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Mixed reaction to scrapping of anti-gay law in Mozambique
Earlier this week, Mozambique scrapped a colonial Portuguese law demanding “security measures to be taken against anyone practicing vices against nature.” The move is seen as part of the more liberal social stance of recently elected President Filipe Nyusi.
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Report urges Nigeria to repeal draconian anti-LGBT law
Nigeria’s draconian law against gays has encouraged mob attacks, police torture, evictions and public whippings, according to a report Monday that urges the country’s new president to repeal the legislation.
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High Colombian official urges courts to OK same-sex marriage
A top Cabinet minister on Sunday urged Colombia’s courts to legalize same-sex marriage and support the right of such couples to adopt.
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U.S. Supreme Court’s same-sex marriage ruling likely to have global impact
The landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling in favor of same-sex marriages has no legal force outside the United States, but gay rights activists in many parts of the world believe the court ruling will help advance their cause.
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Turkish police use water cannons to disperse participants at LGBT pride rally
Turkish police used water cannons and tear gas against LGBT pride marchers trying to rally in Istanbul’s central square on Sunday, forcing the thousands of demonstrators to gather several blocks away.
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Kyrgyzstan passes draft anti-LGBT ‘propaganda’ bill that’s worse that Russia
The legislation passed through an initial reading in October, but had been stalled until Wednesday’s vote. Another parliamentary vote is required before the legislation is submitted to Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev, whose signature is necessary for the legislation to become law.
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German museum launches exhibit documenting 150 years of gay history
The exhibit traces 150 years of gay history in the country, including the first uses of the term “homosexual,” the brutal Nazi-era repression of gays and gradual moves toward legal equality starting in the 1960s.
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United Kingdom: College rewrites 650‑year‑old dress code to fit transgender students
Mark Elliot, the dean of St Catharine’s College at Cambridge University, reworded the dress code after a campaign spearheaded by American transgender student who transitioned earlier this year.
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Morocco: Two gay men to serve 4 months for posing close together for photograph
Two Moroccan gay men have been sentenced to four months each in jail after they were arrested for standing too close to one another as they posed for a photograph in front of a historic site in Rabat.
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LGBT rights advocates slam Malaysia for prosecuting transgender women
Human Rights Watch on Monday criticized a Malaysian Islamic court for fining nine Muslim transgender women for cross-dressing and jailing two of them for a month.