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Israeli politician: Army must not enlist gays
JERUSALEM — In an interview broadcasted yesterday in the parliamentary Knesset Channel, Member of Knesset Uri Ariel from the right-wing National Union party said that he is against the Israeli army’s policy of enlisting LGBT people.
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Transgender man in Kuwait arrested for ‘imitating opposite sex’
A transgender man has been arrested as Kuwait continues a campaign against “immorality” which includes LGBT people among its targets.
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Israel Defense Forces’ Facebook entry marks LGBT pride month
The Israeli army on Monday, making note of LGBT Pride Month around the world, posted this image to its official Facebook page depicting two soldiers holding hands while walking through a street in Tel Aviv.
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Kuwait: Mass arrest of people accused of ‘vice’ and ‘immorality’
KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait — Kuwaiti media organizations report that almost 150 people were arrested over the weekend for “immoral” behavior, including four gay men and two transgender women.
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Israeli parliament rejects same-sex, inter-faith civil marriage bill
JERUSALEM — Legislation for the option of civil marriage for Israeli citizens who cannot be wed via religious institutions, including same-sex marriage and marriages between members of different faiths, like Muslims and Jews, was rejected by the Israel parliament, or Knesset.
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Four Iranian men sentenced to death by hanging for sodomy
An Iranian court has sentenced four men from the town of Choram, in the Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, to death by hanging for sodomy.
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Iran executes ‘gangster’ for allegedly engaging in ‘unlawful’ same-sex activity
MARVDASHT, Iran — A young man described as a “gangster,” who is known only by the initials CHM, was hanged publicly in Marvdasht, Fars Province, Iran, for allegedly engaging in “sodomy” with another man.
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Iranian cleric: Homosexuals are inferior to dogs and pigs
QOM, Iran — Homosexuals are inferior to dogs and pigs, according to Iranian cleric Ayatollah Abdollah Javadi-Amoli, a conservative Iranian politician and Islamic scholar based in Iran’s holy city of Qom.
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Muslim lesbians fight deportation in Canada in fear of ‘honor killing’
TORONTO — An Arab-Israeli lesbian couple, who fled to Canada from Israel in fear of death at the hands of their Muslim family have been told they can remain in Canada for another chance at receiving asylum.
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Israel should be applauded for being a safe place for LGBTs in the Middle East
There is little if any support within the Palestinian authority for any LGBT issues. Hate crimes against gay people happen regularly and, in fact, many LGBT Palestinians move to Israel for safety. … Israel should indeed be applauded for being the one place in the Middle East that is a relative safe haven for LGBT people. Our community’s first priority is for the safety of our members.