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Florida Log Cabin Republicans exploit death of U.S. Ambassador in political ad
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A political advertisement in the current issue of the Florida Agenda, an LGBT weekly newspaper distributed throughout central and south Florida, and paid for by the Broward (County) Log Cabin Republican Club of Florida, attacked Democrats and President Barack Obama — using an image of the lifeless body of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens in the aftermath of last month’s attack on the U.S. Embassy in Benghazi, Libya.
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South Africa first to recognize gay flag as an official national symbol
The South African government has announced in the official Government Gazette that Gay Flag of South Africa has been approved and accepted as South Africa’s official gay flag (an adaptation of the international gay flag and the South African national flag).
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British producer jailed in Uganda for staging play depicting gay characters
KAMPALA, Uganda — The British manager of a bar and cultural center in the Ugandan capital city was arrested and remains in police custody after being denied bail for staging a play last week, whose main character is a gay businessman who is killed by his own employees.
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Hillary Clinton honors Ugandan human rights advocates
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday honored a group of Ugandan human rights activists at a ceremony in the country’s capital.
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Report: U.S. Christian Right lobbies to implement anti-gay laws in Africa
SOMERVILLE, Mass. — Conservative U.S. Christian “family values” and religious organizations are setting up fronts in Africa to fight for anti-gay and anti-abortion legislation to promote their fundamentalist convictions, according to a report released Tuesday by the progressive think tank “Political Research Associates.”
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Cruise ship carrying 2,000 gay travelers turned away from Morocco
RABAT, Morocco — A Holland America cruise ship carrying more than 2,000 gay travelers was turned away from a scheduled port of call stop to Casablanca, Morocco’s largest city as well as its chief port.
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Uganda judge: Government should ‘infiltrate’ gay groups to prevent recruiting of children
KAMPALA, Uganda — A Ugandan judge this week said that the country’s security and interior ministries should “infiltrate” gay rights groups to ascertain if children are being “recruited into homosexuality.”
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Murder suspect arrested in brutal slaying of LGBT volunteer in South Africa
A suspect has been arrested in the brutal murder of Thapelo Makuthle in Kuruman, near Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa.
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Police in Uganda raid workshop on gay rights, arrest LGBT activists
Police in Kampala, Uganda on Monday raided a gay rights meeting and arrested several LGBT activists gathered at the Essela Hotel in Najjeera, a Kampala suburb, accusing the participants of “propagating gay issues in Uganda.”
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South African man brutally murdered following argument over his sexuality
A South African gay man, who also identified as transgender, has been brutally murdered in an apparent hate crime after getting into an argument about his sexuality.