Category: News
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Romania to hold referendum that could violate the rights of rainbow families
In a decision issued this morning (17 September), the Romanian Constitutional Court has approved a proposal (by 7 votes to 2) to hold a referendum on the definition of family.
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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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Reaction: World’s most significant gay law reform
Indian Supreme Court ruling decriminalising homosexuality.
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India: Supreme Court Strikes Down Sodomy Law
India’s landmark Supreme Court decision that criminalising consensual same-sex conduct is unconstitutional is a major victory for human rights and the LGBT people’s rights to privacy and non-discrimination in the world’s second most populous country, Human Rights Watch said today.
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India’s Colonial-Area Ban On Same-Sex Relations Is Repealed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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Homophobic Uganda bans music, arts festival due to «homosexuality»
Uganda’s Minister for Ethics and Integrity, Simon Lokodo, has banned a popular and highly publicised international music and arts festival schedule for the weekend.