Tag: homosexuality
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Mary McAleese brands Catholic teaching on homosexuality «evil»
Former Irish President Mary McAleese has warned that the Catholic Church’s teaching on homosexuality is «evil».
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Theresa May urged: compensate convicted gay men
The UK Prime Minister, Theresa May, was today urged to «compensate living men who were convicted under discriminatory, anti-gay laws – both before and after 1967 – in instances where their behaviour is now no longer a crime».
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Ireland marks 25th anniversary of decriminalisation of homosexuality
25th anniversary of decriminalisation of homosexuality marked by a State Reception this evening in Dublin Castle this evening.
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The Economic Cost of Homophobia
Peter Tatchell, just back from Russia, has launched a new report, with the backing of the Lord Speaker, Lord Fowler, which shows that countries that criminalise homosexuality suffer significant economic disadvantages; lost tourism revenue lost inward foreign aid and investment and lost talent and skills as LGBT+ people flee abroad.
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#IAmGay trends in China as Weibo removing ‘homosexual’ content
The popular Chinese micro-blogging website begins a purge of material it deems “illegal” in the strictly-policed communist state.
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Judge Strikes Down Sodomy Law in Trinidad and Tobago
Today, Judge Devindra Rampersad of the High Court of Trinidad and Tobago has ruled that Sections 13 and 16 of the Sexual Offences Act are unconstitutional as applied to adult consensual acts, a motion that stands to decriminalise homosexuality in the country.