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New York Times
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Oklahoma: Lawmaker's Comments Bring Protest
Hundreds of gay and lesbian rights advocates protested at the Capitol overcomments a state representative made about homosexuals.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/19/us/19brfs-LAWMAKER8217_BRF.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=GAY&st=nyt&oref=slogin
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Fifty Percent
Not much excites my sleepy 1st period high school class before the 9 a.m.hour. However, a newspaper article about the most recent Centers for DiseaseControl and Prevention study elicited a collective "damn."
http://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/19/fifty-percent/index.html?ref=opinion
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Express Gay News
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Md. Senate approves rights for unmarried couples
Partners have more rights to make medical decisions
http://www.expressgaynews.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=17231
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Judge in McGreevey divorce case seals some proceedings
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/03/judge_in_mcgreevey_divorce_cas.html
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HBO: Entertainment chief to exit post
Carolyn Strauss is in discussions about taking on a new role at the cablechannel, a source says.
http://www.latimes.com/business/careers/work/la-et-hbo17mar17,1,3518502.story
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Dean's misguided attacks
The Queerty blog last weekend posted a video clip of the first five minutesof DNC Chair Howard Dean's deposition in a lawsuit filed by a gay formerparty employee who alleges wrongful termination. In those five shortminutes, Dean manages to work in two shots at the Washington Blade and itscoverage of the DNC. He claims not to recall making a pledge to retain a gayconstituency outreach desk at the DNC.
http://www.expressgaynews.com/blog/index.cfm?type=blog&start=3/13/08&end=3/20/08#17232
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365Gay.com
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Liberal Dems Fear Convention Fight
(Washington) Liberals are antsy. They haven't seen Democratic voterenthusiasm like this in a long time and they'd rather not wait until theparty's August convention to harness it to the party's presidential nominee.
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Clinton Talks Iraq With Young Vets
(Lancaster, Pennsylvania) Hillary Rodham Clinton has told a group of youngveterans that one lesson of the Iraq War is not to commit troops "unless youare prepared to go all the way and are prepared to be successful."
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Gay Man's Killer Seeks Reduced Sentence
(Denver, Colorado) A Colorado man sentenced to 22-years in prison for themurder of a Montrose gay man is asking the state Court of Appeals to reducehis sentence or order a new sentencing hearing.
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One Cop Fired, Another Suspended Over Anti-Gay Remark
(Austin, Texas) A veteran police commander has been suspended for 20 daysfor demonstrating "personal bias" toward gay officers and a second commanderwho did not report the remark and then refused to take a suspension for ithas been fired.
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Anti-Gay Amendment Advances In Pennsylvania
(Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) The Pennsylvania Senate Judiciary Committeepassed a proposed amendment to the state constitution Tuesday that would banboth same-sex marriage and civil unions.
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Baltimore Tells Md. Lawmakers To Pass Gay Marriage Bill
(Baltimore, Maryland) Baltimore City Council has lent its endorsement tolegislation that would allow same-sex couples to marry.
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Crowd Denounces Homophobic Remarks By Ok. Lawmaker
(Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) About 350 people demonstrated Tuesday at theOklahoma state Capitol to demand Rep. Sally Kern apologize for callinghomosexuality a bigger threat than terrorism.
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Uphold 2nd Amendment Gay Gun Club Tells Supreme Court
(Washington) The US Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a legalchallenge to the District of Columbia's ban on handguns in a major case overthe meaning of the Second Amendment's "right to keep and bear arms."
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Israel Recognizes Gay Couples As Joint Parents
(Tel Aviv, Israel) The Israeli government has registered a Tel Aviv gaycouple as the fathers of a five year old boy.
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The Advocate
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Obama Delivers Most Crucial Speech of His Campaign
http://advocate.com/exclusive_detail_ektid52791.asp
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AP Poll: Clinton Increases Lead in Pennsylvania
http://advocate.com/news_detail_ektid52787.asp
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Marriage Equality News
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A gay man from the United States on Tuesday voiced outrage against Poland'sPresident Lech Kaczynski for publicly using a video of his marriage to bashthe EU's proposed charter of rights."Of course I am outraged that thepresident and his party would use images of Tom and I, of a very sacredmoment for us as a couple," Brendan Fey told Poland's commercial Radio Zetbroadcaster. Kaczynski used a prime-time televised address Monday to arguethe EU's proposed Charter of Fundamental Rights, linked to the bloc'scrucial reforming Lisbon Treaty, could allow homosexual marriage in Poland,a devoutly Catholic country.
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If the only two certainties in life truly are death and taxes, GLBT peoplein five states and the District of Columbia have taken a step that bringsthem the rest of the way to true equality.As reported by Business Wire in aMar. 18 story, the states of CT, MA, and VT have allowed same-sex couples tofile their state taxes jointly for a few years now. Starting this year withthe 2007 tax returns, CA and NJ join that trend, along with the District ofColumbia.
