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Gay Pakistanis publicly flogged in Punjab by police (video)
This video appeared on the website LiveLeak.com this week with the title “Gay Pakistanis Flogged by Police on Street in Punjab.” The video description: “Homosexual Pakistanis receiving their punishment. You can see two lovers kiss at 0:15 before their flogging.” The men are then flogged by at a least two different men. one of whom […]
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Spain apologizes for jailing gay man in 1970s
A man in eastern Spain has become the first to receive an official letter apologizing for his imprisonment for being homosexual in the 1970s, the BBC reports. Antoni Ruiz spent three months in prison under a law introduced during General Francisco Franco’s dictatorship. In addition to the letter, he has received 4,000 euros ($5,900) in […]
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Cardinal’s anti-gay remarks prompt rebuke from Vatican
The Roman Catholic Church still regards homosexuality as an “insult to God” and homosexuals and transsexuals will never go to Heaven, a leading cardinal said on Wednesday, prompting a rebuke from the Vatican. Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragan, the retired head of the Vatican’s Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers, made the comments Wednesday […]
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Uganda set to pass anti-gay measure with little opposition
Uganda is likely to pass a bill criminalizing homosexuality in the east African nation and deal a blow to rights activists, but the act will have some changes to appease donors who fund about a third of the budget, reports Reuters. While Uganda has been lauded for its reforms and economic growth since 1986, rights […]
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Austria to allow civil partnerships for gay couples
Austria’s government agreed a new law Tuesday allowing civil partnerships for homosexual couples, although ceremonies at the civil registry’s office will still be banned, AFP reports. The compromise, achieved after weeks of wrangling between the ruling Social Democrats and their conservative coalition partner in government, will give gay couples equal rights to heterosexuals with regards […]
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Human rights groups denounce Uganda’s proposed death penalty for homosexuality
Seventeen human rights groups have called for proposed new laws on homosexuality in Uganda to be scrapped immediately, reports Pink News. This week, Ndorwa West MP David Bahati, of the ruling party, tabled the private member’s bill in parliament to create a new crime of “aggravated homosexuality”. Introduced by MP David Bahati, the bill would […]
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Uganda considers anti-gay bill, death penalty for ‘serial offenders’
The Ugandan Parliament is now considering a homophobic law that would reaffirm penalties for homosexuality and criminalize the “promotion of homosexuality.” The Anti-Homosexuality Bill of 2009 targets lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Ugandans, their defenders and anyone else who fails to report them to the authorities whether they are inside or outside of Uganda. The […]
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Iraqi gay men targeted in tortures, executions – HRW Report claims
Deliberate attacks against gay men in Iraq has risen significantly this year at the hands of Iraqi militias and death squads, and authorities in Baghdad are doing nothing to stop the violence, according to a report released Monday by an international human rights organization. The 67-page report by New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) , […]
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Thousands Mourn Gay Victims Of Tel Aviv Attack
Thousands throng Tel Aviv on Saturday evening to express solidarity with the gay community after the deadly attack on a gay club last week.
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Gunman kills 2 in attack on Tel Aviv gay youth center
Israeli police are hunting for a masked man who opened fire at a community centre for gay teenagers in Tel Aviv, killing two people and injuring another 15. A masked man entered the center for gay teens in downtown Tel Aviv late Saturday night, pulled out a pistol and opened fire, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld […]
