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Archbishop of Mumbai: Catholic church ‘never considered gay people criminals’
MUMBAI — The Archbishop of Mumbai and president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of India, said Wednesday that the Church has “never considered gay people criminals.”
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India’s court ruling a dreadful new judicial low for international LGBT human rights
Wednesday’s Indian Supreme Court decision reversing a lower court and re-criminalizing same-sex sexual intimacy marks a dreadful new judicial low for international LGBT human rights. Even as we in the U.S. enjoy ever increasing visibility and protections for our community, life for many of our brothers and sisters in other countries is going from bad to intolerable. It is repellent that extremist religious opposition worldwide is such a corrosive impediment to basic human rights…
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India’s law minister: Government likely to review anti-gay sex law
NEW DELHI — India’s law minister said Thursday that the government has not abandoned efforts to make homosexuality legal, and that the country must take swift action to challenge a Supreme Court decision banning same-sex relations.
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Top Indian court upholds colonial-era law criminalizing homosexuality
NEW DELHI — A colonial-era law criminalizing homosexuality will remain in effect in India, a top court said Wednesday, dealing a blow to gay activists who have argued for years for the chance to live openly in India’s deeply conservative society.
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U.S. Embassy in Manila issues its first visas to same-sex couples
MANILA, Luzon — The United States Embassy in the Philippines has issued its first fiancé visa to a same-sex couple.
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Gay rights activists in India rally, demand end to discrimination
NEW DELHI — Gay rights activists sang songs and carried rainbow-colored flags while marching to the beat of traditional Indian drums Sunday, as they paraded through India’s capital to demand an end to the stigmatization of gays in the deeply conservative country.
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Nepal opens up national elections to members of ‘third gender’
KATHMANDU, Nepal — The Nepal government’s Election Commission said Monday that LGBT and inter-sex Nepalis are able to register as “third gender” for the first time in the country’s history, and will be able campaign openly for legislative seats in the upcoming November 19 national elections.
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More than one thousand join a banquet in support of marriage equality in Taiwan
TAIPEI, Taiwan — More than 1,200 people attended a massive mock gay wedding banquet outside the Presidential Office in Taipei, Taiwan, over the weekend to promote the marriage equality bill due to be introduced for a parliamentary vote soon.
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Yemen: Suspected Al-Qaeda gunmen shoot, kill man believed to be gay
ADEN, Yemen — Suspected Al-Qaeda gunmen on Thursday shot a Yemeni man because they believed he was gay, a security official told European news agency AFP.
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Singapore’s LGBT community decries national survey about ‘gay lifestyles’
SINGAPORE CITY, Singapore — Singapore’s LGBT community has decried a recent government-commissioned survey that suggests a plurality of Singaporeans are not accepting of “gay lifestyles,” and that a clear majority rejects same-sex marriage.