J. Lester Feder
UNAIDS Is "Prepared" To Join Lawsuit Against Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Act, Top Official Says
"We need to change the way we are doing business," said Luiz Loures, UNAIDS deputy executive director and assistant secretary general of the United Nations.
J. Lester Feder
LGBT Activists Pin Hopes On Ugandan Legal System As They Challenge Anti-Gay Law
“The rest of the government, frankly speaking, is a dictatorship ... The courts of Uganda are kind of independent,” said a party to a new suit challenging the law.
J. Lester Feder
Leading Conservative Group Withdraws From "Pro-Life Olympics" In Moscow Over Russian Invasion Of Ukraine
"I don’t want to appear to be giving aid and comfort to Vladimir Putin," said Penny Nance, president of Concerned Women for America.
J. Lester Feder
Human Rights Advocates Challenge Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Law In Court
"Today I am #PetitonerNo7 and #IAMGoingNowhere."
J. Lester Feder
International Olympic Committee To Investigate Use Of Rings By "Pro-Life Olympics" In Russia
The IOC says the use of its logo to promote a social conservative conference in the Kremlin in September is "unauthorized."
J. Lester Feder
Nine LGBT Activists Arrested While Protesting Nigerian Consulate in NYC
They were part of a protest of more than 400 people participating in a global day of action against the law enacted in January.
J. Lester Feder
U.S. Conservatives To Go Ahead With "Pro-Life Olympics" In Moscow Despite Ukraine Crisis
"Putin doesn't threaten our national security, Obama does," the communications director for the World Congress of Families wrote.
J. Lester Feder
U.S. Funding Choices Are Challenged In The Wake Of Uganda's Anti-Gay Law
"Cutting off aid would harm the people we're seeking to help," a senior Obama administration official said.
J. Lester Feder
Pope's Comments Hint At The Fight Over LGBT Rights Inside Vatican
Civil unions "aren't up to the pope, they're up to us," the Vatican's head of doctrine told an LGBT activist in October.
J. Lester Feder
World Bank President Withdraws From Panel On "Economic Cost Of Homophobia"
Jim Yong Kim's withdrawal comes days after he published an op-ed strongly condemning discrimination against LGBT people.
J. Lester Feder
Kenya, Zimbabwe Grapple With Rising Anti-Gay Sentiment In Wake Of New Anti-Gay Laws Nearby
One Kenyan activist said he was "in shock" at growing anti-gay organizing in his country, where "life has been good for homosexuals."
J. Lester Feder
The New Cold War Over Human Rights
As the U.S. and European nations expand their support for LGBT rights, Russia has became a powerful ally to countries like Uganda and Nigeria in their homegrown crusades against LGBT people.
J. Lester Feder
World Bank Delays $90 Million Loan To Uganda As Bank President Blasts Anti-Gay Laws
Nancy Pelosi and other members of Congress had expressed their concern over the loan to World Bank President Jim Yong Kim.
J. Lester Feder
Ugandan President Hails Closer Ties With Russia After U.S. Criticizes Anti-Gay Bill
President Yoweri Museveni made the comments at an event commissioning a Russian-built military flight simulator.
J. Lester Feder
U.S. Ambassador Threatens To Block Visas For Ugandans "Who Propagate Hate" Against LGBT People
"We are ... articulating our core beliefs that there should not be discrimination under the law," the U.S. ambassador to Uganda said.
J. Lester Feder
Russian LGBT Sporting Event On The Verge Of Collapse Over Kremlin Pressure
Organizers say government pressure forced venues to cancel their hosting of the post-Olympics event.
J. Lester Feder
U.S. Weighs Response To Anti-Gay Bills In Uganda, Nigeria As Activists Say Washington Didn't Do Enough
"We felt abandoned [by the international community] and we still feel that way," said leading Ugandan LGBT activist Frank Mugisha.
J. Lester Feder
If There Is "A Groundswell Of Support," The IOC Might Add Nondiscrimination Rules For Future Hosts
But it's not currently under discussion in a review of the Olympic bidding process, an IOC spokesman said.
J. Lester Feder
What Happened When India Decided It Was OK With Homosexuality — Then Violently Changed Its Mind
A violent police raid could signal things to come with the law criminalizing homosexuality back in effect.
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.
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