All posts tagged "law"
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Cruise line Carnival will fight Bermuda’s same-sex marriage ban
Bermuda's ban on same-sex marriage prevents cruise ships from holding same-sex weddings onboard
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Gay Indian prince offers his palace to shunned LGBTQ people
Prince Gohil plans on building a center on the grounds of his palace
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Voter ID laws could prevent 34,000 trans people from voting
Strict voter ID laws could prevent trans people in 8 states from voting in November
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Pair of LGBT activists suing over Tennessee’s counseling exemption law
Plaintiffs allege that law is unconstitutional and targets the LGBT community for disparate treatment
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Kesha wins LGBT honor for being a ‘Warrior’
Kesha wins LGBT honor from HRC for being a 'Warrior'
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Vietnam Removes Same-Sex Marriage Ban
Vietnam has taken the landmark step of becoming the first Southeast Asian country to permit same-sex marriage.
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Gambia signs anti-gay bill into law
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has signed into law a bill which mandates life sentences for “aggravated homosexuality” and targets “serial offenders” and people with HIV...
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State Department to India: Stop discriminating against homosexuality
“The international community and civil society are closely following the developments in India and are urging not to discriminate against homosexuality in India.” — Sarah...
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Amnesty International: Chad’s anti-gay bill will “institutionalize discrimination”
"If this homophobic bill becomes law, President Deby will be blatantly disregarding the country’s international and regional human rights obligations."
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Uganda’s new anti-gay law will let gay men “decide to be stupid”
“ wants the law back in the house but now says if two consenting adults go into their room and decide to be stupid, let...
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Ugandan court strikes down anti-homosexuality law
Uganda’s Constitutional Court has annulled the controversial anti-homosexuality act which President Yoweri Museveni signed into law in February. The legislation increased the punishment for homosexuality, which...
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Maryland Marriage Equality Foes Submit Referendum Signatures, Proponents Ready Campaign
Marylanders for Marriage Equality, the coalition seeking to uphold the Free State’s recently passed marriage equality law, issued a statement on May 29 outside the...
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Legal Eagle Lands in D.C.
On any given day, chances are you will probably catch Shannon Minter in one of two places: Washington, D.C., where he shares a home with...
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Marriage Blow to Maryland
Mere hours after the Maryland Court of Appeals announced its decision Tuesday to uphold a 1973 state law defining marriage as a union between a...
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Raising the Bar
Even as a child, Melvin White showed interest in the law as an avid fan of TV courtroom dramas such as Perry Mason. ''I was...
