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Georgia’s Orthodox Church urges ban on LGBT rights rally
The head of Georgia’s influential Orthodox Church called Thursday on the authorities to ban a gay rights rally set to be held in the deeply religious country. The call came a day before gay rights activists were to stage a brief demonstration in central Tbilisi to mark the International Day…
Swedish princess hands out ‘gay of the year’ award
STOCKHOLM — Swedish Crown Princess Victoria made headlines Tuesday after handing out the country’s “Gay of the Year” award to an author whose writings about the 1980s AIDS crisis has gripped the nation. “It’s a true delight for me to be here tonight. To feel your power, your happiness and…
Russia prepares to advance anti-LGBT bill
Russia’s parliament was expected Friday to give initial backing to a bill banning homosexual “propaganda” among minors that could lead to gays being fined for demonstrating or kissing in public. The highly contentious measure is based on a law passed in President Vladimir Putin’s native city of Saint Petersburg last…
State Department condemns Zimbabwe raids on LGBT rights group
The United States on Thursday condemned Zimbabwe over raids on the offices of a gay rights group and urged authorities to end a “pattern of abuse” against civil society. Activists said that two truckloads of police on Monday raided offices of the group Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe, rounding up 44 people in what authorities called a…
Supreme Court lets DC gay marriage law stand
WASHINGTON — The US Supreme Court on Tuesday let stand a law authorizing gay marriage in Washington, DC rejecting a challenge from activists opposed to same-sex marriage. The top US court without comment turned down a petition from a group of residents seeking to put gay marriage to a city-wide…
Top Democrat ready to kill effort to ban ‘don’t ask don’t tell’
The top Democratic and Republican senators on the Armed Services Committee are set to strip repeal of the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy from the National Defense Authorization Act, according to two news reports. “Sens. Carl Levin of Michigan and John McCain of Arizona, the top Democrat and Republican…
Maddow: Blindly hoping Senate will end ‘don’t ask’ is ‘not a plan’
After a federal judge issued an injunction against the enforcement of the military’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy on Tuesday, hopes were high among gay rights activists that the White House would allow the decision to stand. By Wednesday, however, remarks by Press Secretary Robert Gibbs had made it clear…
Scott Brown says he’ll vote against ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ repeal
The Massachusetts senator who succeeded Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) in the Bay State says he’ll vote against repealing the Pentagon’s longstanding ban on allowing gay men and women to serve openly in the military. Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) appears to be bucking the vast majority of residents of his state,…
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