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Our world today: Jail for love notes, but death threats are OK?
“You can end up behind bars for sending a message of love, but the authorities look the other way when someone threatens to kill children.” Boris O. Dittrich, the advocacy director for the LGBT rights program at Human Rights Watch, … Continue reading
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Northern Cyprus prepares to repeal anti-LGBT law
Preparations for repealing the law against male homosexual activity are under way in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. Legislation drawn up by the prime minister’s European Union Coordination Centre would repeal three sections of the area’s penal code, which … Continue reading
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Belize edges toward LGBT rights in 2012
Belize, the only Central American country with an anti-homosexuality law, may be moving slowly toward acceptance of LGBT people’s human rights. Here are a few of the events of 2012, as listed by the United Belize Advocacy Movement (Unibam): January … Continue reading
Cameroon jail looms for Roger Mbede; death threats for lawyers
Roger Jean Claude Mbede is trying to come to grips with the grim prospect of being sent back to prison in Cameroon for being a homosexual. The appeal of his three-year prison sentence was denied yesterday. His attorney has 10 … Continue reading
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Uganda parliament downgrades anti-gay bill
The Ugandan parliament has pushed its controversial Anti-Homosexuality Bill down to No. 6 on its order of upcoming business. The bill had been listed as next in line for upcoming action after the parliament’s daily agenda, then second in line. … Continue reading
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How to combat repression of LGBT people
In the video “2012 hours against hate” (1:52 minutes), the Rev. Canon Albert Ogle, president of the St. Paul’s Foundation for International Reconciliation, tells how two Christian and Muslim religious leaders are combating hated of gays and lesbians. The leaders … Continue reading
U.S. tells how 4 countries harass LGBTs in East Africa
East African gays and lesbians face the most severe harassment in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda, according to the U.S. State Department’s newly released report on human rights. Below is what the report had to say about the treatment of … Continue reading
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Malawi parliament won’t repeal anti-gay law quickly
Parliamentary leader Henry Phoya in Malawi says the parliament’s current session will not act on President Joyce Banda’s call to repeal the country’s law against homosexual activities, Malawi Today reported. Banda recently called for repeal of anti-homosexuality laws that have … Continue reading
Sponsors needed to bring LGBT activists to AIDS Conference
This guest commentary from the Rev. Canon Albert Ogle originally appeared on the San Diego Gay and Lesbian News website, where Ogle writes a weekly column called “RGOD2.” COMMENTARY It is heartbreaking to read some of the stories of the … Continue reading
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En Afrique, l’homosexualité est traditionnelle, mais …
Publié le 8 de mai 2012 En Afrique, l’homosexualité est traditionnelle, mais elle prend maintenant des formes inspirées par l’Ouest L’homosexualité a une longue histoire en Afrique, dit l’anthropologue Patrick Awondo, contrairement aux affirmations de politiciens qui la considèrent comme … Continue reading
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