The US city of Atlanta will pay $1 million to a gay club, this week. Nineteen customers of ‘The Eagle’ filed a lawsuit after it suffered a botched police raid in 2009.
As London prepares for more protests from student activists over tuition fees, a gay space has been created for queer protesters. A campaigns officer at Manchester University organised the zone amid fears of violence.
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Czech authorities have been condemned for using a sexual arousal test on asylum seekers who claim to be gay. The phallometric testing involves measuring sexual arousal by monitoring blood flow into the penis.
The US state of Illinois has passed a civil union law, which offers the same rights as marriage, this week. Gay or straight couples will be able to enter a partnership from July.
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Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard continues to oppose legalization of same sex marriage despite public opinion for it. The Latest Sydney Morning Herald poll found that 57% of Australians support same sex marriage equality.
US President Barack Obama has publicly stated that Don’t Ask Don’t Tell weakens US security. Addressing the Senate, the US Premier also said that the anti-gay ban violates fundamental American principles.
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US spies drew up a dossier on MP Alan Duncan, it has emerged. The international development minister – who is openly-gay – was monitored by American intelligence chiefs when he was his party’s prisons spokesman.
Delhi has held its first annual gay pride since homosexuality was legalised with thousands of people taking part in a parade in the Indian capital on Sunday. Around 2,000 people joined the event.
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A gay couple are challenging the wedding announcement policy of The Dallas Morning News. Mark Read and Dante Walkup made news recently when an official in Washington DC – via digital application Skype – married them.
HIV infections are on the rise in the Philippines, bucking the worldwide trend reported by the UN that infection is declining. There have been 500 more infections there in this year than in 2009 already.
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HIV infections and AIDS deaths worldwide have finally started to fall, according to a new report from UN AIDS. There were 3.1 million new infections last year compared to 2.6 million in 1999.
A leading Polish gay activist has claimed he was beaten by police. Robert Biedron was arrested while protesting at a march in Warsaw by right wing groups. He denies claims he attacked a police officer.
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