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World - LGBTQ RightsManchester to use St Petersburg link to ‘pressure Russia’
Manchester City Council will use its links with St Petersburg to pressure Russia to reconsider a law banning the…
World - LGBTQ RightsNigeria : We won’t legalise same-sex marriage, minister insists
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Olugbenga Ashiru, has insisted that Nigeria will not succumb to external pressure to…
World - LGBTQ RightsCameroon jails two for being gay
A court in Cameroon, one of the least gay-tolerant countries in the world, on Tuesday sentenced a man to…
World - LGBTQ RightsCrowe calls on Russian authorities to end persecution of LGBT citizens
Sinn Féin's Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Trade and Diaspora, Seán Crowe TD, has criticised the Russian government for introducing…
World - LGBTQ RightsIreland’s progress on gay rights offers hope
A bill that stigmatises gay people and bans giving children any information about homosexuality won overwhelming approval last week…
World - LGBTQ RightsRussia adopts homophobic federal law banning propaganda of ‘non-traditional sexual relations’
ILGA-Europe in the strongest possible manner condemns a homophobic federal law adopted today by the State Duma, the Russian…
World - LGBTQ RightsGay South Korean celebrity’s wedding plans make national news
The first time a South Korean celebrity announced he was gay, in 2000, the reaction was quick and without…
World - LGBTQ RightsNigeria adopts harshest homophobic law in recent history
On Thursday 30 May, Nigeria’s parliament adopted the ‘Same-Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Bill’, a law that foresees up to 14…