President Barack Obama has continued to speak out in favour of equal marriage while attending a celebrity laden fund-raiser in New York.
After being introduced by openly gay star Ricky Martin, President Obama said that all people are “equal in terms of dignity and in terms of respect.”
Obama added: “I want everyone treated fairly in this country. We have never gone wrong when we’ve extende… Read all
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Obama: Extending marriage to gay couples will ‘strengthen families’
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LGBT Iranians to speak in London as four men sentenced to death
An event launching a report on the way the internet affects LGBT life in Iran will be hosted in London this week, days after it was announced that the country was to execute four men on sodomy charges.
According to a Human Rights Activist News Agency report last week, four men from the Iranian town of Choram were sentenced to death by hanging. The British non-profit organisation Small Medi… Read all |
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Lesbian Muslim activist Irshad Manji: Silence empowers bullies
Openly lesbian Muslim activist and author Irshad Manji spoke about her faith after she had one event at a university in Yogyakarta cancelled, and another in Jakarta stopped midway where she had to leave under heavy police escort as religious extremists violently protested the event.
Irshad Manji, the prominent author of The Trouble with Islam Today which has been published in more than 3… Read all |
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Hong Kong: Gay groups clash over controversial politician invited to rally
For My Colours, a coalition which organised the IDAHO rallies from 2005-2008, has clashed with the Pink Alliance – organisers of this year's rally on May 12 – over an invited politican known for her anti-mainland immigration and anti-democratic views in an all-out spat.
For My Colours, a coalition comprising five LGBT groups, published a public statement opposing IDAHOT Hong Kong’s association… Read all |
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UK is the ‘best place in Europe’ to be gay
For all the anti-equality campaigns by some politicians and right-wing religious groups, United Kingdom has been chosen as the best place in Europe for gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people in terms of legal rights, according to a study by the International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA) Europe.
Coming just days before the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAH… Read all |
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Law Society bans anti-equality conference organised by World Congress of Families
The Law Society, which represents solicitors in England and Wales, has banned a conference organised by the World Congress of Families, an organisation that considers only a heterosexual marriage as the centre of a “natural family.”
The conference was titled: “One Man. One Woman. Making the case for marriage, for the good of society,” and supposedly had 120 people on its guest list. However, i… Read all |
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Four Iranian men due to be hanged for sodomy
Iran court sentence four men from the town of Choram, in the Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, to death by hanging for sodomy.
Four men named ‘Saadat Arefi’, ‘Vahid Akbari’, ‘Javid Akbari’ and ‘Houshmand Akbari’ are due to be executed shortly after their verdict was approved recently by high court judges, according to a report from the Human Rights Activist News Agency (HRANA) in Iran. … Read all |
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Australia: Victims of a Facebook hate group sue the military
Just as Australia marks the twentieth anniversary of making it possible for gay men and women to serve openly in the military, the victims of a Facebook hate page that revealed and threatened gay members serving therein, have filed a law suit over the army’s handling of the scandal.
Australia lifted ban on gay men and lesbians serving openly in the armed forces in 1992. However, Stuart O’Brien… Read all |