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Czech president under fire after blocking academic who is a gay rights activist
Associated PressPRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic's controversy-courting new president is under fire for refusing to grant a university professorship to one of his critics and hinting that it is because the man is a gay rights activist. In what is normally a...Tags: Education, Prague (Czech Republic), Vaclav Klaus, Minority Groups, Justice and Rights
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Shooting death of gay man rocks New York's cradle of gay rights
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Greenwich Village, the birthplace of the U.S. gay rights movement, remained in shock on Sunday over the shooting death of a gay man by a gunman who police said uttered anti-gay slurs before targeting the victim. Mark Carson, 32,...Tags: Shootings, Greenwich Village, Minority Groups, Justice and Rights, Mark Dayton
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French president signs gay marriage into law after wrenching national debate
Associated PressPARIS (AP) — France will see its first gay weddings within days, after French President Francois Hollande signed a law Saturday authorizing marriage and adoption by same-sex couples and ending months of nationwide protests and wrenching debate....Tags: Justice System, Minority Groups, Weddings, Belgium, Justice and Rights
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Gay rights activists in Mexico City accuse police of abuses
MEXICO CITY -- Same-sex marriage is legal in this city. Gay and lesbian couples can adopt children, and the government touts tolerance and respect for "sexual diversity" in messages posted on subway platforms and bus billboards. Yet, according to...
Tags: Discrimination, Mexico, Minority Groups, Justice and Rights, Crime, Law and Justice
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Crowds break up gay rights rallies in Georgia, Russia
ReutersTBILISI/ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Large crowds of anti-gay protesters broke up homosexual rights rallies in Georgia and Russia on Friday, underlining deep hostility in the former Soviet bloc. Priests and thousands of Georgians pushed their way...Tags: Christianity, Discrimination, Russia, Homophobia, Religion and Belief
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Crowds break up gay rights rally in Georgia
ReutersBy Margarita Antidze TBILISI, May 17 (Reuters) - Priests and thousands of other Georgians broke through police barricades and forced gay rights activists to flee on Friday, cutting short their rally to mark the international day against homophobia....Tags: Christianity, Religion and Belief, Minority Groups, Justice and Rights, Christian Orthodoxy
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Gay South Korean film director to marry in bid to pry open closet
ReutersSEOUL (Reuters) - A gay South Korean film director is set to symbolically marry his long-term partner, saying he aims to pry open the closet in this conservative Asian country where homosexuality is still taboo and gays have been subjected to hate crimes....Tags: Social Issues, Celebrities, Minority Groups, Seoul (South Korea), Justice and Rights
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For Minnesota gay marriage sponsors, it's personal
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — As a crowd of thousands roared from the lawn of the state Capitol, Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton signed the bill Tuesday that makes gay marriage legal here come Aug. 1. "What a day for Minnesota!" the Democratic governor...
Tags: Defense of Marriage Act, Karen Clark, Executive Branch, Minority Groups, Immigration
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Brazil judicial panel paves way for gay marriage
ReutersBRASILIA, May 15 (Reuters) - Brazil has taken a big step towards joining Argentina and Uruguay as the first Latin American countries to legalize gay marriage, even though the Brazilian Congress has dragged its feet on the issue. A panel that oversees the...Tags: Career and Workplace, Justice System, Labor Legislation, Uruguay, Minority Groups
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Brazilian notary publics must register same sex unions as marriages
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian notary publics must register same-sex civil unions as marriages if the couple requests it, the country's National Council of Justice said Tuesday. The council that oversees the country's judiciary said in a...Tags: Social Issues, Same-Sex Marriage, Family, Brazil, Minority Groups
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Russia's gays fear more violence after brutal murder
ReutersBy Thomas Grove and Steve Gutterman MOSCOW, May 13 (Reuters) - They beat him. They shoved beer bottles in his anus. They tried to set him on fire. Then they crushed his head with a heavy stone. A 23-year-old man in Russia's southern city of Volgograd...Tags: Christianity, Russia, Homophobia, Religion and Belief, Moscow (Russia)
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Will Minnesota make a marriage equality trifecta?
Six months after Maryland, Maine and Washington voters endorsed same-sex marriage at the ballot box, two more states have adopted laws allowing gay couples to marry, and a third is poised to join them. On Tuesday, lawmakers in Delaware adopted a same-...Tags: Justice System, Defense of Marriage Act, Minority Groups, Justice and Rights, Crime, Law and Justice
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