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• Gay, straight, or just Lebanese?

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  In 1997, when Boy George shouted at his concert in Beirut: "Lebanon needs a dose of camp!" did he know what he'd bargained for? The gay scene in Lebanon has certainly changed during the last 13 years, but the real challenges are still ahead....

• Polish gay rights group hits out at new textbook

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  A gay rights group urged the Polish government on Wednesday to withdraw a book authorized for use in secondary schools that it says portrays homosexuality as an illness that can be cured....

• Gay teen kidnapped by family: They threatened to kill me

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  Nineteen-year-old drag queen says was beaten, kidnapped twice by relatives who want to 'set him back on right path'. Angel, 19, was sitting in the Yiftah District Police offices, trying to recuperate from the traumatic event he endured after being...

• Homophobia will thrive in sports as long as hyper-masculinity prevails

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  When Edmonton Capitals Manager Brent Bowers went on a homophobic tirade against a gay umpire, the sports world hardly took notice. It took the courage of the umpire's heterosexual colleagues to denounce Bowers's hate speech by threatening a league...

• KENYAN GROUP RELEASES GAY RIGHTS BOOK

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  The publication, titled "My Way, Your Way or The RIGHT Way? Implementing the Yogyakarta Principles in Kenya" was put together by the G-Kenya Trust, a member of the Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya (GALCK)....

• UK: Gay vote minister blasted

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  A MINISTER who last week revealed he is gay was accused of hypocrisy yesterday after opposing pro-gay legislation in Parliament. Prisons minister Crispin Blunt said in one debate that homosexuality is "not equivalent to heterosexuality"....

• Comment: Black Pride and prejudice

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  Despite the wet weather in London, UK Black Pride held its fifth annual event in Regent’s Park last Saturday. The day after, I was lying in bed catching up on the news online when I saw a PinkNews.co.uk article on the festival. The comments from som...

• Being gay in Iran

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  Meeting in secret, living in fear: Members of Iran's LGBT community tell of arrests, beatings, rape – and escape to the West. But 'people are showing less fear of the Islamic regime,' they say. Last month, quietly, under the nose of the ...

• Mexican gay rights activists and Catholic protestors clash

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  In Mexico yesterday, gay rights activists and a group of Roman Catholics clashed during a demonstration over the issue of same-sex marriage which is currently legal only in the country's capital, Mexico City....

• Arabic website to tackle gay issues

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  An Arabic-language website set up by two Israeli-Arab literary figures will tackle the issue of homosexuality. Qadita.net, launched this week, is an online magazine devoted to politics and culture....

• German court: gay couples get inheritance equality

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  Germany’s highest court ruled Tuesday, Aug. 17 that gay couples in civil partnerships are entitled to benefit from the same favorable inheritance tax rules as married heterosexual couples. The Federal Constitutional Court decided in favor of two gay...

• Germany considering income tax equality for gays

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  BERLIN — Germany's justice minister says she is considering changes to income tax laws to iron out disadvantages for gay couples. ...

• Mexico to Allow Gay Couples to Adopt

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  Mexico's Supreme Court upheld a law this week allowing gay couples to adopt children in the capital, Districto Federal. ...

• British, Indian men have Nepal's first foreign gay wedding ceremony

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  KATMANDU, Nepal — A Hindu priest performed the first wedding ceremony in Nepal for a foreign gay couple, a rights group said Wednesday, as activists and tourist agencies increasingly promote the Himalayan nation as a gay-friendly destination. ...

• UK: Catholic charity's appeal over gay adoption fails

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  A Roman Catholic adoption charity's appeal to be allowed to discriminate against gay people wanting it to place children with them has been rejected. Catholic Care wanted exemption from new anti-discrimination laws so it could limit services provided ...

• Diva, Attitude and Gay Times launch iPhone and iPad apps

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  Magazine publisher Tri Active Media has launched universal iOS apps for three more of its magazines: Diva, Attitude and Gay Times. All three are selling for £1.79 on the App Store, working across iPhone and iPad....

• Lesbian lamentation

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  Chi, a 23-year-old lesbian, told researchers that her parents locked her in a virtual prison after learning of her relationships with other women. “It was such a horrifying time. My parents knew Diep and I loved each other. They seized my cell phone...

• Hong Kong trans woman launches fight to marry

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  A trans woman in Hong King has begun a legal fight for the right to marry her boyfriend. The woman, who has not been named, is barred under city law from changing her birth certificate to female. Authorities told her that her marriage would be classed as ...

• iPhone meat market sparks gay sex revolution

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  A location-aware iPhone app has spawned a sexual revolution in Australia's gay community by providing what is effectively a meat market enabling people to meet other gay men who may be just metres away from them. In bars, restaurants or just walking d...

• A welcome home for all

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  On the 41st anniversary of the Stonewall uprising (the touchstone for the gay civil-rights movement), the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (Hud) announced new measures providing increased protection to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender ...