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India: Supreme Court Strikes Down Sodomy Law
India’s landmark Supreme Court decision that criminalising consensual same-sex conduct is unconstitutional is a major victory for human rights and the LGBT people’s rights to privacy and non-discrimination in the world’s second most populous country, Human Rights Watch said today.
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India’s Colonial-Area Ban On Same-Sex Relations Is Repealed
Today the Supreme Court of India made the historic decision to repeal the ban on same-sex relations. The colonial-era Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code made sexual behaviour «against the order of nature» illegal and punishable by imprisonment and served as a model for similar laws across the British Colonial Empire.
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Ugandan music festival back on after ethics minister tried to cancel it due to «homosexuality»
A Ugandan music festival was reinstated on Wednesday following a public outcry after the country’s ethics minister banned it as an orgy of homosexuality, nudity and drugs akin to «devil worship».
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Homophobic Uganda bans music, arts festival due to «homosexuality»
Uganda’s Minister for Ethics and Integrity, Simon Lokodo, has banned a popular and highly publicised international music and arts festival schedule for the weekend.
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Mysterious «Skam» scenes : Isak and Jonas kissing…
Director Julie Andem shares «Skam» Secrets in New Book.
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Gang launch homophobic attack on 25-year-old in Preston
A group of thugs attacked a 25-year-old in Preston in a homophobic assault.