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2 hrs ago | Andover Advertiser

PM welcomes equality rights group

The Prime Minister will welcome equality rights campaigners to Downing Street before the annual Pride march through central London.

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6 hrs ago | Queerty

Justice for Murdered Transgender Syracuse Woman?

ON OUR GAYDAR a ' News, notes, clicks, and quips from around the web. The hate crime murder trial that charges Dwight DeLee with killing Syracuse's Teish Cannon , a transgender woman, begins July 13.

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Fri Jul 03, 2009

India Gazette

Gays celebrate legal boost to their pride

Roshni could not believe that the slogan she was screaming just four days earlier at Delhi's gay pride march would come true so soon - with the court decriminalising homosexuality Thursday.

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New America Media

Transgender Woman Attacked in Queens

Leslie Mora, a transgender woman, was walking to her home in Queens at 3:00 a.m. when she was brutally attacked by two Latino men who left her on the ground naked and bleeding, reports El Diario/La Prensa.

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United Nations

UNAIDS hails Indian court decision decriminalizing homosexuality

The United Nations Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS has hailed today's decision by an Indian court to overturn a 150-year-old law and decriminalize homosexuality, voicing hope that more countries that ban same-sex activity will follow suit.

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Related Topix: HIV/AIDS, Health

PhillyBurbs.com

Court decriminalizes gay sex in Indian capital

In this June 28, 2009 file photo, participants dance as they hold a placard demanding the dropping of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code that makes homosexuality illegal, during a gay parade in New Delhi, India.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, World News, India, Asia,

BBC

Minister in Tory homophobia claim

Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw has said "a deep strain of homophobia still exists on the Conservative benches". Mr Bradshaw, one of three gay men currently in the cabinet, made the comments as a new poll suggested more gay people were turning to the Tories.

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Daily Mail

'You can't legislate love': Brown pitches for the pink vote

Gordon Brown stated his support for homosexual rights last night by insisting Labour's policies are based on the principle 'you can't legislate love'. The Prime Minister followed David Cameron by pitching for the pink vote with a message of support for the organisers of tomorrow's Gay Pride march in London.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Conservatives (UK)

Thu Jul 02, 2009

India Gazette

Indian film, fashion celebs rejoice as gayness is decriminalised

'Historic!' That is how the film and fashion fraternities have hailed Thursday's Delhi High Court judgement decriminalising gay sex.

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Related Topix: Arts, Cinema, Gay/Lesbian, Dostana, World News, India, Fashion

National Post

Father Raymond J. DeSouza: A new orthodoxy

Sometimes what is not news is most interesting. Last week was Pride Week in Toronto.

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India Gazette

Court verdict will give us life of dignity, say gays

For the members of the gay community, the Delhi High Court verdict Thursday that decriminalises homosexuality means one simple thing - now on living a life of dignity.

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EDGEfireisland.com News Feed

Indian court decriminalizes consensual gay sex

Gay rights activists cheer and celebrate after the Delhi High Court passed a groundbreaking ruling Thursday decriminalizing homosexuality in New Delhi, India, Thursday, July 2, 2009.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, World News, India, Asia,

Feministing

Queens D.A. won't investigate transgender attack as a hate crime

They stopped only when a passing motorist threatened to call the police. Throughout the attack, Leslie's assailants called her a "faggot" in Spanish.

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Wed Jul 01, 2009

Gay news blog

Private meeting with Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams at...

General Convention meets July 8-17 in Anaheim, California, and Williams will be present July 7-9. The session is not an official convention meeting and thus there has been no announcement of the plans.

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Related Topix: Religion, Episcopal Church, Gay/Lesbian, Anaheim, CA

Queerty

Why Is One of These Attacks a Hate Crime, While the Other One Isn't?

Late Saturday night, former Village Voice sales rep Joseph Holladay was attacked on New York City's Upper East Side by a half dozen young men in an apparent hate crime; the men were screaming anti-gay slurs while beating Holladay, who lay lifeless before a friend got him to a hospital.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Queens County, NY

Externals

"Bruno" Slams Madonna - "Madge Is A Transsexual Child Catcher"

Bruno, the alter ego of British satirist Sacha Baron Cohen, has slammed Madonna in a new interview hitting newsstands in the UK this week.

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Related Topix: Bruno, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Pop/Rock, Madonna

PR-inside.com

Obama White House not appealing transgender ruling

The Obama administration is not fighting a nearly $500,000 judgment for a Library of Congress hiree who lost the job while undergoing a gender change from a man to a woman.

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Related Topix: Libraries, Activism, George Bush

On Top Magazine

Kalamazoo Approves Gay Protections a " Again ...

The Kalamazoo City Commission has unanimously passed a gay protections bill for the second time, the Kalamazoo Gazette reported.

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Related Topix: Kalamazoo, MI, Kalamazoo Metro, Gay/Lesbian

EDGEdallas.com News Feed

Will Gay Iranians Come Out of the Revolt Better --or Worse?

Ever since the Iranian Revolution empowered a socially conservative theocracy led by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1979, the country has been a difficult place for gays, lesbians and transgender people to call home.

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Related Topix: Iran, World News, Middle East, Gay/Lesbian, Activism

Tue Jun 30, 2009

Edge San Francisco

450K turn out for Chicago Pride parade

This year's Chicago Pride Parade marked the 40th anniversary of the Windy City's celebration and was among the biggest yet.

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