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Hillary Clinton declares ’gay rights are human rights
- Released Date: 07-Dec-2011
Hillary Clinton publicly declared that cultural or religious traditions are no excuse for discrimination and that it should never be a crime to be gay, at the United Nations in Geneva.
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Gay rights: Africa, the new frontier
- Released Date: 07-Dec-2011
Several developed nations have threatened to cut aid to countries in which homosexuality is criminalized, which makes LGBT rights a new frontier in diplomatic relations between the West and Africa.
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Rainbow coalition backs Scots gay marriage law change
- Released Date: 07-Dec-2011
A rainbow coalition of organisations in favour of gay marriage has handed over 18,000 responses to a government consultation on the issue.
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Obama orders U.S. diplomats to increase efforts to fight LGBT discrimination abroad
- Released Date: 06-Dec-2011
President Obama demanded for U.S. diplomatic missions and federal agencies abroad to increase their efforts to combat discrimination against LGBT people.
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Nigerian leaders unite against same-sex marriages
- Released Date: 05-Dec-2011
Homosexual acts are already illegal in Nigeria. But for its lawmakers that doesnt appear to be categorical enough.
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Bisexual persons are at high risk of HIV infection more than heterosexual persons
- Released Date: 29-Nov-2011
Many organizations that work related to HIV concern the high rate of widespread of HIV among bisexual persons than heterosexual persons.
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Russian LGBT Groups appeal for letter to be sent to ECHR and UN cover’ Gay Propaganda’ Moves
- Released Date: 28-Nov-2011
Recently formed Kaleidoscope Trust, a London-based international group set up to campaign for diversity and gay rights around the world, has joined-up with International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia and other organisations to back a c
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Ghana refuses to grant gays’ rights despite aid threat
- Released Date: 02-Nov-2011
Ghana’s President John Atta Mills has rejected the UK’s threat to cut aid if he refuses to legalise homosexuality. <br>
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Opinion: A globalized LGBT rights fight
- Released Date: 02-Nov-2011
Homosexuality is seen as import from the West in many African countries, and LGBT rights are interpreted as deterioration of local culture. Globalization has had a paradoxical impactfor on the development of LGBT rights, since in some countries it fa
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Uganda fury at David Cameron aid threat over gay rights
- Released Date: 31-Oct-2011
The UK is showing a bullying mentality by threatening to cut aid to countries where homosexuality is illegal, a Ugandan official says.
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UK and Northern Ireland passports modified to include same-sex parents
- Released Date: 04-Oct-2011
Passports for the UK and Northern Ireland are being reformulated to include gay and lesbian parents. The new forms – which give the option of listing "parent one" and "parent two" alongside "mother" and "father"
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British passports to become gender free
- Released Date: 22-Sep-2011
British passports could soon no longer declare a person’s sex, under moves from Lib Dems to become fierce champions of equality.
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