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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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India Supreme Court to hear curative plea on law criminalizing gay sex
NEW DELHI — India’s Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a plea by gay rights activists to reconsider its controversial decision to reinstate a 153-year-old law that criminalizes same-sex sexual activity.
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LGBT donors cancel conference at Brunei-owned Beverly Hills Hotel
A group of high-dollar LGBT donors has cancelled plans to hold its upcoming conference at the famed Beverley Hills Hotel in Los Angeles following news that its owner, the Sultan of Brunei, would institute a revised penal code in his country which calls for death by stoning for homosexual activity.
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UN condemns Brunei law that calls for death by stoning for gay sex
The United Nations Human Rights office has condemned a revised penal code in Brunei which calls 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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India’s supreme court recognizes transgender people as third gender
NEW DELHI — India’s top court on Tuesday issued a landmark verdict recognizing transgender rights as human rights, saying people can identify themselves as a third gender on official documents.
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Sex change surgeon in conservative South Korea: ‘I correct God’s mistakes’
BUSAN, South Korea — As Dr. Kim Seok-Kwun begins surgery to create a functioning penis for a Buddhist monk who was born female, he is well aware of the unease his work creates in this deeply conservative country. The devout Protestant known as the “father of South Korean transgender people” once wrestled with similar feelings.
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Kyrgyzstan to consider anti-gay law similar to Russia’s gay ‘propaganda’ ban
The Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan is considering an anti-gay law that would prohibit its citizens from creating “a positive attitude toward non-traditional sexual relations” among minors, a bill nearly identical to Russia’s anti-gay propaganda law.
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Hong Kong lawmakers set to debate restrictive transgender rights bill
HONG KONG — Lawmakers in Hong Kong are set to debate a draft bill that if passed would codify an existing government policy that transgender people must undergo surgery to remove their genitals and construct new ones before they can qualify for legal recognition of their gender reassignment.
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Asia leaders join Sochi, not put off by Russia’s human rights record
When top Western leaders decided to stay away from Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Winter Olympics, he wasn’t exactly left friendless: he has the heads of leading Asian nations and others to help show the world that not everyone is put off by his human rights record and the anti-gay law he championed.
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Mumbai sees record turnout for gay pride after India court re-criminalizes gay sex
MUMBAI, India — A record crowd estimated at over 5,000 participants turned out for gay pride in Mumbai on Saturday, the first pride event since the country’s supreme court reinstated a colonial-era law that criminalizes gay sex.