"Indonesia's fledgling LGBT group, Arus Pelangi (Rainbow Flag), last Monday launched a national campaign against a welter of ultra-homophobic regional statutes based on Muslim Sharia law.
"Many LGBT people are arrested and detained, often without charges or clear reason, only...
"The scandal surrounding US Congressman Mark Foley's inappropriate messages to a teenage boy threaten to damage Republican chances in a tight midterm election next month. Faced with a disaster at the polls, the...
"The present Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, has not accepted an invitation to appear at the Toronto conference, disappointing its organizers.Dr. Helene D. Gayle, the president of the International AIDS Society, an independent professional group that is chief...
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"Basically, if they maintain these high-risk behaviors, and HIV is introduced into the population, it's only a matter of time before HIV infection takes off"
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" By LOLITA C. BALDOR, Associated Press Writer Tue Aug 8, 5:05 PM ET WASHINGTON - Alexander Raggio says he was 16 when he learned one of his relatives was gay and watching that person's struggle gave him a grim introduction to discrimination against gays. He carried...
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"Hardline Islamic insurgent groups in Iraq are targeting a new type of victim with the full protection of Iraqi law, The Observer can reveal. The country is seeing a sudden escalation of brutal attacks on what are...
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" PROVINCETOWN, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Provincetown, New England's summer gay capital, is facing a rise in harassment and discrimination. But this time it's straight people who say they are being ridiculed as "breeders" and "baby makers." Less than a decade after a...
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" SANTIAGO, Chile - Gay rights activists say they are finding greater public tolerance in one of Latin America's socially conservative strongholds and hope Chilean lawmakers will approve anti-discrimination legislation. Chile's Congress is debating striking down regulations...
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"imagine the hullabaloo if a bunch of gay Mexicans ever decided to burn a flag" <--- Imagine the hullabaloo if a gay Mexican and a gay American decided to enter a same-gender marriage. That would be a combination of two controversial issues -- Gay...
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"Well, there’s some good news on the religious front, as far as I’m concerned:
: The Presbyterian Church USA opened up a loophole to allow the ordination of gays. This was one of the reasons I left the Presbyterian Church. Though the morally noxious rule against gays...
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"Never say never. Ted Morton wannabe Premier,former member of the inner circle of the Reform Party and Stephen Harpers mentor, is using this sitting of the legislature to mobilize the social conservative base in the PC's to gain support for his leadership bid."
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