All posts tagged "criminalization"
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Kuwait Slams U.S. Embassy for Tweet Supporting Pride Month
The U.S. Embassy in Kuwait has received backlash from the government of Kuwait for a tweet supporting LGBTQ Pride Month. On June 1, the United...
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FIFA Urged to Cancel Contracts with Anti-LGBTQ Hotels
With the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) World Cup coming up, FIFA is facing scrutiny for endorsing hotels that discriminate based on sexuality. As...
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Norway Apologizes For Law That Criminalized Gay Sex
Last week, the government of Norway formally apologized to gay men for law that once criminalized same-sex relations — 50 years to the date after...
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Singapore court refuses to overturn anti-sodomy law
In a ruling given on Monday, February 28, a Singapore law deeming sex between men to be a crime was called “unenforceable” by the country’s...
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Iran has executed two gay men convicted of sodomy, rights group says
Iran has reportedly executed two men who were imprisoned for six years and convicted of sodomy, according to human rights groups.
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Lawmakers in Senegal reject bill to double penalties for same-sex relations
Lawmakers in Senegal rejected a bill that would have doubled the penalties for those convicted of engaging in same-sex relations.
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Senegal lawmakers want to double jail time for LGBTQ people and imprison equality advocates
Lawmakers in Senegal are proposing doubling the penalty for same-sex relations and jailing those who advocate for LGBTQ equality.
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U.S. Senate approves gay man as ambassador to Cameroon, where homosexuality is criminalized
The U.S. Senate has confirmed Christopher Lamora, a married gay man, as ambassador to Cameroon despite the country's anti-LGBTQ laws.
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LGBTQ Afghans fear persecution and death sentences as Taliban returns to power
As the Taliban resumes power in Afghanistan, many LGBTQ people in the country are hoping to flee to avoid being executed for homosexuality.
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A proposed law in Ghana would jail people who advocate for LGTBQ equality for up to 10 years
A proposed law in Ghana would imprison known LGBTQ people for up to five years, and anyone who advocates for LGBTQ human rights for 10...
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UNAIDS Ambassador: Eliminating bans on gay sex are crucial to fighting spread of HIV
Lord Norman Fowler, the new UNAIDS ambassador, says overturning bans on same-sex relations would help in curbing the spread of HIV.
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Congressional HIV/AIDS Caucus introduces bill to stop criminalizing people with HIV
Bill would provide incentives to states to repeal laws that impose criminal penalties for alleged HIV exposure.
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Human rights body calls on Jamaica to repeal its colonial-era ban on gay sex
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights find anti-sodomy laws violate LGBTQ people's human rights
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Biden issues memo calling for protection of LGBTQI+ rights abroad
Memo signals Biden administration's commitment to defending LGBTQI+ people from persecution and human rights abuses
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Bhutan lawmakers vote to roll back part of anti-gay sodomy law
Penal code has been amended to clarify that same-sex relations don't violate prohibition on "unnatural sex"
