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I broke up Al and Tipper Gore. And Sandra Bullock and Jesse James. No, I am not a 50-something masseuse or a tattoo model with a thing for Nazi outfits. I'm just a gay man who's about to celebrate his second wedding anniversary. Apparently, my mar...
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A recent report by SMS GupShup, a company that claims to be India’s biggest mobile social network, shows a fundamental change in how Indians view gay relationships barely a year after the decriminalisation of homosexuality on 2 July, 2009. ...
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Stonewall FC have successfully defended their title of Gay Games Champions after defeating USA's Florida United FC 2-1 in Cologne on Saturday. Stonewall FC defended their title in Cologne following their success four years ago when they won gold at th...
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A Queensland senate contender in Australia has provoked outrage by calling gay marriage "child abuse" which will lead to "uncontrollable depression and suicide". Family First candidate Wendy Francis apparently made the remarks on Twitt...
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A federal judge in California ruled Wednesday that the state's ban on same-sex marriage violates the constitutional right to equal protection. The decision is the first step in a legal struggle that is widely expected to end at the Supreme Court. ...
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Three gay couples are suing the state of Alaska for denying them equality in tax laws. They claim that the state's tax assessment laws discriminate against same-sex couples by denying them equal access to a property tax exemption for senior citizens a...
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Nineteen young men in Sudan have been publicly flogged for wearing women’s clothing and makeup. The men were sentenced by a Muslim Sharia court to 30 lashes and a fine of around 400 US dollars after being arrested during a police raid on a private h...
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An 18-year-old Iranian man is facing execution over a false sodomy charge, campaigners say. Ebrahim Hamidi was sentenced to death two years ago at the age of 16 for an unspecified assault on another man. ...
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Attempts to open two Target stores in San Francisco may have hit a roadblock in the form of the company's support for an anti-gay politician. Target gave $150,000 to Minnesota Forward, an independent expenditure committee backing Republican Tom Emmer ...
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Up to 20 Eveline High School girls in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe’s second largest city have been arrested for practising lesbian relationships, The Zim Diaspora can reveal. ...
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TV preacher Pat Robertson and other Religious Right leaders have long been interested in the continent of Africa. They seem to believe that they can find a country there to serve as a laboratory for their misguided social agenda – as well as plunder...
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Homosexuality will not be accepted in southern Sudan should the south become independent after a referendum due to take place next year the regions President Salva Kiir Mayardit told Dutch radio on Friday....
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Acomprehensive study of global lesbian, bisexual and gay rights, seen by The Independent on Sunday, reveals the brutal – and, in many instances, fatal – price people pay around the globe for their sexuality. The research, which was conducted b...
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A condom especially for gay men is being made by one of India's leading condom manufacturers. Hindustan Latex Family Planning Promotion Trust and the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) say a study found that many gay and bisexual men were not u...
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Annise Parker, openly lesbian mayor of Houston, praised Shanghai for its LGBT inclusiveness and its entrepreneurial spirit during a trip to the World Expo in that city. ...
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The Catholic Church's failure to derail a gay marriage law in Argentina shows once-powerful clergymen losing their influence in Latin America, where pressure is growing for more liberal social legislation. ...