Tag Archives: LGBT persecution
Quick hit: New Nigerian law would criminalize merely supporting gays and lesbians
TweetEarlier this year, the Ugandan parliament re-opened debate on its now internationally infamous “Kill the Gays” bill. Now, we can add Nigeria to the list of countries proposing to ban being gay. The Guardian reports that a new bill making it illegal to marry someone of the same sex, or to witness such a wedding [...]
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White House responds to murder of Ugandan LGBT rights activist
TweetAs Vanessa reported yesterday, Ugandan LGBT rights activist David Kato was killed on Wednesday, just a few months after the Ugandan newspaper Rolling Stone published his photo under the headline “Hang them.” The New York Times has audio of Kato talking about his experience as a gay man in Uganda and about the homophobic climate [...]
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Australian state pours funding into anti-homophobia programming for high schools
TweetMy home state of New South Wales has just announced the launch of a new program designed to combat homophobic bullying in high schools. The program, Proud Schools, will be trialed at 12 high schools around the state, and will combine training for teachers with workshops for students and for parents. It’s a welcome initiative: [...]
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Must-see TV: Rachel Maddow interviews author of Uganda’s “kill the gays” bill
TweetLast night, The Rachel Maddow Show aired the first half on an interview with David Bahati, the Ugandan legislator who introduced the bill that would make homosexuality a capital crime. Bahati, as Maddow has reported on many times this year, is connected to The Family, the secretive religious organization that claims Sen. Jim Inhofe (R, [...]
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Marco Rubio: Homosexuality’s a sin but I’m totally not judging