Catholic diocese slams Bologna for recognising overseas same-sex marriages

• Released Date: 16-Sep-2014

Bologna’s Catholic Diocese has denounced the city’s formal recognition of same-sex marriages conducted abroad.The Italian city, which has a population of 380,000, yesterday announced that same-sex couples who have married abroad can have their marria

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US recommends asylum for gay Ugandan

• Released Date: 16-Sep-2014

John Abadallah Wambere spoke about his experience in Uganda at the Boston GLAD office on May 6.Federal immigration officials are recommending that the United States grant asylum to a prominent gay rights activist who feared death threats and antigay

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Police seek public’s help in identifying attackers in anti-gay hate crime (Video)

• Released Date: 16-Sep-2014

PHILADELPHIA — Police in Philadelphia hope a security video will help them identify a group of young adults sought in a violent attack on a gay couple.Police say the group asked about the pair’s sexual orientation, and then beat and punched them whil

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WHO: Russia’s anti-gay laws hamper fight against HIV

• Released Date: 16-Sep-2014

Russia’s repressive drug and homosexuality laws hamper its fight against HIV, the World Health Organisation has warned.The country is home to one of the fastest-growing HIV epidemics in the world.

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President of UN General Assembly Must Promote Human Rights for All

• Released Date: 16-Sep-2014

On Tuesday, Ugandas Minister for Foreign Affairs Sam Kutesa assumes his responsibilities as President of the 69th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. Kutesa, a longtime ally of President Museveni, will hold the position for one year -- a

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Gay teen comes out to his mom, and then his mom comes out to him

• Released Date: 16-Sep-2014

It is one of the hardest thing in the world to come out to your parents. How are they going to react? Will they be kind, will they throw you out, will it be the best or the worst thing to happen

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Semi-pro footballer: ‘Every club I’ve been at has known I’m gay’

• Released Date: 15-Sep-2014

A semi-professional footballer who publicly came out as gay in January, has said every club he has been at has known that he is gay.Liam Davis, who came out in January, a week after former Premier League footballer Thomas Hitzlsperger, came out in th

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Connecting LGBT Community Centers

• Released Date: 15-Sep-2014

Find out how CenterLink keeps more than 200 lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community centers connected and working to serve hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S. and the world.

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Clinton adviser: Gay rights will be Obama’s greatest legacy

• Released Date: 15-Sep-2014

A former adviser to Bill Clinton has claimed that gay rights will be Obama’s biggest legacy.Richard Socarides, who was a senior adviser to Clinton from 1993 to 1999, served as his principal on gay and lesbian civil rights issues during the period in

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First look: ‘Paternity Leave’

• Released Date: 14-Sep-2014

Greg (Jacob York) finds out that he’s pregnant with his partner Ken’s (Charlie David) baby. Dumbstruck by the news, their relationship takes twists and turns through hardship and hilarity, while we’re left wondering if they’re going to make it throug

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US: Ben & Jerry’s backs Supreme Court marriage equality brief

• Released Date: 14-Sep-2014

Ice cream manufacturer Ben & Jerry’s has backed a brief calling on the US Supreme Court to rule on marriage equality.

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Transgender girl crowned homecoming princess at Colo. high school

• Released Date: 13-Sep-2014

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A transgender student has been crowned homecoming princess at a Colorado Springs, Colo., high school.

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