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‘This way if you are gay’ – Swedish peace group launches gay sonar against Russian subs
In a publicity stunt dubbed “Operation The Singing Sailor,” the Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society placed a sonar device in the Stockholm archipelago sending out a Morse code message saying “This way if you are gay.”
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Gambia’s president threatens to slit the throats of gay men
Jammeh is one of Africa’s most vocal anti-gay leaders and has previously threatened to behead sexual minorities found in his country.
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Vienna traffic signals go red and green, gay and straight
Some Vienna pedestrian traffic lights are suddenly not only red or green. They’re also gay or straight. And Austria’s right-wing Freedom Party is livid.
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Behind Brazil’s gay pride parades, a struggle with homophobic violence
“I was walking to the elevator when he came up behind me. ‘This’ll teach you to never look at a real man again. Now you’re going to die, faggot!’ he screamed, before stabbing me in the neck.”
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Castro’s daughter sponsors blessing of Cuban same-sex couples
Nearly two dozen gay couples held hands or embraced, some crying, as Protestant clergymen from the U.S. and Canada blessed them as part of official ceremonies leading up to the Global Day against Homophobia on May 17.
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Gay Luxembourg Prime Minister to marry partner: Sources
Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel is to wed his partner Gauthier Destenay next week, just a few months after the tiny country legalized same-sex marriage.
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Australian Prime Minister brushes off snub to diplomat’s same-sex partner
Ambassador Stephen Brady offered to resign after a disagreement involving Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s reception at an airport tin Paris.
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Kenya’s deputy president: No place for gays here
William Ruto: “There’s no room for homosexuality in this country. That one I can assure you.”
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Inquiry: Canadian military culture is hostile to women, gays
The Canadian Armed Forces perpetuates a sexualized military culture that is hostile to women and gay members, according to a report.
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Russian lawmaker says Apple violated gay ‘propaganda’ law by distributing U2 album
The lawmaker says Apple violated Russia’s ban on gay “propaganda” when it delivered U2’s latest album to a half-billion iTunes users for free last year.