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Category Archives: Asia
India turns back the clock, restores anti-gay law
“The Supreme Court of India made gay sex illegal again, taking the country and its people back a hundred years.” That was an LGBT rights supporter’s response to today’s ruling in India’s Supreme Court, which overturned a lower court decision … Continue reading
How the World Bank can help end global LGBT poverty
The World Bank has an important role to play in ending discrimination against LGBT people worldwide and enabling them to become full participants in the world’s economic life, according to the Rev. Canon Albert Ogle, president of the St. Paul’s … Continue reading
Posted in Africa (Sub Saharan), Americas, Asia, Europe, Faith and religion, HIV / AIDS, International pressure for LGBT rights
Tagged Albert Ogle, Cameroon, Conference of Bishops, GLOBE, Hillary Clinton, Jim Yong Kim, John Garrison, Kemraj Persaud, Khemraj Persuad, Malawi, Pepfar, Pope Francis, Rev. Canon Albert Ogle, Russia, St. Paul's Foundation, St. Paul's Foundation for International Reconciliation, The Rev. Canon Albert Ogle, Uganda, USAID, World Bank, World Vision, Zambia
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Same-sex urges lead pastors to say gays threaten humanity?
In a world struggling to cope with massive population growth, some anti-LGBT preachers manage to believe that same-sex marriage will lead to the end of the human race, because everyone will become gay. Is there any explanation for this other … Continue reading
Posted in Africa (Sub Saharan), Asia
Tagged Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Redeemed Christian Church of God, Solomon Islands
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Anti-gay Bangladesh protests target Nobel Prize winner
Agence France-Presse reports: Clerics in Bangladesh held small protests Tuesday [Oct. 1] against Muhammad Yunus over comments he made in 2012 supporting gay rights, in the latest campaign against the Nobel laureate and micro-loan pioneer. Islamic groups with links to … Continue reading
UN warning to countries that harass human rights activists
As activists from Cameroon prepared to travel to Switzerland to challenge their government’s rejection of proposals to end repression of LGBT people, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon issued a warning to governments not to harass people who take part in U.N. … Continue reading
LGBT Christians keep the faith in Eastern Europe, Central Asia
LGBT Christians are keeping the faith in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, despite huge challenges in many countries. They resolved to “support one another in prayers and to pray ‘for those who persecute us’ ” in a joint statement at … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Europe, Faith and religion, Positive steps
Tagged Armenia, Belarus, Brazil, Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Italy, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Switzerland, Ukraine, United States
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Bangladesh newspaper urges repeal of anti-gay law
A newspaper in Bangladesh has announced its opposition to the country’s harsh anti-gay law. The Dhaka Tribune, which was launched in April, today published an editorial that urged “Decriminalising same-sex relations.” Under the laws of Bangladesh, same-sex relations are punishable … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-LGBT laws and legislation, Asia, Positive steps
Tagged Bangladesh, Dhaka, Dhaka Tribune
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Bangladesh: Lesbian couple arrested, risks life in jail
Gay Star News reports: A Bangladesh lesbian couple is being threatened with life imprisonment for ‘marrying’ in secret. Shibronty Roy Puja, a 16-year-old Hindu, and Sanjida Akter, 21-year-old Muslim, were arrested in Dhaka on 23 July. The two girls had … Continue reading
Beefed up legal team opposing Singapore’s anti-gay law
Fridae reports from Singapore: Gary Lim and Kenneth Chee, who had unsuccessfully petitioned the High Court to have Singapore’s anti-gay sex law declared unconstitutional, have appointed a new legal team to help with their appeal. In addition to hiring a … Continue reading
