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Lesbian appeals to tycoon dad over multi-million dollar dowry offer
HONG KONG — The lesbian daughter of a flamboyant Hong Kong tycoon who publicly offered millions of dollars to any man who could woo her into marriage appealed to her father in an open letter published Wednesday to accept her for who she is.
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India Supreme Court refuses to review verdict that criminalizes homosexuality
NEW DELHI – India’s Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a request to reconsider its controversial decision to reinstate a 153-year-old law that criminalizes homosexuality.
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Leading Indian psychiatrist: Homosexuality is unnatural, gays should seek treatment
MUMBAI – The former head of the national India Psychiatric Society described homosexuality as “unnatural” and that “homosexuals uncomfortable with their sexuality should seek psychiatric help.”
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First magazine for gays and lesbians in Bangladesh launched
Bangladesh’s gay community has launched its first magazine in a bid to promote greater acceptance of gays who face widespread discrimination in the conservative Muslim-majority country, the publication’s editor said on Sunday.
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Global LGBT rights: Anti-gay laws, attitudes hold sway in many regions
While gay-rights activists celebrate gains in much of the world, their setbacks have been equally far-flung, and often sweeping in scope. Globally, the contrasts are striking… at least 76 countries retain laws criminalizing gay sex, including five where it’s punishable by death.
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Activists say India ruling criminalizing homosexuality hurts HIV fight
NEW DELHI — Gay rights activists and health workers in India are warning that a new Supreme Court ruling criminalizing homosexuality will undo years of progress in fighting AIDS by driving gay and transgender people underground.
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India government asks high court to review its decision on anti-gay law
NEW DELHI — India’s government asked the country’s Supreme Court on Friday to review a decision in which it upheld a colonial-era law that bans homosexual acts and makes them punishable by up to a decade in prison.
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India political party leader says gay U.S. diplomats should be ‘arrested, punished’
NEW DELHI, India — The leader of India’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said Wednesday that India should “arrest and punish” U.S. diplomats in India who have “same sex companions” as same-sex acts is illegal in the country.
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Indian gay activists protest top court’s ruling that criminalizes gay sex
NEW DELHI — Hundreds of gay rights activists gathered in India’s capital and other cities across the country on Sunday to protest a decision by India’s top court to uphold a law that criminalizes gay sex.
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Japan court issues landmark ruling on transgender parent’s rights
TOKYO — Japan’s Supreme Court this week ruled that a toddler born to a transgender man and his wife through artificial insemination shall be regarded as their legitimate child.