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Gay activists stop work on AIDS relief programs in Cameroon over safety concerns
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Gay activists stop work on AIDS relief programs in Cameroon over safety concerns

Call for foreign donors to improve security for gay people

July 26, 2013
First gay civil union in Columbia
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First gay civil union in Columbia

Judge performs ceremony despite threats from inspector general

July 26, 2013
US schools can’t discriminate against transgender students
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US schools can’t discriminate against transgender students

US departments of Justice and Education settle complaint

July 26, 2013
British prime minister wants to export gay marriage
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British prime minister wants to export gay marriage

David Cameron offers to send the Marriage Bill team abroad

July 25, 2013
Protests growing against Russian anti-gay laws
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Protests growing against Russian anti-gay laws

Boycott of Russian products spreading

July 25, 2013
First gay marriage in Pennsylvania
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First gay marriage in Pennsylvania

County official ignores state law and issues marriage licenses to gay couples

July 24, 2013
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Greece reinstates law to arrest people suspected of having HIV
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Greece reinstates law to arrest people suspected of having HIV

Law also allows forced testing and eviction

July 24, 2013
Russia releases detained Dutch filmmakers
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Russia releases detained Dutch filmmakers

Team fined and banned from Russia, but not tried in court

July 24, 2013
Montenegro’s first Pride attacked
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Montenegro’s first Pride attacked

“Kill the gays,” protesters chant

July 24, 2013
Gay Brazilians greet Pope with a kiss-in
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Gay Brazilians greet Pope with a kiss-in

Campaign for Brazilian Women organizing SlutWalk for papal visit too

July 23, 2013
Jamaican mob ‘chops and stabs’ queer teenager to death
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Jamaican mob ‘chops and stabs’ queer teenager to death

Police found the 17-year-old’s body the next morning

July 23, 2013
Ohio judge grants dying man right to list husband on death certificate
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Ohio judge grants dying man right to list husband on death certificate

Ruling doesn’t legalize gay marriage in Ohio

July 23, 2013
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Columbian court rejects inspector general’s bid to sidestep marriage
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Columbian court rejects inspector general’s bid to sidestep marriage

Alejandro Ordóñez admonished to follow the court’s ruling

July 22, 2013
Ohio and Arkansas cases for gay marriage
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Ohio and Arkansas cases for gay marriage

Three new lawsuits filed challenging US gay marriage bans

July 22, 2013
US study shows bisexuals less likely to be out
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US study shows bisexuals less likely to be out

Bisexuals account for 40 percent of queers surveyed in new Pew study

July 22, 2013
UK government to pardon Alan Turing, 61 years later
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UK government to pardon Alan Turing, 61 years later

Brilliant code-breaker killed himself after “gross indecency” conviction

July 22, 2013
Mexico’s first gay mayor
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Mexico’s first gay mayor

Benjamin Medrano elected in rough rural area

July 19, 2013
Moldova quietly passes anti-gay law
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Moldova quietly passes anti-gay law

New law could hurt Moldova’s bid to join European Union

July 19, 2013
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