J. Lester Feder
Croatian Activists Fear Repercussions Of New Same-Sex Marriage Ban
Activists say the ban, passed by popular referendum on Sunday, could lead to further efforts to curtail rights by the ballot box. "At this point we're more concerned about what's going to happen with other minority rights," one Croatian LGBT activist said.
J. Lester Feder
Russian LGBT Activists Tell Olympic President To Break Silence On "Gay Propaganda Law"
The organizations demanded the IOC press the Russian government for specifics on how the law will be enforced during the Sochi games.
J. Lester Feder
Man Gets 22 Years For Raping Black Lesbian In South Africa
The unusually heavy sentence may be a sign that law enforcement is finally getting serious about the widespread violence targeting black lesbians in South Africa.
J. Lester Feder
U.K. Supreme Court Rules Against Christian Hotel Owners Who Turned Away Gay Couple
"To permit someone to discriminate on the ground that he did not believe that persons of homosexual orientation should be treated equally with persons of heterosexual orientation would be to create a class of people who were exempt from the discrimination legislation," ruled the high court unanimously.
J. Lester Feder
Could A Win For LGBT Adoption Rights Kill Marriage Equality In Colombia?
A lesbian couple from Medellín is poised to win joint parental rights after a years-long legal battle. But the decision could plant the seed to undo court victories for marriage equality.
J. Lester Feder
LGBT Activists Stage Kiss-In At Brooklyn Ikea To Protest Store's Lesbian Scandal In Russia
"Instead of supporting Putin's anti-gay terror, [Ikea] was supposed to stand up for us," one of the organizers said.
J. Lester Feder
Ikea Pulls Lesbian Couple From Russian Edition Of Its Magazine
The furniture giant decided not to risk publishing a feature in Russia about how a British lesbian couple and their baby became closer while redecorating their small living space, because the company believed it would break the country's "homosexual propaganda ban."
J. Lester Feder
Vladimir Putin Denounces "Xenophobia" Toward "People With Non-Traditional Sexual Orientation"
"We hope that [the] president will accompany these words by action and leadership in ensuring that cases of discrimination and violence against LGBT people are duly prosecuted," LGBT advocates respond.
J. Lester Feder
International Olympic Committee Won't Challenge Russian Anti-Gay Broadcast Under Olympic Banner
Olympic committees have, in the past, targeted knitters and newspapers in seeking to protect their name. When it comes to the Olympic logo being used throughout a Russian anti-gay TV program, they remain silent.
J. Lester Feder
Developments In Russia And Other Nations Should Inspire U.S. Conservatives, Say Activists
Feeling embattled in the United States, participants at a controversial Capitol Hill briefing by the World Congress of Families say growing "pro-family" movements overseas provide hope.
J. Lester Feder
Speaker John Boehner Hosts Supporters Of Russia's Anti-Gay Law In House Office Building, Organizers Say
"At least in the House of Representatives, people have not succumbed to the great fear" of LGBT activists, said World Congress of Families president Allan Carlson.
J. Lester Feder
Senator Kirk Pulls Senate Meeting Room For Group Supportive Of Russia's Anti-LGBT Law
"It is rather shameful that Senator Kirk has been such a coward," said one of the participants in the panel scheduled by the World Congress of Families. Update: Kirk's office responds: "Sen. Kirk doesn't affiliate with groups that discriminate."
J. Lester Feder
International Olympic Committee Silent About Russia Stirring Up Anti-Gay Sentiment Under Olympic Logo
"We are not going to make further comment purely on the basis of a Russian TV show," said a spokesman for the International Olympic Committee.
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Russian Government Spies On LGBT Activists To Portray Them As Part Of Western "Homosexualist Invasion"
Human rights activists warn these "KGB-like" tactics are an ominous escalation in the assault on LGBT rights ahead of the Olympic games.
J. Lester Feder
238 Trans People Murdered Worldwide In The Past Year
The Transgender Murder Monitoring Project reveals the greatest number of killings took place in countries with some of the most progressive LGBTI rights laws.
J. Lester Feder
Гомофобия И Украина
Пророссийские силы в Украине и других странах бывшего СССР раздувают гомофобные настроения целью приостановить расширение Евросоюза на восток. "Сейчас идет борьба между Западом и Востоком, Европой и Россией, а Украина — это поле битвы", — коментируют ЛГБТ-активисты.
J. Lester Feder
Russian Media Rush To Cite Fake Story About Strongman Accidentally Breaking Up LGBT Rally
Several state-run outlets ran the story from a Ukrainian website that specializes in "satirical fake news."
J. Lester Feder
The Russian Plot To Take Back Eastern Europe At The Expense Of Gay Rights
Russia and its allies in countries like Ukraine are fomenting anti-gay sentiment in an effort to push back the European Union's eastern expansion. “Now, the fight [is] between East and West, Russia and Europe — Ukraine is the field of the battle,” said one LGBT activist.
J. Lester Feder
Following Wave Of Homophobia, Zambia's First Lady Steps Out To Oppose Sexual Orientation Discrimination
"Silence around issues of men who have sex with men should be stopped and no one should be discriminated against on the basis of their sexual orientation," Christine Kaseba-Saba said in a statement human rights activists have hailed as a "miracle."
J. Lester Feder
"Homosexual Propaganda" Law Repealed In Russian Region Of Arkhangelsk
The move isn't necessarily good news for LGBT Russians, however, because it simply streamlines enforcement of the federal law prohibiting the "promotion of non-traditional sexual relationships to minors."
J. Lester Feder
