India bans gay sex in Supreme Court shock ruling – India’s highest court has upheld a colonial-era law which criminalises gay sex, in what activists have described as a “black day” for gay rights.
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UN Chief Speaks out against Prejudice based on gender variance and sexual orientation at African Summit
At the African Union summit in the first week of February 2012, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon made a brief but noteable mention of discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Though the portion of the speech dedicated to this topic was only a couple of sentences long, it was significant for those of us who […]