Day: February 27, 2014
The World Bank on Thursday said it postponed a $90 million loan to Uganda's health system over a law that toughened punishment for gays, an unusual move for an institution that usually avoids wading into politics.
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World Bank postpones $90M Uganda loan over anti-gay law
The World Bank on Thursday said it postponed a $90 million loan to Uganda’s health system over a law that toughened punishment for gays, an unusual move for an institution that usually avoids wading into politics.
Lance Bass is joining the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the Americas’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, in speaking out against Mississippi’s SB 2681, a bill that would essentially give businesses license to discriminate against LGBT customers.
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Lance Bass Joins HRC in Speaking Out against Anti-Gay Mississippi Bill
Lance Bass is joining the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the Americas’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, in speaking out against Mississippi’s SB 2681, a bill that would essentially give businesses license to discriminate against LGBT customers.
Today the European Parliament voted its annual report on fundamental rights in the European Union. The report includes an extensive overview of the situation for LGBT people, and recommendations to reach European equality standards laid down in the Charter of Fundamental Rights.
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Despite opposition, Parliament takes stock of LGBT equality in new report
Today the European Parliament voted its annual report on fundamental rights in the European Union. The report includes an extensive overview of the situation for LGBT people, and recommendations to reach European equality standards laid down in the Charter of Fundamental Rights.
Coronation Street has sparked outrage over a pre-watershed gay kiss scene between two of it's main characters.
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Coronation Street: Todd and Marcus’ half-naked gay kiss sparks complaints to Ofcom
Coronation Street has sparked outrage over a pre-watershed gay kiss scene between two of it’s main characters.
Days after the closing of the Sochi Winter Olympics, a gay sports organisation's plan to hold Russia's first open Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender athletic competition was under threat from bureaucratic barriers it said stemmed from discrimination.
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After Sochi, gay sports event faces high hurdles in Russia
Days after the closing of the Sochi Winter Olympics, a gay sports organisation’s plan to hold Russia’s first open Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender athletic competition was under threat from bureaucratic barriers it said stemmed from discrimination.