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Connecticut: Bureaucratic confusion and a "single mom" talk turned aglorious moment - the birth of her son - into a trying time for HollyRobinson, who offered her tale to support an effort to fight discriminationagainst couples in civil unions. Robinson joined others telling emotionaltales at a hearing Monday of the state legislature's Judiciary Committee.
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Pink News - UK
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Polish President uses gays as EU treaty scare tactic
Poland's attempts to ratify the Lisbon Treaty have been thrown into disarrayafter President Lech Kaczynski made a controversial speech to the nationdecrying German influence on the country and gay marriage.Prime MinisterDonald Tusk accused the head of state of trying to scare Poles. Oppositionleader Jaroslaw Kaczynski is the President's twin brother and leader of thehomophobic Law and Justice party.
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Tributes paid to private man and sci fi genius
Legendary science fiction author Sir Arthur C. Clarke has died at the age of90 at his home in Sri Lanka. Clarke, who wrote more than 100 books duringhis lifetime, died early yesterday morning from respiratory failure.
Although Clarke was never open about his sexuality, he has long beenbelieved to be one of the most prominent gay writers of the last century.
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Barack Obama on race in America
"We the people, in order to form a more perfect union." Two hundred andtwenty one years ago, in a hall that still stands across the street, a groupof men gathered and, with these simple words, launched America's improbableexperiment in democracy. Farmers and scholars; statesmen and patriots whohad traveled across an ocean to escape tyranny and persecution finally madereal their declaration of independence at a Philadelphia convention thatlasted through the spring of 1787.
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Who gets your vote for Mayor of London?
PinkNews.co.uk is inviting readers to take part in our second Mayor ofLondon poll. Today is the start of the official campaigning period for theelection. Londoners will go to the polls on May 1st. Incumbent KenLivingstone is running as the Labour candidate. Henley MP Boris Johnson isthe Conservative party hopeful, while former Met police Deputy AssistantCommissioner Brian Paddick is standing for the Liberal Democrats.
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HIV clusters nothing new say THT and GMFA
Sexual health charities that work with the gay community have said that arecent study that claims HIV is spreading among clusters of gay men is"nothing new."Gay men's health group GMFA and Terrence Higgins Trust (THT)both said that infections among specific groups of gay men have been anacknowledged factor in the epidemiology of the disease for decades. TimMolloy from GMFA told PinkNews.co.uk: "We have always been aware of sexualnetworks. Men go to the same bar and are into the same things so it isobvious that there will be a pattern."
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Syrian claiming gay asylum faces deportation order
A teenager from Syria who tried to claim asylum in the UK on the grounds ofhis sexual orientation has pleaded with the Home Office to reverse adeportation order.Jojo Jako Yakob claims he faces certain death if he isreturned to his homeland.A deportation order was enacted against him afterhe was arrested for possession of a fake Belgian passport and placed inPolmont Young Offenders Institution in Scotland.
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GLAAD honours Matthew Shepard's mother
The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation's Excellence in Media Awardhas been presented to the mother of a murdered gay teenager.At the GLAADMedia Awards in New York yesterday Judy Shepard was honoured for hertireless work for LGBT Americans. As executive director of the MatthewShepard Foundation, she has become one of America's most vocal advocates forlesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality.
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Egypt accused of undermining fight against AIDS
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have accused the Egyptiangovernment of "official ignorance and prejudice about HIV" in the wake ofmore prosecutions for "habitual debauchery."The term is used under Egyptianlaw to prosecute consensual sexual acts between men. Earlier this monthCairo prosecutors handed down indictments against five men on debaucherycharges. The lead prosecutor told a lawyer for the defendants that the menshould not be allowed to "roam the streets freely."
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Another outing for R.E.M. singer
Michael Stipe has announced that he is gay. The 48 year old R.E.M. star, whois known for deflecting questions about his sexuality, told US musicmagazine Spin "I was totally open with the band and my family and my friendsand certainly the people I was sleeping with. I thought it was prettyobvious. "I'd just never felt strongly enough about a particularrelationship to say, 'Yeah, he's my boyfriend, that is what it is.'"
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Gay adoption ruling may set precedent in Israel
An Israeli court has ruled that a gay couple can both register to be theiradopted son's father. The landmark decision, made by the Ramat Gan FamilyCourt in Tel Aviv, may well set a precedent for other gay couples.GioraShavit and his long-time partner Avi Shadiv have now registered to jointlyadopt their five-year-old son. The four year old boy, who comes fromGeorgia, has no registered biological parents.
