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"Deeply Concerned": Apple CEO Tim Cook Red Flags New US Laws On Gay Rights
Apple CEO Tim Cook, who has frequently spoken out against discrimination of the LGBT community, stepped into the debate over a controversial education bill in Florida that reportedly targets the LGBTQ youth.
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Australian Parliament Gets Bill To Set Up Gay Marriage Vote
Australia's prime minister introduced legislation to Parliament on Wednesday that would allow a public but non-binding vote on gay marriage early next year.
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Italy Gay Rights Activists Rally For Adoption Rights
Thousands of gay rights activists and LGBT families rallied in Rome Saturday in protest at the watering down of Italy's civil union's bill, which no longer envisages adoption rights for homosexual couples.
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Italian Senate Adopts Amendment To Gay Union Bill, LGBT Groups Unhappy
Italy's Senate voted today to grant legal recognition to civil unions, as the last holdout in Western Europe took a compromise step to give some rights to gay couples after a bitter, years-long battle.
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Shashi Tharoor, Manoj Bajpayee United in Gay Rights Cause
They both support gay rights and have demonstrated it recently in their diverse fields. Politician Shashi Tharoor tried to introduce a bill in the winter session of Parliament to end the ban on gay sex in India. Actor Manoj Bajpayee has enacted the role of a professor who was suspended by the Aligarh Muslim University after a TV channel broke into ...
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Bengaluru Activists Protest Rejection Of Bill To Decriminalise Gay Sex
Disappointed after a bill to legalise homosexuality failed to pass through Parliament, members of sexual minorities and their supporters turned out at Bengaluru's Town Hall on Saturday afternoon.
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Portuguese Parliament Backs Adoption by Gay Couples
The Portuguese parliament, which swung left at last month's general election, backed a law to allow same-sex couples to adopt, in a first reading of the bill on Friday.
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Barack Obama Backs Anti-Discrimination Gay Rights Bill
The White House on Tuesday put its weight behind efforts to enshrine rights for gay Americans in federal law, stoking an election-year battle with conservatives.
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Anti-Gay Bill Clears Key Vote in Kyrgyzstan Parliament
Lawmakers in ex-Soviet Kyrgyzstan today voted overwhelmingly in favour of a law activists say discriminates against homosexuals, in the crucial second of three mandatory readings of the bill.
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Uganda president to sign anti-gay bill: official
Uganda President Yoweri Museveni will sign into law a controversial bill that will see homosexuals jailed for life despite international pressure, a government spokesman said on Monday.
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US Senate passes gay rights bill
The US Senate approved a bill prohibiting discrimination at work over sexual orientation or gender identity, but the measure faces an uncertain future in the House of Representatives.
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US Senate nears historic vote on gay rights bill
The U.S. Senate is headed for a historic vote on legislation outlawing workplace discrimination against gay, bisexual and transgender Americans, demonstrating the country's quickly evolving attitude toward gay rights.
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Gay rights bill clears first hurdle in US Senate
The Senate pushed a major anti-bias gay rights bill past a first, big hurdle on Monday.
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Gay marriage legal in Britain after royal assent
Britain legalised gay marriage on Wednesday after Queen Elizabeth II gave her royal assent to a bill approved by lawmakers, paving the way for the first same sex weddings in 2014.
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Rhode Island set to be 10th state to pass same-sex marriage
Rhode Island was set to become the 10th US state to extend marriage rights to same-sex couples after the state Senate approved a gay marriage bill on Wednesday, in a major victory for gay rights activists.
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"Deeply Concerned": Apple CEO Tim Cook Red Flags New US Laws On Gay Rights
Apple CEO Tim Cook, who has frequently spoken out against discrimination of the LGBT community, stepped into the debate over a controversial education bill in Florida that reportedly targets the LGBTQ youth.
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Australian Parliament Gets Bill To Set Up Gay Marriage Vote
Australia's prime minister introduced legislation to Parliament on Wednesday that would allow a public but non-binding vote on gay marriage early next year.
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Italy Gay Rights Activists Rally For Adoption Rights
Thousands of gay rights activists and LGBT families rallied in Rome Saturday in protest at the watering down of Italy's civil union's bill, which no longer envisages adoption rights for homosexual couples.
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Italian Senate Adopts Amendment To Gay Union Bill, LGBT Groups Unhappy
Italy's Senate voted today to grant legal recognition to civil unions, as the last holdout in Western Europe took a compromise step to give some rights to gay couples after a bitter, years-long battle.
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Shashi Tharoor, Manoj Bajpayee United in Gay Rights Cause
They both support gay rights and have demonstrated it recently in their diverse fields. Politician Shashi Tharoor tried to introduce a bill in the winter session of Parliament to end the ban on gay sex in India. Actor Manoj Bajpayee has enacted the role of a professor who was suspended by the Aligarh Muslim University after a TV channel broke into ...
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Bengaluru Activists Protest Rejection Of Bill To Decriminalise Gay Sex
Disappointed after a bill to legalise homosexuality failed to pass through Parliament, members of sexual minorities and their supporters turned out at Bengaluru's Town Hall on Saturday afternoon.
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Portuguese Parliament Backs Adoption by Gay Couples
The Portuguese parliament, which swung left at last month's general election, backed a law to allow same-sex couples to adopt, in a first reading of the bill on Friday.
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Barack Obama Backs Anti-Discrimination Gay Rights Bill
The White House on Tuesday put its weight behind efforts to enshrine rights for gay Americans in federal law, stoking an election-year battle with conservatives.
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Anti-Gay Bill Clears Key Vote in Kyrgyzstan Parliament
Lawmakers in ex-Soviet Kyrgyzstan today voted overwhelmingly in favour of a law activists say discriminates against homosexuals, in the crucial second of three mandatory readings of the bill.
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Uganda president to sign anti-gay bill: official
Uganda President Yoweri Museveni will sign into law a controversial bill that will see homosexuals jailed for life despite international pressure, a government spokesman said on Monday.
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US Senate passes gay rights bill
The US Senate approved a bill prohibiting discrimination at work over sexual orientation or gender identity, but the measure faces an uncertain future in the House of Representatives.
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US Senate nears historic vote on gay rights bill
The U.S. Senate is headed for a historic vote on legislation outlawing workplace discrimination against gay, bisexual and transgender Americans, demonstrating the country's quickly evolving attitude toward gay rights.
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Gay rights bill clears first hurdle in US Senate
The Senate pushed a major anti-bias gay rights bill past a first, big hurdle on Monday.
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Gay marriage legal in Britain after royal assent
Britain legalised gay marriage on Wednesday after Queen Elizabeth II gave her royal assent to a bill approved by lawmakers, paving the way for the first same sex weddings in 2014.
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Rhode Island set to be 10th state to pass same-sex marriage
Rhode Island was set to become the 10th US state to extend marriage rights to same-sex couples after the state Senate approved a gay marriage bill on Wednesday, in a major victory for gay rights activists.
