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Uganda Parliament likely to consider ‘Kill the Gays’ bill soon
The Ugandan Parliament will reconvene next week and is expected to consider the anti-homosexuality legislation often referred to as the “Kill the Gays” bill.
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Gay British radio personality flees Uganda after threats by anti-gay MP
A popular BBC radio host was forced to flee armed police in Uganda, after revealing to British-educated politician and member of Uganda’s parliament, David Bahati, that he is gay.
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Bahrain police arrest scores in raid on ‘depraved and decadent’ gay event
More than 100 people have been arrested for attending a “depraved and decadent” party during an alleged gay wedding event in Bahrain, a small island country located near the western shores of the Persian Gulf.
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Ugandan police announce arrest in murder of gay activist David Kato
Nsubuga Enock, the primary suspect in the murder of prominent Uganda gay rights activist David Kato, was arrested Tuesday enroute to visit with his girlfriend, according to Vincent Ssetake, a spokesman for the Ugandan National Police Force.
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Violence erupts at funeral for slain Ugandan gay rights activist David Kato
Fistfights and shoving matches erupted during the funeral services for slain gay Rights Activist David Kato on Friday when the pastor conducting the service denounced Kato and other members of the LGBT community.
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Ugandan gay activist murdered, another’s life hangs in the balance
Ugandan activist David Kato Kisulle has been murdered in his home in Kampala, according to the Box Turtle Bulletin and the BBC. He was found having been beaten in the skull with a hammer a his home and there is little more information than that at this time.
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Uganda anti-gay newspaper ordered to stop ‘outing’ gays
A judge in Uganda has granted a permanent injunction against an anti-gay tabloid that had published addresses and photographs of some of the 100 people it named as “Uganda’s top homos” back on October.
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German doctors claim they have ‘cured’ HIV through blood stem cell transplant
Doctors in Germany claim they have cured a man who was infected with HIV. Three years after undergoing a blood stem cell transplant, Timothy Ray Brown, 44, an American patient living in Berlin,44, who was both HIV positive and stricken with Leukemia, now shows no sign of either affliction.
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Poll: West Australians support gay marriage
A majority of West Australians support gay marriage, according to a recent poll.
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Human rights agency condemns Czech Republic’s arousal testing of gay asylum seekers
The European Union’s leading human rights agency has sharply criticized the Czech Republic for using a controversial method of testing the credibility of gay asylum seekers.