Tag: Jessica Stern
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OutRight Reacts to Donald Trump’s Address at the UN General Assembly
Today, Donald Trump addressed world leaders at the opening of the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York City.
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There’s A New Proposed Crimes Against Humanity Treaty: But Where Are Women’s and LGBTI Rights?
A new international treaty is in the works, focusing on crimes against humanity such as massacres, torture, and rape.
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India’s Colonial-Area Ban On Same-Sex Relations Is Repealed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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LGBTIQ People Will Suffer from SCOTUS Decision to Uphold Travel Ban
Today the Supreme Court of the US upheld President Trump’s travel ban which strictly limits travel to the U.S from five majority Muslim nations as well as North Korea and Venezuela, in the name of national security and «counter-terrorism».
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OutRight Pride in New York and Seattle
This weekend OutRight will be leading Pride Marches across the U.S., bringing attention to global LGBTIQ issues.
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More to Activism Than Just Pride in Lebanon
This year’s organiser of Beirut Pride, Hadi Damien, was arrested earlier this week by Lebanese authorities.