake Story About Strongman Accidentally Breaking...
Several state-run outlets ran the story from a Ukrainian website that specializes in “satirical fake news.” facebook.com Russian state media printed a fake story from the Ukrainian version of the...
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Пророссийские силы в Украине и других странах бывшего СССР раздувают гомофобные настроения целью приостановить расширение Евросоюза на восток. “Сейчас идет борьба между Западом и Востоком, Европой и...
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238 Trans People Murdered Worldwide In The Past Year
The Transgender Murder Monitoring Project reveals the greatest number of killings took place in countries with some of the most progressive LGBTI rights laws. People gather at a vigil for slain...
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Russian Government Spies On LGBT Activists To Portray Them As Part Of Western...
Human rights activists warn these “KGB-like” tactics are an ominous escalation in the assault on LGBT rights ahead of the Olympic games. Dmitry Lovetsky / AP Russian officials bugged a private...
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International Olympic Committee Silent About Russia Stirring Up Anti-Gay...
“We are not going to make further comment purely on the basis of a Russian TV show,” said a spokesman for the International Olympic Committee. WASHINGTON — International Olympic Committee spokesman...
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Senator Kirk Pulls Senate Meeting Room For Group Supportive Of Russia's...
“It is rather shameful that Senator Kirk has been such a coward,” said one of the participants in the panel scheduled by the World Congress of Families. Update: Kirk’s office responds: “Sen. Kirk...
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Speaker John Boehner Hosts Supporters Of Russia's Anti-Gay Law In House...
“At least in the House of Representatives, people have not succumbed to the great fear” of LGBT activists, said World Congress of Families president Allan Carlson. Flickr: 22007612@N05 WASHINGTON —...
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Developments In Russia And Other Nations Should Inspire U.S. Conservatives,...
Feeling embattled in the United States, participants at a controversial Capitol Hill briefing by the World Congress of Families say growing “pro-family” movements overseas provide hope. JEWEL...
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International Olympic Committee Won't Challenge Russian Anti-Gay Broadcast...
Olympic committees have, in the past, targeted knitters and newspapers in seeking to protect their name. When it comes to the Olympic logo being used throughout a Russian anti-gay TV program, they...
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Vladimir Putin Denounces "Xenophobia" Toward "People With Non-Traditional...
“We hope that [the] president will accompany these words by action and leadership in ensuring that cases of discrimination and violence against LGBT people are duly prosecuted,” LGBT advocates...
View ArticleIkea Pulls Lesbian Couple From Russian Edition Of Its Magazine
The furniture giant decided not to risk publishing a feature in Russia about how a British lesbian couple and their baby became closer while redecorating their small living space, because the company...
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LGBT Activists Stage Kiss-In At Brooklyn Ikea To Protest Store's Lesbian...
“Instead of supporting Putin’s anti-gay terror, [Ikea] was supposed to stand up for us,” one of the organizers said. Photo by Alexander Kargaltsev In response to Ikea's removal of a profile of a...
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Could A Win For LGBT Adoption Rights Kill Marriage Equality In Colombia?
A lesbian couple from Medellín is poised to win joint parental rights after a years-long legal battle. But the decision could plant the seed to undo court victories for marriage equality. Courtesy of...
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U.K. Supreme Court Rules Against Christian Hotel Owners Who Turned Away Gay...
“To permit someone to discriminate on the ground that he did not believe that persons of homosexual orientation should be treated equally with persons of heterosexual orientation would be to create a...
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Man Gets 22 Years For Raping Black Lesbian In South Africa
The unusually heavy sentence may be a sign that law enforcement is finally getting serious about the widespread violence targeting black lesbians in South Africa. South African lesbian activist Funeka...
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Russian LGBT Activists Tell Olympic President To Break Silence On "Gay...
The organizations demanded the IOC press the Russian government for specifics on how the law will be enforced during the Sochi games. Vladimir Putin and IOC president Thomas Bach in Sochi on Oct. 28....
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