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Queer Notes, March-April 2014
CeCe McDonald; Arizona’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act; Global Day of Action called by Solidarity Alliance in Nigeria. Continue reading
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Tagged Affordable Care Act, Africa, African Americans, Arizona, CeCe McDonald, gay, George Zimmerman, Global Day of Action, heterosexism, homophobia, IDAHO, Jordan Davis, lgbt, LGBTQ rights, Michael Dunn, Minneapolis, Nigeria, queer liberation, racism, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Solidarity Alliance, transphobia, Trayvon Martin, Uganda, United States
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Queer Notes, Nov.-Dec. 2013
Queer Notes: Discrimination in Russia; Intersex in Germany; no prison for rape in Iowa; transition surgery in Iran; Lembembe murdered in Cameroon. Continue reading
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Tagged adoption, Africa, Alternatives-Cameroun, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Brent Girouex, Cameroon, Cameroonian Foundation for AIDS, Council Bluffs Iowa, Eric Ohena Lembembe, Europe, Germany, heterosexism, homophobia, International Olympic Committee, intersex, Iran, lgbt, Middle East, Rape, Russia, Same-sex marriage, transition surgery, Victory Fellowship Church
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Anti-LGBT bigot sued in human rights trial
U.S. preacher and bigot Scott Lively will have to face charges of human rights violations in a Massachusetts courtroom. Lively is best known as promoter of Uganda’s “Kill the Gays” bill. His homophobic preaching has led to persecution and death among African Gays. Continue reading
Queer Notes, January-February 2013
From the January-February 2013 issue of News & Letters: Queer Notes by Elise The newly signed law that would have protected all California Queer youth from “ex-gay” therapies and therapies to change gender expression has been suspended. Federal Appeals Court … Continue reading
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Tagged California, Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, disorders of sex development, Draft Law 8711, DSM, ex-gay therapy, gender, heterosexism, homophobia, Human Rights Day, India, intersex, Kiev, Kolkata, LGBTQ rights, Pinki Pramanik, queer liberation, Svoboda Party, Ukraine
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Queer Notes, November-December 2012
From the November-December 2012 issue of News & Letters Queer Notes by Elise On National Coming Out Day this year, youth in particular showed the way. Texas Tech University’s Gay-Straight Alliance members told coming out stories. People wrote their sexual … Continue reading
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Tagged 7FreeDays Club, Gay community, homophobia, Human Rights Watch, Kathmandu, lgbtq, Moscow, National Coming Out Day, Nepal, People's Council, Pride parade, queer, Russia, South Asia, Texas Tech University Gay-Straight Alliance, Uganda, University of Florida Pride Student Union
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Queer Notes, September-October 2012
From the September-October 2012 issue of News & Letters: Queer Notes by Suzanne Rose Yaounde, Cameroon—Human rights leaders from Africa united to denounce “Gay Hate Day,” which took place on Aug. 21 in Cameroon, and the ongoing arrests of people … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, Cameroon, GALZ, Gay Day, Gay Hate Day, gay rights, Gays and Lesbians Association of Zimbabwe, Grand Rapids Michigan, Harare, heterosexism, homophobia, Human rights, lgbtq, Narcisse Olivier Djomo Pokam, National Organization for Women, queer liberation, repression, Roger Jean Claude Mbede', Transgendered, Yaoundé, Zimbabwe
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