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Northern Cyprus becomes last in Europe to decriminalize homosexuality
Northern Cyprus has voted to repeal a colonial era ban prohibiting gay sex, a move that makes Europe the third continent in the world with no laws criminalizing homosexuality.
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Leader of Russian anti-gay extremists who target LGBT youth arrested in Cuba
HAVANA, Cuba — Cuban law enforcement officials on Friday arrested and detained the leader of a Russian anti-gay extremist group, according to a source in the Russian Federal Security Services, the Investigation Committee of the Russian Federation.
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Portugal’s adoption rights for same-sex couples placed in doubt
LISBON, Portugal — Portugal’s limited adoption rights for same-sex couples are in doubt after Parliament voted for a referendum on the divisive issue.
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Russian Orthodox Church official calls for re-criminalizing homosexuality
MOSCOW — An spokesperson for Russia’s powerful Orthodox Church called on the Russian government Friday to reintroduce Soviet-era laws banning homosexuality.
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Leader of anti-gay Russian extremist group flees to Cuba
HAVANA — The founder of the anti-gay Russian extremist group “Occupy Pedophilia” has fled Ukraine, where he was hiding to avoid arrest by Russian authorities for a series of criminal homophobic assaults against LGBTQ people, and is now believed by Russian law enforcement to be hiding in Cuba.
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Official: Luxembourg to legalize same-sex marriage by summer
LUXEMBOURG CITY, Luxembourg — The President of Luxembourg’s Parliamentary Committee on Justice said that marriage equality would become law before the summer holidays.
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Russian actor who wants to burn gays alive, wants Putin to criminalize sodomy
A popular Russian actor, who last month said he wants to burn gay people alive because they pose a danger to his children, has asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to bring back a Soviet law criminalizing “sodomy.”
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Queen pardons famed code breaker, ‘convicted homosexual’ Alan Turing
LONDON — Nearly 60 years after his death, Queen Elizabeth II has formally pardon famed British mathematician and computer scientist Alan Turing.
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Pussy Riot members released from Russian prison ahead of Sochi Olympics
KRASNOYARSK, Russia — The last two imprisoned members of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot walked free Monday, criticizing the amnesty measure that released them as a publicity stunt, with one calling for a boycott of the Winter Olympics to protest Russia’s human rights record.
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Netherlands adopts landmark gender identity law, bans forced sterilization
THE HAUGE, Netherlands — The Netherlands has adopted landmark legislation banning forced sterilization and allowing transgender people to change their identity on official documents with the requirement of gender reassignment surgery.