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Elton John to Ukraine: Stop violence against gays
Elton John (Photo by Ernst Vikne via Wikimedia Commons) Singer Elton John interrupted his AIDS charity concert in Kiev on June 30 to plead with Ukrainians to stop attacking LGBT people, Reuters...
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Uganda: As AIDS worsens, archbishop is an obstacle
The Rev. Canon Albert Ogle, who fought AIDS in Uganda in the 1990s and then saw it rebound in recent years, returned there recently to work on developing a gay-straight health-care alliance to continue...
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Morocco tally: 81 trials for homosexuality in 1 year
Rabat, Morocco Two Moroccan men sentenced to four months in prison for homosexual activity represent just a small sample of Morocco’s persecution of LGBT people, according to statements in an...
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LGBT news roundup: Uganda, Russia, Zimbabwe, more
AFRICA IN GENERAL ‘Homophobia’ in Africa condemned (Amnesty International via BBC) AFRICA AND EUROPE Persecuted homosexuals can be granted refuge. Gays and lesbians from nations that have criminalized...
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U.N. vs. anti-LGBTI laws; plus news in brief
In brief, here is recent news from countries with anti-LGBTI laws. These items are excerpted with slight modifications from UNAIDS’s Equal Eyes recap of the world’s LGBTI-related news: UNAIDS logo...
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Mixed signals on how to oppose Brunei’s harsh anti-gay law
Human rights supporters raised their voices worldwide in protest over Brunei’s plan for a new law that could impose death by stoning as the punishment for gay sex and for adultery. But actor George...
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Samoa bans ‘Rocketman’ over gay sex scenes
The Pacific island nation of Samoa has banned the biographical Elton John movie “Rocketman,” complaining that its gay sex scenes are “not good for public viewing.” Poster for “Rocketman” By law,...
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In European human rights court, LGBT groups win, Russia loses
Three Russian LGBT rights groups won at least a moral victory in the European Court of Human Rights on July 16, even if it’s unclear whether Russia will abide by the court’s order to pay the...
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Ugandan candidate Stella Nyanzi calls on Elton John and Ellen
Dr. Stella Nyanzi, a Ugandan queer scholar running for Parliament, is seeking campaign contributions from gay celebrities Ellen DeGeneres and Sir Elton John. From the African Human Rights Media Network...
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Elton John to Ukraine: Stop violence against gays
Elton John (Photo by Ernst Vikne via Wikimedia Commons) Singer Elton John interrupted his AIDS charity concert in Kiev on June 30 to plead with Ukrainians to stop attacking LGBT people, Reuters...
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Uganda: As AIDS worsens, archbishop is an obstacle
The Rev. Canon Albert Ogle, who fought AIDS in Uganda in the 1990s and then saw it rebound in recent years, returned there recently to work on developing a gay-straight health-care alliance to continue...
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Morocco tally: 81 trials for homosexuality in 1 year
Rabat, Morocco Two Moroccan men sentenced to four months in prison for homosexual activity represent just a small sample of Morocco’s persecution of LGBT people, according to statements in an...
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LGBT news roundup: Uganda, Russia, Zimbabwe, more
AFRICA IN GENERAL ‘Homophobia’ in Africa condemned (Amnesty International via BBC) AFRICA AND EUROPE Persecuted homosexuals can be granted refuge. Gays and lesbians from nations that have criminalized...
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U.N. vs. anti-LGBTI laws; plus news in brief
In brief, here is recent news from countries with anti-LGBTI laws. These items are excerpted with slight modifications from UNAIDS’s Equal Eyes recap of the world’s LGBTI-related news: UNAIDS logo...
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