I am too racist for case: Juror tells judge
September 11th, 2012 - 9:53 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 11 (IANS) A juror told a British court that his homophobic and racist views have made it impossible for him to be impartial, the Daily Mail reported.In a ... Read more...
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Russian state media denies swear words blacklist
August 28th, 2012 - 10:57 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 28 (IANS) The VGTRK, also known as the All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company, has denied that TV channels in the country have compiled a list of ... Read more...
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Madonna sued for $10 mn over Russian concert comments
August 18th, 2012 - 12:29 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 17 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A group of Russian activists have filed $10.5 million lawsuits against pop diva Madonna and organisers of her St. Petersburg concert in which ... Read more...
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Gay festival begins in Prague
August 14th, 2012 - 9:05 am ICT by IANS
Prague, Aug 14 (IANS) The Second Prague Pride festival of homosexuals began here in the capital of the Czech Republic Monday, Xinhua reported."Our goal is to present the community of ... Read more...
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Madonna broke ‘gay propaganda’ law: Russian official
August 11th, 2012 - 8:11 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 11 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A city councilor in Russia's St. Petersburg city has accused US pop star Madonna of violating a controversial local law banning "homosexual propaganda" during ... Read more...
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Gulshan praises gay people, says they are talented
July 4th, 2012 - 2:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) He is known as Bollywood's Bad Man, but now Gulshan Grover steps into a completely different role - he will be seen playing a gay ... Read more...
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Homosexuality is like rape, Polish nurses taught
June 9th, 2012 - 1:31 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 9 (IANS) Homosexuality is similar to rape and prostitution, says an official teaching guide for Polish students of nursing and midwifery.The teaching books refer to homosexuality as a ... Read more...
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British gays not interested in marriage law
June 8th, 2012 - 8:34 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 8 (IANS) Homosexuals in Britain are indifferent to Prime Minister David Cameron's campaign for gay marriage, with just over a quarter - 27 percent - saying they ... Read more...
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Obama endorses gay marriage
May 10th, 2012 - 11:14 am ICT by IANS
Washington, May 10 (IANS/EFE) President Barack Obama for the first time said he believes same-sex couples should be able to get married in an interview given to ABC Wednesday.Obama ... Read more...
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Gay activists fined in Russia
April 25th, 2012 - 11:23 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 25 (IANS/RIA Novosti) For the first time in Russia, an event organiser and numerous gay rights activists have been penalised for promoting homosexuality, officials said Wednesday.Laws penalising "the ... Read more...
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Brazil arrests two men for plotting massacre
March 23rd, 2012 - 12:17 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, March 23 (IANS/EFE) Two men accused of planning a massacre of university students in Brasilia and maintaining a Web site on which they incited violence against blacks, ... Read more...
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Dharun Ravi’s lawyers want 9 charges dropped
March 9th, 2012 - 9:58 am ICT by IANS
New York, March 9 (IANS) Defence lawyers have asked a New Jersey court to dismiss nine out of 15 criminal counts against Dharun Ravi, a former Indian American student charged ... Read more...
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Mallika supports homosexuals, to host gay friends’ engagement bash
March 7th, 2012 - 5:29 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 7 (IANS) Mallika Sherawat, who recently shot for the NOH8 campaign demanding equality for homosexuals, has come out strongly in support of the gay community."There should be NO ... Read more...
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Spanish singer honoured for gay rights work
March 6th, 2012 - 10:59 am ICT by IANS
Guadalajara (Mexico), March 6 (IANS/EFE) Spanish singer Monica Naranjo was given the Maguey Prize over the weekend at Mexico's Guadalajara International Film Festival for her work on behalf of the ... Read more...
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Liverpool goalkeeper involved in racism row
March 1st, 2012 - 4:35 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 1 (IANS) Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina has been caught in a racism row after he featured in a commercial for a Spanish insurance firm. The commercial was pulled ... Read more...
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Don’t decriminalise gay sex: Home ministry
February 23rd, 2012 - 3:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) The union home ministry told the Supreme Court Thursday that it was not in favour of decriminalising gay sex. It said Section 377 of the ... Read more...
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Most Chinese youth don’t discriminate homosexuals
February 14th, 2012 - 11:11 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Feb 14 (IANS) More than 80 percent of Chinese people born after the 1980s hold no discriminatory beliefs regarding homosexuality, says a survey.According to the survey on marriage perspectives ... Read more...
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Three British Muslims jailed for anti-gay campaign
February 11th, 2012 - 12:38 am ICT by IANS
London, Feb 10 (IANS) Three Muslim extremists who distributed leaflets calling for homosexuals to be hanged, stoned and burned to death were jailed by a British court Friday.The trio were ... Read more...
