May 2012
ShortFormBlog: Radicals poison students in... →
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120students, teachers poisoned at women’s school source
» A similar attack took place last month: Last month’s incident, which poisoned at least 150, contaminated the water at a school. This time, it was powder that contaminated the air. Officials believe Taliban officials opposed…
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Panchayat bans lesbian couple from Punjab village
Mukesh Tandon, TNN | May 23, 2012, 01.12AM
BATHINDA: A lesbian couple, one of whom is a cop and sought police protection, have been barred by the panchayat from living in their village in Punjab after being accused of “disgracing” their folk. The two have also been stripped of their share in their families’ ancestral property. Fearing threat to their lives, the couple had...
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American gay dad wins Colombian custody battle
The Constitutional Court has ruled in favor of Chandler Burr, a gay American who was blocked from taking his legally adopted sons out of the country
23 May 2012| By Jean Paul Zapata
Colombia’s highest constitutional court has guaranteed Chandler Burr custody of his two sons.
The gay New York Times journalist sued the Colombian Institute of Family Welfare (ICBF) for barring him...
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Organizers plan gay parade, and 8-day festival
May 22, 2012 | 14:29
Source: Tanjug
BELGRADE — The organizing committee of Belgrade Pride 2012 has announced that this year’s gay parade would be held on October 6.
A scene from a previous gay parade held in Belgrade (FoNet)
But they said the “march” would be one event in an eight-day festival.
“This year, the concept has been changed, so the...
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Croatia to recognise same-sex marriages
Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic announces plans to recognise partnerships, getting them closer to marriage
22 May 2012| By Anna Leach
The prime minister of Croatia has announced plans to recognise at least some ‘gay marriage’ rights.
Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic told reporters that registered partnerships would be ‘a somewhat higher standard than what we have now,’...
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Dan Savage Challenges NOM's Brian Brown to Come to...
Would love to be a fly on the wall for this dinner date.
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05/22/2012
In his Savage Love podcast released today, Dan Savage tells NOM’s Brian Brown that he has thought for a while about the debate Brown challenged him to in early May, inspired by Savage’s now well-known lecture to teen journalists about the Bible during which several Christian students were seen walking out.
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Justice for Maverick! Student Wins Right to Wear...
by Lambda Legal
May 21, 2012
Lambda Legal client Maverick Couch can now this T-shirt (pictured) to school any day he chooses. The school district and principal agreed today to have a judgment entered against them.
Couch, a high school junior in Waynesville, Ohio, wore a “Jesus Is Not a Homophobe” shirt to school to mark...
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Bisexual blues - the forgotten workplace minority
Progress being made for gays and lesbians in the workplace, but bisexuals being left behind
19 May 2012| By Gareth Johnson
Employment law in many parts of the world protects employees against discrimination based on their actual or perceived sexual orientation.
This legal obligation has been enhanced in many workplaces, where companies have implemented robust policies and initiatives...
Today is Harvey Milk Day. →
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Today we honor the birthday of Harvey Milk, one of our community’s most influential activists and most passionate leaders.
Milk stood up for equality for LGBT people when few had given it a passing thought. He organized thousands of people, many of whom had nowhere else to turn, around a common cause. He was one of many invaluable founders of the gay rights movement as we know it,...
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Mass arrests in Kuwait of party-goers for 'vice'...
Police round up 149 people, including at least four gay men and two transgender women. Checkpoints targeting ‘immorality’, particularly LGBT people
22 May 2012| By Dan Littauer
Kuwaiti media reports that 149 were arrested this weekend (19-20 May) for ‘immoral’ behavior, including four gay men and two transgender women.
Most reports alleged they were engaged in...
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Zimbabwe dismisses allegations of state sponsored...
(Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/ Associated Press ) - United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay, left, is flanked by Zimbabwes Justice Minister upon her arrival in Harare, Sunday, May, 20, 2012. Pillay is on a first ever mission by a UN Human Rights chief to Zimbabwe, at the invitation of the Government. Pillay is due to meet President Robert Mugabe, Prime Minister Morgan...
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FIRST LGBTI CLINIC OPENS IN UGANDA’S CAPITAL,...
Gay rights activists in Uganda have opened up Uganda’s first ever LGBTI clinic which will specifically focus on homosexuals HIV/Aids and Sexually Transmitted Infections and general welfare.
Activists pictured during the service before Kampala’s first LGBTI specific clinic was launched
The clinic will run under the auspices of gay lobby group, Ice Breakers Uganda. It was opened on...
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Kiev pride cancelled after far-right attack threat
T/W for violence
Gay activists beaten and tear-gassed by youths in Ukrainian capital after pride march abandoned
21 May 2012| By Matthew Jenkin
Ukrainian capital’s first ever gay pride was cancelled yesterday amid fears of attacks from far right thugs.
Police advised pride organizers to abandon the march through the center of Kiev just 30 minutes before it was due to start,...
