Tag: gay rights
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UK evangelist says Tom Daley ‘is gay because his father died’
The head of a British evangelical Christian lobby group has angered gay rights campaigners by urging Jamaica to keep same-sex intercourse illegal and reportedly suggesting that Tom Daley is in a relationship with a man because his father died.
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Family Equality Council condemns alarming proposed law in Russia to deny gay parents custody of their children
Family Equality Council, the national organization that connects, supports and represents the nation’s three million parents who are gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) and their six million children, today condemned a proposed bill in Russia, posted to the Russian Parliament’s website, that would make parents’ sexual orientation a basis for denying custody of their children.
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San Antonio City Council Approves LGBT-Inclusive Updates to Ordinances
San Antonio – the nation’s seventh-largest city – Last Thursday added sexual orientation and gender identity protections into ordinances governing city employment, contracting, housing and public accommodations.
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Obama to meet gay activists on G20 visit
US President Barack Obama will meet gay rights activists while he is in Russia for the G20 summit.
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Gay Rights Groups In New York Target Coca Cola
Gay rights groups have poured bottles of Coca Cola down the drain in a protest against the company’s sponsorship of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Russia at Times Square in New York.
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Why the Olympic Sponsors Should Take Action on Gay Rights
The idea has taken hold that Russia’s human-rights violations, while worthy of condemnation, should not stand in the way of American athletes bringing home the gold.