by Jessica Geen 22 September 2011, 3:30pm The Pope is visiting Germany Pope Benedict’s first official visit to his homeland of Germany is expected to meet strong opposition today. The Pontiff has made informal visits to Germany in the past but this is his first official visit. Up to 20,000 people, including gay rights campaigners, [...]
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NEW NAME FOR LGB&T LIBERAL DEMOCRAT GROUP aka DELGA
LGBT+ Liberal Democrats -http://lgbt.libdems.org.uk/ The Liberal Democrat group for LGB&T campaigning, DELGA, formally changed its name following the AGM at the Liberal Democrat conference last week and is now known as LGBT+ Liberal Democrats. Although commonly known as LGBT LibDems for some [...]
Belgrade Gay Pride banned
Donations People say we’re “invaluable”, “indispensable” and “an essential service” — please consider making a donation. Friday, 30 September 2011 By Paul Canning Update: The March has been banned. Interior Minister Dačić said: “Police cannot support holding of all this gatherings for security reasons, because there will be clashes, victims, [...]
The Sisyphean task of Belgrade’s gay pride march
Donations People say we’re “invaluable”, “indispensable” and “an essential service” — please consider making a donation. Thursday, 29 September 2011 Audio: Listen here Pic: Jonathan Davis By Paul Canning Last year, writing for the Serbian news website Vreme, Predrag Azdejković compared the organisers of Belgrade’s gay pride parade to Sisyphus. “They [...]
Mexican gay activist fleeing persecution surfaces in San Diego
Donations People say we’re “invaluable”, “indispensable” and “an essential service” — please consider making a donation. Friday, 30 September 2011 Video: By Paul Canning The Mexican gay activist Agustín Estrada Negrete has surfaced in San Diego, local TV news reports, and is claiming asylum. We reported earlier this month on how [...]
Want to lodge a UK asylum claim? Good luck with that
Donations People say we’re “invaluable”, “indispensable” and “an essential service” — please consider making a donation. Friday, 30 September 2011 Croydon queues. Image Free Movement Source: Guardian By Owen Bowcott Asylum seekers are being prevented from lodging claims for permission to stay in the UK unless their lawyers threaten legal action, [...]
EU must lead by example in fighting homophobia worldwide
Baroness Sarah Ludford MEP Liberal Democrat MEP for London Date: 28 September 2011 EU must lead by example in fighting homophobia worldwide – Ludford Liberal Democrat European justice & human rights spokeswoman and London MEP Sarah Ludford has welcomed a resolution approved with a large majority in the European Parliament today on tackling homophobia. This [...]
Belgrade Gay Pride banned
By Paul Canning
Update 2 October: About 30 LGBT activists held a flashmob yesterday, stopping traffic for a few minutes on a main Belgrade street holding a ‘Ljubav. Normalno’ (‘Love. Normal’) banner. They were protected by riot police who have been d…
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Report: Obama regime removing thousands denied due process
Image by StephenMitchell via FlickrSource: National Immigration Law Center
Using a little-known government program, the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has pushed nearly 160,000 immigrants — many with deep ties to the United Stat…
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Video: Mexican gay activist fleeing persecution surfaces in San Diego
By Paul Canning
The Mexican gay activist Agustín Estrada Negrete has surfaced in San Diego, local TV news reports, and is claiming asylum.
We reported earlier this month on how Negrete and his lawyer had faced severe persecution, rape and death th…
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Liberal Conspiracy
- A response: why the ‘Labour for an EU Referendum’ campaign is crucial now 17/05/2013 Guest
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- Ed Miliband slams Google for tax avoidance 16/05/2013 Newswire
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Liberal Democrat Voice
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Mark Pack
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- Does the internet win elections? It’s the wrong question to ask
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Pink News
- Poll: 7 in 10 Russians are against the ‘justification and display of homosexuality’ 17/05/2013 Joseph Patrick McCormick
- Portugal: Parliament grants same-sex couples some adoption rights 17/05/2013 Joseph Patrick McCormick
- Comment: Dear Philip Hammond, equal marriage might upset people, but it is worth it for equality 17/05/2013 Hannah Buchanan
- Italian Chamber of Deputies President: ‘Macho culture reduces gay people to caricatures’ 17/05/2013 Corinne Pinfold
- US: Mixed martial arts fighter suspended for tweeting the word ‘fag’ 17/05/2013 Joseph Patrick McCormick
- Sunderland Football Club flies rainbow flag in support of IDAHOT 17/05/2013 Joseph Patrick McCormick
- Scotland: Trans woman threatened with ban from shopping centre for using ladies’ toilets 17/05/2013 Joseph Patrick McCormick
- National AIDS Trust: ‘Passing equal marriage will help in the fight against the UK’s HIV epidemic’ 17/05/2013 Scott Roberts
