Tag: gay rights
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Nigeria poll suggests 87% oppose gay rights
A new opinion poll suggests that 87% of people in Nigeria support the legal ban on same-sex relations.
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Violence erupts at Kyiv gay pride march
A gay pride parade in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv has ended in violence after around 150 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender marchers came under attack.
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Hillary Clinton’s campaign video carries warning stamp on Russian TV channel
A Russian TV channel aired Hillary Clinton’s first campaign video with a rating stamp that means it’s for mature audiences, because of fears it might run afoul of the country’s anti-gay propaganda law.
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Indian LGBT community turns to President Obama
With a curative petition demanding the Indian Supreme Court to revisit its decision not to review a piece of legislation criminalizing homosexuality still pending, the LGBT community is now pinning its hopes on Barack Obama.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook donating to gay rights campaign in native Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi
Apple chief executive Tim Cook, the first openly gay CEO of a Fortune 1,000 company, is donating money to help fund a gay rights initiative in his native Alabama and two other Southern states, organizers said Thursday.
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IOC moves to support gay rights in Olympics
Nine months after a Sochi Winter Olympics embattled by the host country’s anti-gay legislation, the International Olympic Committee ( IOC ) took a philosophical stand Monday against future intolerance surrounding an Olympic Games.