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WATCH: Obama announces new national HIV/AIDS Strategy through 2020
The 2020 strategy calls for widespread testing, guaranteed access to regular doctor appointments, and making sure every American can get access to life-extending care.
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Ethiopia leaders oppose Obama’s stance on gay rights
“Oppose the president if he raises the gay issue here,” said the Ethiopian Orthodox Church-linked Weyiniye Teklehaimanot Association.
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Kenyan President sidesteps gay rights discussion, says they’re a “nonissue”
Gay sex is a crime in Kenya punishable by up to 14 years in prison.
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On eve of visit, Obama voices support for Africa LGBT rights
Many Kenyan politicians have warned Obama that any overtures on gay rights would not be welcomed in Kenya.
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Kenya’s anti-gay protest featuring 5,000 nude volunteers is cancelled
Republican Liberty Party leader Vincent Kidala says he “was forced to cancel it in a 2 a.m. phone call.”
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Supreme Court decisions highlight political challenges facing GOP
For the second time in two days, the Supreme Court struck at the heart of the Republican Party platform. Yet the response to Friday’s same-sex marriage ruling was mild in comparison with the outrage that followed the court’s decision Thursday to uphold President Barack Obama’s health care law.
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For Obama and Clinton, it’s been a long journey to ‘yes’ on marriage equality
“It has been an evolutionary process,” said Fred Sainz of the HRC. But he said Obama now stands as one of the great champions of gay rights, up there with the likes of Harvey Milk. As for Clinton, he said, “she connects with gay people on a level that is beyond explanation.”
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Obama lauds high court ruling on same-sex marriage, calls to congratulate lead plaintiff
President Barack Obama, who himself has acknowledged an evolution over gay rights, said Friday that the Supreme Court’s ruling giving same-sex couples the right to marry nationwide represents a day when justice “arrives like a thunderbolt.”
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Heckler interrupts Obama at Pride reception to protest deportation of LGBT immigrants
President Barack Obama took on a heckler head-on at an LGBT pride month reception at the White House Wednesday, scolding the protester for being disrespectful in “my house.”
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Obama issues Presidential Proclamation declaring June LGBT Pride Month
“All people deserve to live with dignity and respect, free from fear and violence, and protected against discrimination, regardless of their gender identity or sexual orientation….”