Gay marriage push in Australia

• Released Date: 13-Feb-2012

Two bills calling for the legalisation of gay marriage were introduced to Australias parliament on Monday in a move campaigners said would add momentum to the push for equality.

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Washington, DC adopts same-sex marriage legislation

• Released Date: 09-Feb-2012

Member of parliaments in north-west state of USA, Washington, DC on Wednesday 8 February voted to to include provisions into same-sex legislation to allow LGBT people to legal marry in the near future, according to administrative officials of USA. &l

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Uganda revives anti-gay bill but drops death penalty

• Released Date: 07-Feb-2012

A Ugandan MP has reintroduced the anti-gay bill, which was shelved in 2011 due to severe international pressure. The new draft did not include the death penalty for certain homosexual acts, as it did in 2011, but increases the punishment to life in p

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California ban on gay marriage ruled unconstitutional

• Released Date: 07-Feb-2012

Californias ban on same-sex marriages is unconstitutional. A statewide referendum on the issue, known as Proposition 8, imposed a ban on gay unions in November 2008 but that was overturned by a court in 2010.

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Report: Is it important to give rights to LGBT people in Cambodia?

• Released Date: 02-Feb-2012

Mr. Hem Sokly, a project coordinator of Cambodian Center for Human Rights, explained the reasons that cause the increased numbers of LGBT people that the issues of LGBT people are not new in Cambodia. However recently we see most of them are opened a

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Vietnam lesbian movie to be screened at ASEAN film festival

• Released Date: 02-Feb-2012

Which Way to the Sea, a Vietnamese movie on the daily lives of five VIetnamese lesbians will be screened at the ASEAN film festival in Chiangmai.

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Lesbian killers in South Africa get 18-year jail terms

• Released Date: 01-Feb-2012

Four South African men have been sentenced to 18 years in jail for stabbing and stoning to death 19-year-old lesbian Zoliswa Nkonyana in 2006.

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African Union: Ban Ki-moon urges respect for gay rights

• Released Date: 29-Jan-2012

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called for heads of African governments to respect gay rights. Much international criticism is being passed, due to homosexuality being illegal in many African countries.

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President of the European Parliament and MEPs pledge support for LGBT rights

• Released Date: 26-Jan-2012

Yesterday the President of the European Parliament and dozens of Members gathered in support of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people’s rights. Members of the European Parliament marked the middle of their five-year mandate by taking part in

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Same-sex weddings are economic boost

• Released Date: 25-Jan-2012

Same-sex marriage as a civil- rights issue has perhaps been a broken record for most of us, but how many of us have actually stopped to think about the effect same-sex weddings, a common result of choosing to marry, could have on state economies?

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Gov’t Asked to End ’Discrimination Against Gay and Lesbian Liberians and Legalize Equality for All’

• Released Date: 25-Jan-2012

On Friday, 13 January 2012, a University of Liberia gay rights student activist and his supporters were stoned by other students on the University of Liberia campus. Among countless other acts of violence against gays, this was one of the most recent

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Obama Should Endorse Same-Sex Marriage During the State of the Union

• Released Date: 24-Jan-2012

President Barack Obama is the most pro-LGBT president in American history. His record on LGBT rights is unrivaled, but he has yet to publicly endorse same-sex marriage (marriage equality). The White House has announced that Obama’s State of the Union

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