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Pastor Joel Osteen feels that being gay is a sin
January 11th, 2012 - 8:28 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, Jan 11 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Pastor Joel Osteen, leader of Houston’s Lakewood Church, has categorically stated that being gay is a sin. The pastor was speaking to Oprah Winfrey as part ... Read more...
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Homosexual prostitute racket busted in China
January 11th, 2012 - 2:57 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Jan 11 (IANS) A prostitute racket has been busted in China's Nanning city, where all the sex workers turned out to be males who underwent a sex-change operation or ... Read more...
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Ricky Martin to marry boyfriend Jan 28
January 3rd, 2012 - 7:31 pm ICT by IANS
San Juan, Jan 3 (IANS/EFE) Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin and his boyfriend Carlos Gonzalez will marry Jan 28 in New York.New York had in June last year approved marriage ... Read more...
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AIDS on the downswing in Brazil, but 630,000 still sick
November 29th, 2011 - 11:32 am ICT by IANS
Brasilia, Nov 29 (IANS/EFE) The mortality rate from AIDS in Brazil fell from 7.6 per 100,000 suffering from the disease to 6.3 between 1998 and 2010, but there are still ... Read more...
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Footballers’ association demands Blatter’s resignation on racism comments
November 17th, 2011 - 9:25 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 17 (IANS) FIFA president Sepp Blatter's suggestions that there is no racism in football has come under heavy fire from all quarters with the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) ... Read more...
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Britain warns African nations over gay persecution
October 9th, 2011 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 9 (IANS) Britain has warned the poverty-stricken African countries over the persecution of homosexuals as this will lead to their aid being slashed, the Daily Mail reported.International ... Read more...
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Azad’s comments on MSM shocking: Gay community
July 5th, 2011 - 1:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad's comment that men having sex with men (MSM) is a "disease" and "unnatural" has drawn flak from the gay community ... Read more...
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Young women most vulnerable to HIV: UNAIDS
June 3rd, 2011 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) At least 26 percent of all new HIV infections in the world are among young women in the age group of 15-24 years, a UNAIDS ... Read more...
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Messy surroundings make people stereotype others
April 8th, 2011 - 6:35 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 8 (ANI): A study has found that when encountering a disorderly environment, people are more likely to stereotype others.Diederik Stapel and Siegwart Lindenberg, social scientists at Tilburg University in the ... Read more...
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New AIDS cases in India drop by 50 percent
April 1st, 2011 - 11:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) India, home to the world's third largest AIDS population, has registered a 50 percent dip in the number of new cases registered annually, according to ... Read more...
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BBC bosses apologise over Hugh Grant joke
March 14th, 2011 - 11:23 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Mar 14 (THAINDIAN NEWS) BBC has apologized for the comments of Hugh Grant during the Six Nations rugby game between England and Scotland. His comments on homosexuals received a lot of ... Read more...
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‘Homosexuality result of violent emotional abuse’
February 1st, 2011 - 7:03 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 1 (IANS) The new imam at the proposed Ground Zero mosque in New York has said that homosexuality is the result of "violent emotional or sexual abuse at some point ... Read more...
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New GZ mosque imam raises concern about homosexuals
January 31st, 2011 - 3:04 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Jan 31 (ANI): The new imam at the Ground Zero mosque and cultural center has voiced his concern for homosexuals, saying that such people were probably abused in their childhood.Abdallah ... Read more...
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Gay rights activist murdered in Uganda
January 27th, 2011 - 11:15 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 27 (IANS) A leading gay rights activist has been murdered in Uganda a few months after a newspaper printed his photograph and called for him to be killed, the Sky ... Read more...
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Homosexuality A Sin, And Sir John Elton A Sinner, Says Joel Osteen
January 27th, 2011 - 8:31 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Jan 27, (THAINDIAN NEWS) In an interview that aired on Jan 26, Pastor Joel Osteen spoke about a lot of things, ranging from faith, charity and finances. He also touched ... Read more...
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Chinese gay rights defender to sue newspaper for reporting male couple wedding
January 26th, 2011 - 3:48 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Jan 26 (ANI): A gay rights defender in China has vowed to sue a Beijing newspaper after it reported the "wedding" of a male couple without their permission.According to Xinhua, ... Read more...
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Oz taxpayers’ money funding guide to snorting cocaine, other party drugs
January 23rd, 2011 - 5:28 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Jan 23 (ANI): The Australian taxpayers' money is being used to fund a guide on ways to inject, snort, and swallow cocaine and other party drugs.The guide, however, is being released ... Read more...
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