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Costa Rica government plans legislation to allow same-sex civil unions
Costa Rica will put forth a plan this week to allow civil unions between same-sex couples in the Central American nation.
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Caribbean court hears challenge to two nations’ anti-gay laws
The lawsuit against Belize and Trinidad and Tobago is being heard by the Trinidad and Tobago-based court on Wednesday. It was not clear when the court might rule.
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IKEA stops online Russian magazine due to gay propaganda law
The Swedish retailer says its magazine IKEA Family Live “demonstrates various aspects of home life regardless of age, gender, sexual orientation.”
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Transgender woman posts men’s room selfies to protest restroom restrictions
Brae Carnes began posting the images on social media to highlight how “out of place” she looks in a men’s restroom, claiming that it’s “awkward for everyone.”
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Berlin court fines three men for trying to force boy into marriage because he’s gay
The boy, now 18, told a Berlin newspaper he had come out as gay and his father decided to force him into marriage at age 15.
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Peru rejects civil unions bill after Catholic bishop calls gay lawmaker a ‘faggot’
Lawmaker Carlos Bruce said he was disappointed a representative of the Catholic Church, “apparently lacking arguments, now resorts to insults.”
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Report: ISIS publicly beheads three men in Iraq, two for alleged homosexual acts
The jihadist group has carried out hundreds of executions as it has imposed its brutal version of Islamic law, many of them photographed or videotaped.
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CNN reports on ISIS persecution, murders of alleged gay men
CNN reports on the series of recent photographs and videos of alleged gay men being thrown from buildings and stoned to death by ISIS militants.
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Singapore court fines blogger for comments on gay sex cases
A Singapore court fined a prominent dissident blogger on Wednesday for questioning the timing of two constitutional challenges to the city-state’s ban on gay sex.
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Slovenia lawmakers approve same-sex marriage, gay couple adoption
Slovenian lawmakers have approved same-sex marriage and child adoption by gay couples amid opposition from conservative groups and the Catholic Church.