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Mexico City attorney general seeks to overturn gay marriage law

Mexico City attorney general seeks to overturn gay marriage law

Thursday, January 28, 2010
Mexican federal prosecutors announced Wednesday that they will try to overturn Mexico City's gay marriage law on the grounds that it is unconstitutional. A statement from the federal Attorney General's [...]
Police shut down ‘Mr. Gay China’ pageant just one hour before event

Police shut down ‘Mr. Gay China’ pageant just one hour before event

Saturday, January 16, 2010
Chinese police shut down the country's first gay pageant Friday night, just one hour before the event was due to begin. From the Guardian: Participants hoped the contest would help challenge domestic stereotypes [...]
Uganda president calls anti-gay bill a ‘foreign policy’ issue

Uganda president calls anti-gay bill a ‘foreign policy’ issue

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...
Portugal parliament votes in favor of gay marriage, rejects gay adoption

Portugal parliament votes in favor of gay marriage, rejects gay adoption

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. [...]
NY Times article links U.S. evangelical christians to Uganda’s ‘kill the gays’ bill

NY Times article links U.S. evangelical christians to Uganda’s ‘kill the gays’ bill

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 [...]
Malawi couple may be subjected to medical exam to prove sexual relations

Malawi couple may be subjected to medical exam to prove sexual relations

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 [...]
Mexico City mayor rejects demands to veto gay marriage law

Mexico City mayor rejects demands to veto gay marriage law

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. [...]
Malawi gay couple arrested following weekend wedding

Malawi gay couple arrested following weekend wedding

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 [...]
Argentine gay couple marry in Latin America’s first gay wedding

Argentine gay couple marry in Latin America’s first gay wedding

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, [...]
Two men marry in symbolic Malawian gay wedding

Two men marry in symbolic Malawian gay wedding

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 [...]
Uganda may drop execution from anti-gay bill, denies Western pressure

Uganda may drop execution from anti-gay bill, denies Western pressure

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 [...]
Dad fears son is gay, forces him to have sex with hooker

Dad fears son is gay, forces him to have sex with hooker

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 [...]
Republican congressmen call on Uganda president to block anti-gay bill

Republican congressmen call on Uganda president to block anti-gay bill

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 [...]
Mexico City legislature approves gay marriage, a first for Latin America

Mexico City legislature approves gay marriage, a first for Latin America

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 [...]
Gay Canadian politician’s Christmas card attacked by internet homophobes

Gay Canadian politician’s Christmas card attacked by internet homophobes

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 [...]
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