Archive | September, 2011

Pope faces hostility from gay groups in Germany

      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 [...]

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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, [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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, [...]

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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 [...]

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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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