Gay News: african rights

A Russian LGBT organisation has is the second to be fined under the "foreign agent" law, in two weeks, and has had its future put at risk by the fine. (...)

Plans for humanist weddings and pension rights for those in same-sex marriages will feature in this afternoon's House of Lords debate of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill. (...)

Edward Leigh, Conservative MP for Gainsborough, one of the fiercest critics of equal rights for lesbian and gay people, has been awarded a knighthood in the Queen's Birthday Honours list. (...)

Lawyers for three Ontario sex trade workers argued before the Supreme Court of Canada June 13 that Canada's prostitution laws violate constitutional rights to freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression and the right to(...)

Singer Chris Brown has surprised fans by starting a campaign which vows to stand up for equality, for gay people, and other minority groups. (...)

The Washington Times reports that the leader of a gay Republican group said Mr. Obama should take a stronger stand on the proposal to allow same-sex partners to stay in the U.S. Read the full "..."(...)

The New Civil rights Movement reports that Cory Booker will enter the New Jersey special Senate race, called by Governor Chris Christie this week. Read the full story from The New Civil rights...(...)

Boston.com reports that to see how far things have come, go back 50 years in time. Read the full story from Boston.com(...)

An 18-year-old gay rights campaigner has been left brain dead after an attack by far-right skinheads in Paris. (...)

NBC News reports that Michelle Obama confronted a gay-rights protester who heckled her at a Democratic fundraiser in Washington on Tuesday, offering to give her the microphone and leave, before the...(...)