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Chief of Panama’s National Police welcomes gay officers

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The head of Panama’s National Police, Rolando Mirones, said April 3 that gays can be police officers as long as they obey regulations, laws and the Constitution while on the job.
2008-04-18

Old video embarrasses Canadian MP

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The New Democratic Party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan found a 17-year-old videotape recently when it moved into the Opposition offices at the provincial legislature…
2008-04-15

Activists denounce prosecution of Ukrainian gay newspaper

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The heads of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission and the European branch of…
2008-04-13

Ireland finalizing partnership bill

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Ireland’s government is putting the finishing touches on its civil-partnership bill, the Irish Times reported April 1.
2008-04-13

Men arrested for homosexual conduct in Iran

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The arrest of more than 30 men attending a house party in Esfahán, Iran, signals renewed efforts by Iranian authorities to enforce morality codes, Human Rights Watch said Marc…
2008-04-12

Costa Rica declares National Day Against Homophobia

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Costa Rican President Óscar Arias Sánchez and Health Minister María Luisa Ávila have issued an executive decree designating May 17 as National Day Against Homophobia.
2008-04-09

Ecuadorean president supports same-sex partnerships

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Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa said March 29 that the government ”will seek to grant certain guarantees to stable homosexual unions but without ever arriving at the point …
2008-04-08

120 rally in London against deportation of gay Iranian

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Some 120 protesters picketed Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s residence in London on March 22 demanding that Mehdi Kazemi not be deported to Iran, where he fears he’ll be execute…
2008-04-03

Israel grants gay Palestinian residency to live with partner

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Israel has granted residency to a 33-year-old gay Palestinian to live with his Israeli partner in Tel Aviv because the Palestinian had received anti-gay death threats while li…
2008-04-03

Mayors decline to sign ILGA-Europe appeal

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The mayors of Riga, Latvia, and Tallinn, Estonia, have declined to sign a pledge from the European Region of the International Lesbian and Gay Association in support of the ri…
2008-03-31

McGreevey ménage à trois: Did they or didn’t they?

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A former driver for gay former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey said March 16 that he, the governor and the governor’s wife, Dina Matos McGreevey, engaged in three-way sex multip…
2008-03-29

302 couples register in Mexico City

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Three hundred two couples have taken advantage of Mexico City’s civil-union law since it came into force in March 2007.
2008-03-27

Norway plans to legalize same-sex marriage

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Norway’s government announced plans March 14 to open marriage to same-sex couples. The nation has had a registered-partnership law that gives gay couples the same rights as ma…
2008-03-24

Nampa bans Joy

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Idaho is now a slightly less joyful state. The Nampa Public Library board voted 3-2 to remove the Joy of Gay Sex and the Joy of Sex from the shelves, KTVB reported March 11.
2008-03-24
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