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  • Move on GLBT rights: EU Move on GLBT rights: EU

    The European Union has reaffirmed that countries wanting to join must provide genuine protections for their GLBT citizens. In accepting reports on membership bids by Croatia, Macedonia and Turkey, the European ... Read more

    Tue March 2nd, 2010 - 2 Comments

  • Ceremonies decision may impact states Ceremonies decision may impact states

    Gay rights advocates in the Asaid the changes lowered the bar for other jursidictions looking to introduce legal ceremonies for same-sex couples. Equal Love Canberra spokesman John Kloprogge criticised the ACT ... Read more

    Mon December 21st, 2009 - 6 Comments

  • Australia finally condemns Uganda Australia finally condemns Uganda

    Australia has joined the chorus of nations raising concerns with Uganda’s Government over its proposed Anti-Homosexuality Bill. The bill punishes any expression of same-sex intimacy with life imprisonment, while HIV-positive GLBT ... Read more

    Mon December 21st, 2009 - 3 Comments

  • Being gay is a state of limbo Being gay is a state of limbo

    In 2002 the Indonesian Government granted legal autonomy to Aceh, allowing the province to institute Islamic Sharia law, a framework that explicitly punishes homosexual acts. It was subsequently reported that 52 ... Read more

    Tue August 18th, 2009 - 4 Comments

  • Denmark – the global leader Denmark – the global leader

    Although still a teenager discovering his own sexuality, Copenhagen-educated Jesper, 37 remembers clearly the moment when the first same-sex couple were officially recognised. I remember the images of the wedding. ... Read more

    Tue July 28th, 2009 - 2 Comments

  • Rights key in representation Rights key in representation

    The will of the people is one thing, but it may be the influence of the few that has the greatest impact on the rise of gay rights, according to ... Read more

    Tue July 21st, 2009 - 1 Comment

  • Protest or pride? Protest or pride?

    This time of year always sees a debate in Sydney Star Observer's letters page and on its online forums on the contemporary relevance and purpose of Mardi Gras. Is it an ... Read more

    Wed March 4th, 2009 - 2 Comments

  • Political problems need political solutions Political problems need political solutions

    As the disappointing news filtered through last Thursday that a majority of Californians had endorsed Proposition 8 (the amendment to the Californian Constitution which would expressly define marriage as between ... Read more

    Wed November 12th, 2008 - No Comments

  • Stop…Obama time Stop…Obama time

    Not only the first black president of the United States of America, last Tuesday Barack Obama also became its first president to specifically acknowledge gays in an acceptance speech, thanking ... Read more

    Wed November 12th, 2008 - 6 Comments

  • Stuck in a political wilderness Stuck in a political wilderness

    When millions of people cannot make ends meet, who considers discussing such things [as gay rights] in Parliament? said former Ukrainian president Leonid Kravchuk in 1999. L'viv-raised Val, 30, believes the ... Read more

    Wed October 22nd, 2008 - No Comments

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