Tag: LGBTIQ
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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India’s Colonial-Area Ban On Same-Sex Relations Is Repealed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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Governments Around the World Are Using Laws to Silence LGBTIQ Civil Society
Last week, OutRight Action International launches their latest report, The Global State of LGBTI Organising: The Right to Register.
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West Hollywood Council-member John Heilman to Run at Gay Games to Raise Funds to Support Int. LGBTQ Rights
Heilman, one of the Longest-Serving Openly Gay Elected Officials, is Seeking to Raise Funds to Establish a Global Emergency Fund with OutRight Action International for LGBTIQ Activists around the World.
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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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MKSM – «Original Self (Enough is Enough)»
Singer and songwriter MKSM exclusively produced a Pride anthem – „Original Self (Enough is Enough)“ – for Enough is Enough! Open Your Mouth ! which was released June 22, 2018.