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Forwarded from Euro-Queer
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Yesterday polish president Lech Kaczynski sent a video to polish TV where hesaid that he will NOT support "Lisbon Treaty" (this document will changerules in UE) He said that this "Lisbon Treaty" will push Poland to "gaymarriages".
1. This treaty (unfortunetly) will dont change anything with gay civilpartnership law.
2. Feew months ago Lech Kaczynski said that this treaty is his great success(now he change his mind becouse his brothers party is in oposition)
But this is not the end. Kaczynski used in this video photo of two gaysduring civil marriage ceremony. It was ceremony in Canada, Toronto (This isnot even conected with Europe). Today all polish media wrote that one ofthis gays (citizen of USA) is very angry that Kaczynski use this videowithout his permision.
http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/Wiadomosci/1,80269,5035058.html
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Gay & Lesbian Leadership SmartBrier
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South Florida gays showing political savvy
This year, the South Florida LGBT community faces key political challenges,including a marriage ban on the November ballot and an upcoming vote ongranting domestic-partner benefits to Miami-Dade County workers. "We've gonefrom being a marginalized minority to being a group that is definitely givenmore attention," said Justin Flippen, president of LGBT political groupDolphin Democrats. "Not only are our votes just as valuable as others, butwe are also able to organize." The Miami Herald (3/16)
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Maryland couples may gain rights, but not marriage or unions
Maryland couples may gain some of the benefits of marriage, includingmedical decision-making, joint property ownership and inheritance, throughseveral bills pending before the Legislature. However, measures to grantequal marriage or civil-union rights are considered unlikely to pass, withsome key lawmakers still not ready to support full recognition of same-sexcouples' rights, according to this article. The Washington Post (3/15)
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Out diplomats call for more international engagement on LGBT issuesgaypolitics.com (3/18)
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Iranian teen should be granted U.K. asylum
Activist David Mixner is calling for LGBT people to lobby the Britishgovernment to offer asylum to Mehdi Kazemi, 19, who fears he will be killedfor being gay if he is forced to return to his native Iran. "We must floodthe Prime Minister's office to save this young gay man's life," Mixnerwrites. "His fate in your hands now."
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From Transgender Equality
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Marisa Richmond has become Tennessee's first openly transgender person towin an election in the history of the State of Tennessee.Richmond won 99.7%of the vote in the Feb. 5 election to become the Davidson County DemocraticCommitteewoman to represent District 23. Richmond received more than 1,800votes, while a write-in candidate received six votes.Richmond is also acandidate to be a delegate to the Democratic National Convention this summerin Denver.
http://outandaboutnewspaper.com/article.php?id=2365
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Daily Queer News
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Barack Obama: "We the people, in order to form a more perfect union."
Barack Obama
Video of Tuesday's speech is at link, below.
Two hundred and twenty one years ago, in a hall that still stands across thestreet, a group of men gathered and, with these simple words, launchedAmerica's improbable experiment in democracy. Farmers and scholars; statesmen and patriots who had traveled across an ocean to escape tyrannyand persecution finally made real their declaration of independence at aPhiladelphia convention that lasted through the spring of 1787. Thedocument they produced was eventually signed but ultimately unfinished. Itwas stained by this nation's original sin of slavery, a question thatdivided the colonies and brought the convention to a stalemate until thefounders chose to allow the slave trade to continue for at least twenty moreyears, and to leave any final resolution to future generations.
http://www.bilerico.com/2008/03/barack_obama_a_more_perfect_union.php
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Out former U.S. ambassadors call for stronger LGBT foreign policy
http://www.gaypolitics.com/?p=352
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Row over Greek unmarried couples
The Greek Orthodox Church has expressed opposition to plans by the Athensgovernment to give greater rights to unmarried couples.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7302433.stm
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Merkel to Knesset: Germany filled with shame over Holocaust
(Video) German chancellor delivers historic speech before Israeliparliament. 'We bow our heads in honor of the Holocaust victims,' she says,adding 'terror attacks are a crime, do not resolve political disputes'.
Olmert: Germany supports international front against Iran's nuclearambitions
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3520679,00.html
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More Bill Clinton revisionism
The Clinton campaign is having one heckuva time keeping "the big dog" on theporch, and almost every time Bill Clinton barks, it's his wife's candidacythat ends up getting bitten. Thus far he hasn't been as divisive on gayissues that he has been on race -- probably because conventional wisdom saysHillary is doing better among gays -- but he has repeatedly rewritten hisown political history.
http://citizenchris.typepad.com/citizenchris/2008/03/more-bill-clint.html
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Exodus Exec Shares Religious-Right Prejudice toward Gender-Variant People
http://www.truthwinsout.org/blog/exodus-exec-shares-religious-right-prejudice-toward-gender-variant-people/
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Clinton, Obama, Iraq: by Andrew Sullivan and Joe Klein
So we now have a pattern. Obama's chief economic advisor (Austan Goolsbee)and a prominent foreign policy advisor (Power) have now told the truth ontwo important issues, trade and Iraq respectively. Their truth contradictedsome of the overheated rhetoric their boss was using on the campaign trail.
