Showing posts with label human rights. Show all posts
Showing posts with label human rights. Show all posts
Thursday, May 21, 2015

The Irish Referendum

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Tomorrow Friday, May 22, the Irish electorate will take to the polls to vote on the Marriage Equality Referendum. The electorate will b...
Saturday, June 28, 2014

Re-Post: Remember Stonewall (2014)

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This is essentially a re-post of a post I have run the last few years, with some minor changes.   Let us always be proud and tha...
Saturday, March 8, 2014

Stop Telling Women To Smile

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It's International Women's Day again and time to honor women's advancement and reminding us all of the continued vigilance ...
Saturday, February 22, 2014

When the Games End

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The 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, are coming to an end tomorrow. I am proud to say that I have been able to avoid it almost c...

Climax - A 12 Hour Celebration

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"Reach your climax as we celebrate out athletes and victories within the LGBT community from 12pm to 10pm SLT on February 22nd. W...
Thursday, February 6, 2014

The Newest Olympic Sport

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(via J.M.G. )
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Friday, January 31, 2014

#liveandletlove

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(via J.M.G. ) About the clip 2,000 people of the city of Stockholm gathered at the Stockholm Olympic Stadium to show their support to...

The Olympic Games, Russia & Putin

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I was tipped about this post by John Aravosis on the AMERICAblog by the longtime Bock in SecondLife reader, my dear brother, Dejerrity...
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Saturday, December 21, 2013

India: Government Asks For Court Review

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Through Joe Jervis at J.M.G. I see that the BBC News website (url to full article)  today has this encouraging news. "The India...
Saturday, December 14, 2013

Poor Judgement

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The Indian Penal Code (IPC) contains a statute (Section 377. Unnatural offences.) which states  "Whoever voluntarily has carnal inter...
Monday, November 11, 2013

Meanwhile, at The Red Square in Moscow...

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Pyotr Pavlensky , a Russian performance artist, today stripped naked and nailed his scrotum to a Red Square cobblestone. The performance is...
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Thursday, November 7, 2013

Urgent Appeal

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This is an appeal from  All Out  that I choose to share with you and ask you to support! " In 5 days the  United Nations  is set t...
Saturday, October 19, 2013

HRC Wins "Best Social Media Campaign 2013"

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From the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) blog : "Tuesday night at  Mashable’s inaugural award show in New York City, HRC was recogni...
Thursday, October 17, 2013

XELLE - Red Flag

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(via J.M.G. ) Join the I Raise A Red Flag movement for worldwide LGBT equality at iRaiseARedFlag.com . Red Flag  (Lyrics written by...
Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Petition: Strip Sochi of the 2014 Winter Games

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"Respect for basic human rights, including the right to choose whom you love and being able to show it, must be a fundamental requi...
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Thursday, July 25, 2013

Throwing My Pink Money Around

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Pink money - From Wikipedia , the free encyclopedia: "Pink money describes the purchasing power of the gay community, often espec...
Friday, June 28, 2013

Newlyweds

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Proposition 8 plaintiffs Sandy Stier & Kris Perry Proposition 8 plaintiffs Jeffrey Zarilllo & Paul Katami Following the ama...
Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Important Victories for Gay Rights in the U.S.A.

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Two important cases were decided today by the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) . The first case concerned the constitutional...
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Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Gay Porn Outlawed In Turkey

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The High Supreme Court of the Republic of Turkey  (Yargitay) has decided to assess oral and anal sex as "unnatural sexual acts"...
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Saturday, March 24, 2012

Henk and Organized Religion

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Henk Heithuis   The picture above shows Henk Heithuis , a young Dutch man in his early twenties. Henk was born in 1936 and was as a chi...
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