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Gambia president threatens to kill asylum seekers who cite anti-gay laws
BANJUL, Gambia — Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh is threatening to kill asylum seekers who cite the country’s anti-gay laws and tarnish his image as a leader, reports African press agency APA.
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Human rights groups report surge in gay rights abuses in Uganda
KAMPALA, Uganda — Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International are reporting a surge in the rights violations of gay people in Uganda following the enactment of a severe anti-gay law.
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Report: Anti-gay attacks in France up 78 percent in 2013
PARIS — A French gay rights groups says attacks against the LGBT community increased by 78 percent in France in 2013.
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Fla. man sentenced in shooting of transgender woman he met on Craigslist
FORSYTH COUNTY, N.C. — A Florida man has been convicted of shooting a transgender woman he met on Craigslist six times within days of leaving his wife and arriving in North Carolina.
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Fla. man jailed for shooting gay man with BB gun at LGBT pride parade
CLEARWATER, Fla. — A Tampa Bay area man has been sentenced to six months in jail for shooting a gay man with a BB gun during a gay pride parade last summer.
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Pakistani man committed brutal murders because he wanted to punish gays
LAHORE, Pakistan — A Pakistani man has confessed to the brutal murders of three gay men he met online, saying he wanted to send a message about the “evils” of homosexuality.
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Hasidic ‘neighborhood watch’ members indicted in gang assault on gay man
NEW YORK — Five men who prosecutors said were members with a Hasidic neighborhood watch group in Brooklyn were indicted on Wednesday in connection with a brutal beating of a gay black man in December.
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Brunei postpones new penal code that calls for ‘death by stoning’ for gay sex
Brunei has postponed its planned implementation of its new penal code that includes harsh Islamic punishments that call for the death penalty for numerous offenses, including same-sex sexual activity, and introduces stoning to death as the specific method of execution for crimes of a sexual nature.
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Police hope discovery of murder victim’s vehicle will provide new clues in case
HOUSTON — A vehicle that had been sought in connection with the murder of a lesbian couple in South Texas last month has been recovered, according to the Galveston County Sheriff’s Office.
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Ohio man gets prison time for trying to ‘push the gay out’ of disabled brother
LANCASTER, Ohio — An Ohio man who was caring for his disabled younger brother has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for punching him and threatening to slice off his genitals to “push the gay out of him.”