J. Lester Feder
Ugandan President To Sign Anti-Homosexuality Bill
Members of the party of President Yoweri Museveni have "welcomed the development as a measure to protect Ugandans from social deviants," tweeted his spokesperson when announcing his decision.
J. Lester Feder
Olympics Don't Stop Russia From Enacting International Gay Adoption Ban
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has signed a decree that bans adoptions by same-sex couples and single people in countries that recognize marriage equality.
J. Lester Feder
Watch Anti-Gay, Pro-Putin Americans Demonstrate On The Streets Of Sochi As Police Look On
“God bless Putin for his stance on homosexuals."
J. Lester Feder
Watch LGBT Kenyans Speak Out Against Anti-Homosexuality Bill In Neighboring Uganda
"This bill has major repercussions to human rights across the East African community," said a Kenyan activist during a rally in Nairobi.
J. Lester Feder
Seven LGBT Rights Activists Protest In Russia Without Getting Arrested
And they look pretty lonely.
J. Lester Feder
International Olympic Committee Will Not Object To Arrests And Beatings Of Russian LGBT Activists
"As in many countries in the world, in Russia, you need permission before staging a protest. We understand this was the reason that they were temporarily detained," said an IOC spokeswoman.
J. Lester Feder
Planning To Use A Hook-Up App In Sochi? Security Concerns Might Make Users Think Twice
"I would not use a gay dating app in Russia or the Middle East [or other places with anti-gay laws] … on my phone," said a security expert.
J. Lester Feder
LGBT Activists In Moscow Arrested On Video, Beaten In Police Station
"They [beat] two of us ... before that they took us upstairs and said that we have to "suck their cocks" and that we have to be burned," the activists texted from inside the police station. Update: The eight Russian protestors were released around 12:30 Moscow time.
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Four LGBT Activists Arrested At St. Petersburg Olympics Protest
They carried a banner quoting Principle 6 of the Olympic Charter that read, “Discrimination is incompatible with the Olympic Movement.” Updated: The activists have been released, will have first court hearing on Saturday.
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Russia Is The Real Guardian Of Human Rights, Say Activists Fighting LGBT Advances
"I would be very cautious [in saying] which country is more free, the United States or Russia," says an organizer of a global social conservative summit to be held at the Kremlin in September.
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This Short Film Shows Just How Terrifying Life Is For LGBT People In Russia
“Russian officials embolden homophobes and their violent attacks,”Human Rights Watch Russia researcher Tanya Cooper said in a new video documenting attacks on LGBT people in Russia.
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Online Support Group For Russian LGBT Teens Charged With Violating "Homosexual Propaganda" Law
"This is an extreme level of madness. We publish letters from underage gay men and lesbians and this is considered propaganda among minors," said Elena Klimova, who faces the charge for running Children-404.
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International Olympic Committee Criticizes Sochi Organizers Over Press Freedom
"In the run-up to Olympic games, this amounts to a failing grade," said one leading human rights advocate.
J. Lester Feder
Mexican Supreme Court Upholds Equal Public Benefits For Same-Sex Couples
Couples are winning the right to marry in courts throughout Mexico, but they are still fighting to get access to all the rights that entails.
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Indian Supreme Court Refuses To Reconsider Sodomy Ban
"Today’s decision represents an abdication by the judiciary to protect the spirit of the constitution," said Voices Against 377, one of the petitioners seeking a reversal of the December Supreme Court ruling upholding the sodomy law.
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Ugandan President Calls For Scientific Proof That Homosexuality Is Not Genetic
“Unless I have got confirmation from scientists that this condition is not genetic, but a behaviour that is acquired, I will not sign” the pending Anti-Homosexuality Bill, President Yoweri Museveni told his party during a meeting Friday, according to a Ugandan newspaper.
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Europe's Last Sodomy Law Repealed
The territory of Northern Cyprus repealed its sodomy law on Monday. The Mediterranean territory was the last place in Europe where laws criminalizing same-sex intercourse were still on the books.
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Police Violence In India Drives A Gay Couple To The U.S. — And A Detention Cell
"We are feeling like homosexuality is a crime everywhere ... there is not any protection here," said one of the men.Their yearlong journey across more than 10 countries to seek asylum in the United States.
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Times Of India Front-Page Headline: "Homosexuality Unnatural: Ex-Head Of Shrinks"
"The manner in which homosexuals have brought the talk of sex to the roads makes people uncomfortable," said the outgoing president of the Indian Psychiatric Society in an interview published Tuesday on the front page of the world's largest English-language daily paper.
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Ugandan President Tells U.S. Activists He Will Reject Anti-LGBT Law, Seek To 'Protect Children' Instead
President Yoweri Museveni told activists from the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Human Rights that the bill was "fascist," but stopped short of saying when he would take action.
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