Measures“Killing people for what they did as children is wrong and repellent, and killing them for alleged homosexual conduct is just as wrong and repellent. The Iranian government has flouted its most basic human rights obligations in allowing these cruel death sentences.”Iran should immediately halt the planned executions of three men under charges of male homosexual conduct allegedly committed when...
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Delhi hospitals have refused blood donations from homosexuals, but are Mumbai and MumbaikarsEven as the gay debate simmers in India, with homosexuals rejoicing at section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (criminalising homosexuality) being abolished, a report in yesterday’s Hindustan Times underlines the sentiment that it is not just the law, but the attitude towards homosexuality that needs to change.The...
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20,000 people marched in Taipei Saturday to demand equal rights for gays and the legalisation of homosexual marriage.The gay pride march, which began with only 500 participants in 2003, drew more than 20,000 homosexuals and supporters, including gay rights activists from China, Japan and Malaysia.Participants in the march came from nearly 100 gay rights groups and social groups, including the Taiwan...
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India, except for a few people belonging to the English-speaking elite in metropolitan centers, mostly in the higher echelons of advertising, fashion, design, fine and performing arts, men (and women) with same-sex-partners neither identify themselves as homosexuals nor admit their sexual preference, often even to themselves. Many men - some married - have had or continue to have sex with other men;...
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Mike Denison (Readers' Forum, Nov. 19) thinks that we should "never say never" on temple marriage for gays, citing that the LDS church changed its stance on the blacks and the priesthood back in 1978, thus opening the doors to temple marriage for our black brothers and sisters. There is no similarity between these two situations. Blacks were never excommunicated or disfellowshipped for being black....
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TAIPEI: More than 20,000 peoplemarched in Taipei on Saturday to demand equal rights for gays and thelegalisation of homosexual marriage.The gay pride march, whichbegan with only 500 participants in 2003, drew more than 20,000 homosexuals andsupporters, including gay rights activists from China, Japan and Malaysia.Participants in the march came from nearly 100 gay rights groups andsocial groups, including...
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Austrian government agreed Tuesday to introduce a form of civil union for same-sex couples, which will grant some, but not all, of the rights enjoyed by married heterosexual couples, Justice Minister Claudia Bandion-Ortner announced.The so-called registered partnerships are to give homosexual partners rights regarding social security claims, inheritance or court trials.However, those who register will...
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While cheering the court"s decision to decriminalise homosexuality, you may have missed one queer fact. There are far less lesbians in the mainstream than gays. Here"s why... Should A sudden spate of Bollywood movies with gay themes have given us an inkling that homosexual relations were getting poised to come out in the open? After all Bollywood mirrors society " and the portrayal of homosexuality...
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Vienna, Nov 17 : The Austrian government agreed Tuesday to introduce a form of civil union for same-sex couples, which will grant some, but not all, of the rights enjoyed by married heterosexual couples, Justice Minister Claudia Bandion-Ortner announced.The so-called registered partnerships are to give homosexual partners rights regarding social security claims, inheritance or court trials.However,...
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Taipei, Oct 31 : More than 20,000 people marched in Taipei Saturday to demand equal rights for gays and the legalisation of homosexual marriage.The gay pride march, which began with only 500 participants in 2003, drew more than 20,000 homosexuals and supporters, including gay rights activists from China, Japan and Malaysia.Participants in the march came from nearly 100 gay rights groups and social...
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