World
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UK reviewing blood donation deferral period for gay men
The British government is considering changing its current one-year deferral period for men who have sex with men (MSM) when it comes to donating blood, reports The...
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Missing Paris attacker was known to frequent gay bars
In a surprise revelation, the missing suspect in the Paris terrorist attacks of Nov. 13 was known to frequent a gay bar in Brussels, according...
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Hong Kong bishop compares gay people to drug addicts
"We still love drug addicts."
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Israel: LGBT group petitions High Court for same-sex marriage
In what has been dubbed an “historic” move, an Israeli LGBT rights organization has petitioned the country’s High Court in an effort to legalize same-sex marriage....
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Northern Ireland Assembly vote for gay marriage is vetoed
A slim majority of members of the Northern Ireland Assembly voted in favor of marriage equality on Monday, only to have the Assembly’s largest party...
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ISIS murders two more gay men in Syria
It's the latest in a number of similarly brutal murders of men suspected of being gay by ISIS fighters
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Kenyan president says his country won’t allow gay “witch hunts”
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said that his country won’t allow gays to be persecuted by vigilantes, even as he dismissed the idea of legalizing LGBT...
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A lot of UK gays didn’t use a condom the last time they had sex
Those who consider themselves HIV-negative really hate using condoms
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Italian priest: I can understand being a pedophile, but not gay
Don Gino Flaim clearly has no sense of irony
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Vatican disciplines gay priest as synod on family issues kicks off
The Vatican is disciplining a Polish-born pope who came out as gay for speaking out as a synod, or meeting of bishops, gathers in Rome...
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Vatican expresses “sense of regret” for meeting with Kim Davis
The Vatican is walking back its seeming embrace of Kim Davis after receiving backlash from LGBT groups and liberal Catholics disappointed that the pope had...
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Civil liberties groups address tension between religion and civil rights
A report issued on Monday by a coalition of civil liberties organizations outlines potential conflicts that can arise between religious freedom and a number of...
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Nepal approves pro-LGBT constitution
Nepal’s parliament on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a new constitution that grants explicit rights to LGBT and gender-nonconforming people. The new constitution, set to take effect...
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Abbott ouster will not change Australia’s gay marriage stance
It looks like LGBT activists have celebrated too soon after the ouster of former Australia Prime Minister Tony Abbott by his own party in a leadership...
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Gay men detail Islamic State anti-gay brutality in U.N. testimony
Two gay men who fled their home countries after Islamic State militants seized control of their hometowns shared the gruesome details of anti-gay persecution and...
