All posts tagged "same-sex relations"
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Massachusetts Senate Passes Bill for Anti-Sodomy Law Repeal
The Massachusetts Senate approved a bill to repeal an anti-sodomy law criminalizing same-sex intimacy and other outdated "morality" laws.
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Decriminalizing Gay Sex Helps Combat HIV/AIDS
A report claims that efforts to decriminalize homosexuality have helped some countries make better progress on reducing the spread of HIV.
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Man Faces Death Penalty for Violating Uganda’s Anti-Gay Law
A 20-year-old man in Uganda could face the death penalty after being charged with "aggravated homosexuality" under the country's anti-gay law.
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Iranian Official Fired After Alleged Gay Sex Tape Leaked
An Iranian government official in charge of “promoting Islamic values” was suspended after an alleged sex tape appearing to show him having sex with a...
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Malaysia Cancels Music Festival Following Matt Healy’s Gay Kissing Stunt
The recent antics of The 1975 frontman Matt Healy at a festival in Kuala Lumpur — where he kissed a male bandmate on stage and...
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A Majority of Republicans Believe Same-Sex Relations Are Immoral
Fewer Americans find same-sex relationships "morally acceptable" than did a year ago, according to an annual Gallup poll.
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Uganda’s President Signs Anti-Gay Bill into Law
The president of Uganda has signed a bill imposing lifelong imprisonment, and, in some cases, the death penalty, for same-sex relations.
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Rep. Robert Garcia Wants the U.S. to Defend LGBTQI Rights Worldwide
A bill in Congress would require the United States to promote LGBTQI rights and speak out against human rights abuses abroad.
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Thousands March in Anti-LGBTQ Demonstration in Turkey
Several thousand people took part in a march in Istanbul, Turkey on Sunday that had been organized to call for the government-enforced shuttering of all...
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Pennsylvania Lawmakers Remove Homosexuality from Criminal Code
The Pennsylvania state legislature recently passed a measure that will finally remove “homosexuality” from the list of banned sexual acts in the state’s crime code....
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Professor Says He Was Fired For Inviting A Gay Guest Speaker To Class
Oklahoma Christian University allegedly terminated Michael O'Keefe for inviting a gay Christian to talk to his class.
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Botswana’s president promises to implement court ruling decriminalizing homosexuality
Botswana's president recently met with LGBTQ advocates and promised to ensure that same-sex relations will not continue to be criminalized.
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Lawmakers in Senegal reject bill to double penalties for same-sex relations
Lawmakers in Senegal rejected a bill that would have doubled the penalties for those convicted of engaging in same-sex relations.
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Senegal lawmakers want to double jail time for LGBTQ people and imprison equality advocates
Lawmakers in Senegal are proposing doubling the penalty for same-sex relations and jailing those who advocate for LGBTQ equality.
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UNAIDS Ambassador: Eliminating bans on gay sex are crucial to fighting spread of HIV
Lord Norman Fowler, the new UNAIDS ambassador, says overturning bans on same-sex relations would help in curbing the spread of HIV.
