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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
EU decides British government was wrong to allow exemptions under equality law The government is being forced by the European commission to rip up controversial exemptions that allow church bodies to refuse to employ homosexual staff. It has emerged that the commission wrote to the government last week raising concerns that the UK had incorrectly implemented an EU directive prohibiting discrimination...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday
Over 12 states in Brazil celebrated on Friday the Day of Black Consciousness in honor of the country's 17th-century anti-slavery leader Zumbi dos Palmares. In cities such as Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, people held parades against racism, discrimination, prejudice, homophobia, sexism and religious intolerance. Many economic and financial activities around the country were suspended on the day, including...
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i On Global Trends (Free subscription) | yesterday
Over 12 states in Brazil yesterday celebrated the Day of Black Consciousness in honor of the country's 17th-century anti-slavery leader Zumbi dos Palmares. The People's Daily reports, that in cities such as Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, people held parades against racism, discrimination, prejudice, homophobia, sexism and religious intolerance. Many economic and financial activities around the
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Andrew Reeves' running blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
After posting my T-Mobile blog post link on Twitter this morning I then had a look through the stories that had been running overnight and there was one that caught my eye, "Kirk votes against trainee gay clergy". Now, everyone that knows me well, knows I have a view on religion, which isn't good, however I do respect those who partake in religion of whatever faith. However, that aside, I...
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California Rumor (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Kim, Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian have covered their mouths to promote a new gay rights initiative. The three sisters, who appear in the E! reality show Keeping Up With The Kardashians, lent their taped-up faces to the NOH8 campaign. The campaign's goal is to get rid of discrimination against homosexuals in the US. Kim, 28, said: "I believe everyone should have the right to choose who they marry...
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365 Gay News (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
The Phillipine Elections Commission ruled it cannot register as a political party on grounds that it advocates immorality.
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西儒 ─ The Western Confucian (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
"The U.S. sends millions of dollars in relief money to Uganda, which is considering a draconian law aimed at homosexuals," writes James Kirchick — Homophobia and AIDS funding can't coexist . So he wants to punish the people Uganda, including his fellow sodomites, by cutting the country off from "the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief," "the largest public health...
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musings (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Miya Shay has the news: He (Locke) said he asked Hotze before the November elections for his support, Hotze endorsed someone else, and they haven’t had contact since. Uh. Oh. This admission came on the day Harris County Democratic Party Chair Gerry Birnberg issued the following: CANDIDATES – ALL CANDIDATES – STAY CLEAR OF HOTZE Steven Hotze is a hatemonger. For nearly twenty five...
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Diary of a Goldfish (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Special thanks to Queen Emily who helped me out with some aspects of this post, even though I'm not sure how well I'm currently able to use what I learned from her. Today is International Trans Day of Remembrance , a day which remembers the horrific number of transgender people who have been murdered because of who they happen to be. Many more transgender people suffer discrimination, harassment and...
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SexGenderBody (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Sexual minorities in Africa have become collateral damage to our domestic conflicts and culture wars as U.S. conservative evangelicals and those opposing gay pastors and bishops within mainline Protestant denominations woo Africans in their American fight, a groundbreaking investigation by Political Research Associates (PRA) has discovered. Globalizing the Culture Wars: U.S. Conservatives, African...
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Gay South Florida (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
By OLIVER TEVES, Associated Press MANILA, Philippines -- A Philippine gay rights group is waging a legal battle to be allowed to run in next year's polls after the Elections Commission ruled it cannot register as a political party on...
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Pluralist Speaks (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Kate Aurigemma of the Political Research Associates (PRA) has emailed me about its latest culture wars report Globalizing the Culture Wars: U.S. Conservatives, African Churches, and Homophobia . The report exposes the U.S. political right's promotion of an agenda in Africa that aims to criminalise homosexuality and of course this is very timely. I tell my Unitarian friends that, whatever arguments...
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Crave RSS (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
It's National Toilet Day today, and Justin isn't here to celebrate. Fortunately, we more than make it up with dozens upon dozens of fecal jokes. Mark Licea of The Green Show joins the show today to talk tech and...lingerie? (Credit: CBS Interactive/Wilson G. Tang) Admittedly, we here at The 404 celebrate National Toilet Day at least three times a day, but we're glad to see that people across the planet...
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Angry Mob (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
I noticed that Dizzy Thinks had a few things to say about this blog and people who whinge about The Sun the other day and I thought I'd offer some kind of response to the points he made. Firstly, he seems to find it amusing that people dislike The Sun: I see the Sun celebrating its "40th birthday" (Murdoch buy-out was year zero I think) is causing some frothing on some blogs. Whether its...
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Queerty (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Well that was a let down. After taking the reigns of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Bernice King — whose father Martin founded the organization — had the chance to turn a new leaf on the organization's, and her own, homophobia. In the most clear signal yet, she's not going to. CONTINUED » Permalink | 4 comments [...]
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