Tag: anti-gay law
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Urgent Call for International Pressure on Uganda’s Anti-Gay Law
Gay rights activists in Uganda are calling for increased international pressure on the government to repeal the anti-gay law.
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How the Nazis destroyed the first gay rights movement in Europe
Very recently, Germany’s Cabinet approved a bill that will expunge the convictions of tens of thousands of German men for “homosexual acts” under that country’s anti-gay law known as “Paragraph 175”.
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Anti-Gay Law Rejected by Russian Duma Committee
The State Duma Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Building has rejected the New Anti-Gay bill that would make it illegal to come out as gay in Russia , the Interfax news agency reported Monday.
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Salesforce CEO Benioff Takes Stand Against Indiana Anti-Gay Law
Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff says he has canceled all his company’s events in the state of Indiana after its governor signed into law a bill that makes it legal for individuals to use religious grounds as a defense when they are sued by people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender.
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IKEA Scuttles Russian Magazine Over Anti-Gay Law
Swedish furniture retailer IKEA says it will no longer issue a Russian edition of its Family Live magazine to avoid violating the country’s anti-gay propaganda law.
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Manchester’s Gay Village joins hands in support of Russia’s LGBT community
The demonstration as timed to coincide with the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Sochi.