Human Rights
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Lawsuit Filed Against NYC’s Yeshvia University For Banning LGBT Student Org
lawsuit has been filed by LGBT students and alumni of Yeshiva University, (YU) a private modern Orthodox Jewish research university…
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Saudi Arabia Police Arrest Men After ‘Gay Wedding’ Video Goes Viral
Saudi Arabia police say they have arrested several young men who last week appeared in a what was described online…
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St. Petersburg, Russia Police Arrest Suspect In Attack On LGBT Activists – Video
The Russian Interior Ministry’s branch for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region has issued a statement that a 19-year-old suspect…
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Two Young Men Sent To Prison In Morocco For Having A Gay Relationship
Two young men accused of being in a gay relationship have been sentenced to 18 months in prison in Morocco.…
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American Bar Association Adopts Resolution: LGBT Rights Are Basic Human Rights
RESOLVED, That the American Bar Association recognizes that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people have a human right…
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Russian Gay Rights Activists Have Signs Burned and Pelted With Eggs at International Women’s Day Rally
Anti-LGBT violence in Russia still continue on a daily basis despite the lack of reporting now that the Olympics are…
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IOC Defends Arrest of Italian Trans Ex-Parliment Member At Sochi For Breaking Gay Propaganda Law
The International Olympic Committee has come defending the Russian authorities’ decision to “remove ” Vladimir Luxuria a transgender Italian ex-Parliament member and LGBT rights…
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Former Italian Trans Prime Minister Arrested In Sochi For “Gay Is OK” Banner
Vladimir Luxuria, the former Italian MP and the first transgender person to hold that office, has been arrested in Sochi after…
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AP Reports Gay Men Being Dragged From Homes And Savagely Beaten In Nigeria
The Associated Press is reporting a wave of brutal beatings of gay men in the anti-gay country of Nigeria where armed mobs…
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Putin Defends Russia’s Anti-Gay Laws In ABC Interview, ABC Leaves Out Outrageous Remarks
During a rather soft interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday’s This Week, ABC News host George Stephanopoulos asked Putin…
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