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Saturday, May 12, 2012
Friday, May 11, 2012
Article: In Uganda, Gays Face Growing Social, Legal Hostility
In Uganda, Gays Face Growing Social, Legal Hostility
http://video.pbs.org/video/2219876121
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Article: Obama Endorses Gay Marriage: Countries Where LGBT Equality Is Far From Reality React
Obama Endorses Gay Marriage: Countries Where LGBT Equality Is Far From Reality React
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/10/obama-gay-marriage-countries-reactions_n_1505963.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000008&ref=gay-voices
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Article: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay: We Cannot Let Abuses Against LGBT People Stand — VIDEO
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay: We Cannot Let Abuses Against LGBT People Stand — VIDEO
http://www.towleroad.com/2012/05/pillay.html#gay%2Bnews)
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Thursday, May 10, 2012
AP Mobile: Obama gay marriage support seen as world precedent
A story from AP Mobile:
Obama gay marriage support seen as world precedent
MEXICO CITY (AP) - President Barack Obama's announcement Wednesday that he supports gay marriage boosted the hopes of gay rights groups around the world that other leaders will follow his example. Vatican and other religious officials who oppose gay marriage stayed largely silent, while others denounced the president's position. Gay groups lauded what they said was the tremendous precedent set by ...
Wednesday, May 09, 2012
AP Mobile: Obama 'disappointed' with NC ban on gay marriage
A story from AP Mobile:
Obama 'disappointed' with NC ban on gay marriage
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's campaign says he's "disappointed" with North Carolina's constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. Obama campaign spokesman Cameron French said in a Tuesday statement that the ban on same-sex unions is "divisive and discriminatory." French says same-sex couples deserve the same rights and legal protections as straight couples. Obama officials have bee...
AP Mobile: California may ban gay teen 'conversion' therapy
A story from AP Mobile:
California may ban gay teen 'conversion' therapy
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A first-of-its-kind ban on a controversial form of psychotherapy aimed at making gay people straight is speeding through the California statehouse. Supporters say the legislation, which passed its final Senate committee Tuesday, is necessary because such treatments are ineffective and harmful. "This therapy can be dangerous," said the bill's author Sen. Ted Lieu. The Torr...
FDA favors first drug for HIV prevention
WASHINGTON — A pill that has long been used to treat HIV has moved one step closer to becoming the first drug approved to prevent healthy people from becoming infected with the virus that causes AIDS.
Read the entire story here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/positive-fda-review-may-clear-path-for-first-drug-approved-to-prevent-hiv-infection/2012/05/08/gIQAMa9fAU_story.html&wpmk=MK0000200
Tuesday, May 08, 2012
Monday, May 07, 2012
Article: Why Economic Justice Is Central to LGBT Rights
Why Economic Justice Is Central to LGBT Rights
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chi-mgbako/why-economic-justice-is-central-to-lgbt-rights_b_1479601.html
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Article: Gay rights: Obama praised for global commitment
Gay rights: Obama praised for global commitment
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2012%2F05%2F06%2FMN7P1O9S23.DTL&type=gaylesbian
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Article: NAACP’s NC President calls Amendment One an ‘appalling document’
NAACP's NC President calls Amendment One an 'appalling document'
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/05/07/naacp%E2%80%99s-nc-president-calls-amendment-one-an-%E2%80%98appalling-document%E2%80%99/
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