Thursday, January 14, 2010
Uganda's leader has stated that the country's anti-homosexuality bill, which proposed the death penalty for those found engaging in gay sex, is being re-worked and is a foreign policy issue. Speaking at a party conference Tuesday...
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Friday, January 8, 2010
Portugal's parliament Friday approved plans to legalize gay marriage, less than three decades after revoking the country's ban on homosexuality, but rejected proposals to allow same sex couples to adopt. The bill passed with limited [...]
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Tuesday, January 5, 2010
A new report from The New York Times links three American evangelical Christians -- whose teachings about “curing” gays have been widely discredited in the U.S. -- as influential in Uganda's anti-gay legislation that would [...]
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Friday, January 1, 2010
The first gay couple to marry in Malawi face a humiliating medical examination aimed at proving they have had sexual relations, reports the Guardian. Tiwonge Chimbalanga and Steven Monjeza could be sentenced to 14 years [...]
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Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Mexico City on Tuesday formally put on the books a law allowing same-sex couples to marry and adopt children, with Mayor Marcelo Ebrard rejecting demands he veto the controversial measure. The law, approved by city [...]
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Tuesday, December 29, 2009
A gay couple in Malawi who held a public wedding ceremony have been arrested and charged with "gross indecency," police officials said Tuesday. According to Reuters: Tiwonge Chimbalanga and Steven Monjeza publicly wed in a [...]
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Monday, December 28, 2009
Less than one month after a Buenos Aires court derailed the marriage of Alex Freyre and Jose Maria di Bello, the couple wed Monday at the southern tip of Argentina, making it the first same-sex [...]
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Monday, December 28, 2009
Two Malawian men became the first gay couple in their country to publicly tie the knot, the Nation newspaper reported on Monday, risking arrest in the conservative southern African state where homosexuality is illegal. According [...]
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Thursday, December 24, 2009
Uganda has signaled plans to soften its proposed anti-gay legislation, but the government denied on Wednesday that it was bowing to an outcry in the West over a controversial bill that could have seen homosexuals [...]
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Wednesday, December 23, 2009
An Australia man will stand trial for the rape of his son after allegedly forcing the 14 year-old to have sex with a prostitute because he feared the boy was gay. During a family barbecue [...]
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Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Five members of the U.S. Congress are calling on Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni to reject proposed anti-gay legislation that imposes harsh penalties, including execution, for certain acts of homosexuality. The five representatives -- Chris Smith, [...]
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Monday, December 21, 2009
Mexico City's legislature on Monday legalized gay marriage, the first such approval in Latin America. The bill calls for a change in the definition of marriage in the city's civic code, from the union of [...]
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Sunday, December 20, 2009
A gay Canadian Member of Parliament who sent out a Christmas card featuring himself and his husband has been attacked by homophobes on the internet, reports Pink News. Nova Scotia Liberal MP Scott Brison's personalized [...]
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Saturday, December 19, 2009
The BBC has issued an apology following complaints about an online debate which asked: "Should homosexuals face execution?" in response to proposed anti-gay legislation in Uganda. Critics blasted the British broadcaster, saying the BBC should [...]
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Friday, December 18, 2009
The United States said Friday it is urging Uganda's leadership to block a bill that would criminalize homosexuality. [caption id="attachment_4156" align="alignleft" width="240" caption="Carson"][/caption] "We believe that this legislation is a violation of human rights," Assistant [...]
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