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News (World)
A gay world leader called out the Arab League for laws banning homosexuality
The prime minister called out leaders who were within spitting distance for banning homosexuality.
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Life
Watch this couple’s family react when they come out in a country where being gay is illegal
“I feel blessed” to have a supportive family.
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News (World)
Angola becomes the first country to legalize homosexuality in 2019
The country also banned sexual orientation-based discrimination in the move.
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News (USA)
Why do Texas Republicans refuse to repeal a law that says gay sex is illegal?
Ever since the law was ruled unconstitutional, Republicans have buried bills to repeal it in committee. None have been put to a vote.
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News (World)
Tanzania lost almost $10 million in foreign aid because of recent anti-gay comments
One of the biggest donors to Tanzania is cutting off aid out of concern for gay rights.
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News (USA)
Why has a ‘No Gays Allowed’ billboard gone up in Times Square?
The sign is part of a campaign to expose an anti-LGBTQ hate group that’s most Americans don’t know exists.
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News (USA)
Tony Perkins longs for the days when he could have LGBTQ people jailed
The head of the Family Research Council is sending a signal to the Supreme Court’s conservative justices about rolling back its sodomy decision.
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News (World)
This may be the biggest court case for LGBTQ rights in world history
With one decision, the court could impact the lives of 1.3 billion LGBT people.
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News (USA)
5 reasons why Anthony Kennedy’s retirement is a major blow for LGBTQ rights
Anthony Kennedy did more to advance LGBTQ rights than any other Supreme Court justice. His replacement will join a majority intent on undoing our progress.
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News (World)
Watch people celebrate as a judge strikes down Trinidad’s sodomy law
Activists celebrated as the court found the sodomy ban to be “irrational and illegal.”
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News (USA)
10 Louisiana Republicans voted to keep bestiality legal & anal sex against the law
“God forbid you vote against this bill, good luck explaining it.”
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News (World)
Caribbean activist faces death threats as he awaits ruling to overturn antigay laws
Activist Jason Jones has received death threats since filing the lawsuit but believes the fight must go on.
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News (USA)
Nearly a quarter of Americans think homosexuality should still be illegal
The numbers are trending in the right direction, but clearly there is a lot of work left to do.
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News (USA)
These queer ghosthunters help spirits who are dying to come out
Is there sexuality in the afterlife?
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News (World)
Two steps back & one step forward for gays in Asia this week
A first-ever ruling in favor of same-sex marriage in Asia. A public caning in Indonesia. A soldier convicted in South Korea.
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News (World)
South Korea sentences soldier to jail for having sex with his partner
The country’s military penal code makes homosexual activity punishable by up to two years in prison.
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News (World)
UK could posthumously pardon over 100,000 sodomy convictions
Those people, including some lesbians, convicted for same-sex kissing and cuddling under laws such as the Public Order Act of 1986, are not eligible for a pardon.
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News (World)
Two men jailed for being gay in a country with no sodomy laws
“If there is no law that that condemns it, I don’t understand how we could have been convicted.”
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News (USA)
It’s still illegal to be gay in Texas but one lawmaker wants to change that
Years after the Supreme Court struck down the state’s sodomy laws, they remain on the books.
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News (World)
Belize’s Supreme Court throws out law making it illegal to be gay
The Central American nation started as a British colony and the law was a leftover from that era.