Hillary Clinton--whose actual positions on trade and Iraq are probably thesame as Obama's advisors--has attacked Obama in both cases for saying onething and believing another...when she is doing the exact same thing.
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/03/clinton-obama-i.html
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AFA's Outdated 'Family' Hurts America
http://www.queerty.com/afas-outdated-family-hurts-america-20080318/
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God's cure for gays lost in sin
Former residents say separation contracts, a ban on physical contact andteachings by an 'ex-gay' are part of Mercy Ministry's attempts to stamp outlesbianism in its flock, reports Ruth Pollard.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/gods-cure-for-gays-lost-in-sin/2008/03/18/1205602385236.html
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Ex-Gay Watch Founder Michael Airhart To Blog Daily On Site
http://www.truthwinsout.org/pressreleases/two-launches-dynamic-multi-media-website-refuting-the-ex-gay-myth/
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Global Warming = The Second Coming
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/2008/03/global_warming.html
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Competitive gay teams ran Round the Bays
Teams from Auckland's Urge bear bar and AltTV's gay talkshow Sparkle onSunday both succeeded in finishing Sunday's Round the Bays fun run aroundAuckland's Waitamata Harbour.
http://www.gaynz.com/articles/publish/2/article_5716.php
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National Gay News
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SLDN Congratulates 60 Minutes on Winning
GLAAD Award for Outstanding TV Journalism
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) awarded CBS's 60Minutes with its 2008 award for Outstanding TV Journalism - Newsmagazinelast night at its 19th Annual Media Awards ceremony in New York. The honor,which is given in recognition of fair, accurate and inclusiverepresentations of the issues facing the lesbian, gay, bisexual andtransgender (LGBT) community, was awarded to 60 Minutes for theirexamination of reports from Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) of agrowing number of openly lesbian and gay troops in the United States armedforces.
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Women Who Are Violent Against Other Women
By Patricia Nell Warren
Women's History Month is a good time to pat ourselves on the back -- butit's also a critical time to remind ourselves that we have a long way to goyet. Case in point: some recent ugly incidents around a women's soccerleague that plays in the Glendale Sports Complex in Southern California. Asreported today in the WeHo News, three different lesbian players have beenassaulted during actual play on several occasions by other players,including some of their own teammates. The lesbians have also been subjectedto verbal insults and abuse on the field.
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"Bro Online" - Connecting You With The Bros
Bro Online", the first website in the world specifically for takatapui tane(gay and bisexual men of Maori descent), is to be launched on Friday March28. Inspired by the popularity of social networking sites like Bebo andFacebook, "Bro Online" will allow users to register, create a profile, andinteract with other takatapui tane around the country. The site will alsoprovide access to free condoms, sexual health advice, comic strips, and anonline magazine which will publish stories about living with HIV and what itmeans to be takatapui in 2008.
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Merkel delivers historic speech to Israeli Knesset
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has delivered an historic speech to theIsraeli Knesset. It was the first time that the leader of a foreigngovernment had ever made a speech to the country's legislature; until nowsuch an honour had been accorded only to foreign heads of state.The speech,delivered in the 60th year of Israel's existence, was the high point of MsMerkel's three-day visit to the country.Ms Merkel, speaking in German, saidthat her country held a particular historical responsibility to Israel andthe safety of the Jewish state. She also called on Israel to reach acompromise with the Palestinians so that peace could be declared. And shesaid that in Germany there is no place for anti-Semitism, racism or hatredof foreigners.
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Peter Tatchell:
Lesbian and gay refugees who have suffered violent and sexual abuse in theirhome countries are being declared "failed" asylum seekers and scheduled fordeportation by the Home Office. Among those due to be sent back are gayrefugees from violently homophobic countries like Cameroon, Pakistan,Uganda, Sudan, Jamaica, Iran, Palestine, Algeria, Iraq, Zimbabwe,Afghanistan, Nigeria and Egypt.The desperate suffering of lesbians and gayswho have fled from homophobic regimes, and their abuse by the Home Office,is the theme of today's protests in the UK, which mark the International DayAgainst Homophobia (IDAHO). Worldwide, IDAHO is being celebrated by eventsin more than 50 countries, from Nepal and Poland to Uganda and Venezuela.
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/peter_tatchell/2006/05/stop_deporting_gay_refugees.html
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