All posts tagged "sodomy laws"
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Montana man will not be listed as sex offender for 1994 conviction for consensual gay sex
A federal judge ruled that a man convicted of having consensual gay sex in 1994 should not be required to register as a sex offender.
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Gay lawyer and activist running for President of Tunisia, where being gay is illegal
Part of Mounir Baatour's platform includes repealing the country's laws criminalizing homosexuality
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Human Rights Watch urges Lebanon to ditch its law criminalizing gay sex
Calls come after military tribunal refuses to prosecute 4 service members charged with sodomy
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Judge strikes down sodomy law in Trinidad and Tobago
Court will meet again to decide whether to repeal sodomy prohibitions in full and decriminalize homosexuality
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Barbados politician feels “harassed” by calls for LGBTQ equality
Minister said that the Barbados is accepting of LGBTQ people, despite some of world's strictest anti-sodomy laws
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India’s Supreme Court to reconsider law criminalizing gay sex
India’s Supreme Court has agreed to reconsider a 2013 decision that reinstated the country’s anti-sodomy laws and criminalized same-sex relations between consenting adults, reports The...
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Tunisia will stop forced anal exams, but keeps anti-gay law in place
Tunisia has pledged to the United Nations that it will no longer force men suspected of violating the country’s sodomy laws to invasive anal exams...
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Letter to business PACs: Don’t endorse GOP AG candidate in Virginia
Equality Virginia Advocates, the political action arm of Equality Virginia, is calling on the political action committees of various pro-business groups not to endorse Republican Attorney General...
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Incremental Activism: GLAA celebrates 45 years
GLAA reflects on 45 years of working for LGBT rights
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Supreme Court rejects Cuccinelli’s appeal of ruling against Virginia’s sodomy law
The U.S. Supreme Court Monday denied a petition by Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli to appeal a 2-1 decision by the Richmond-based Fourth Circuit Court...
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Virginian-Pilot calls attorney general race most important for LGBT
“Even as both candidates have suggested the office of the attorney general isn’t partisan, the political philosophies underpinning their candidacies make it clear that the...
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Frank Kameny Wins
In the sad hours that followed the Tuesday evening news that the legendary and indomitable Frank Kameny had died in his home at the age...
