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Reuters-Africa, Posted: 8/5/2010, 5:44 PM QUICK LOOK: A Sudanese court on Wednesday sentenced 19 young Muslim men to 30 lashes and a fine for breaking moral codes by wearing women's clothes and makeup, a case exposing Sudanese... (MORE) |
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Reuters-U.S., Posted: 6/8/2010, 9:03 AM QUICK LOOK: A United Nations committee that decides which nongovernmental organizations can be accredited to the world body moved on Thursday to keep out the International Gay and... (MORE) |
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The Telegraph (U.K.), Posted: 5/27/2010, 2:56 AM QUICK LOOK: A concert by Sir Elton John has tested the limits of Morocco's drive for modernity, exposing the Muslim nation's complex and ambiguous attitudes toward homosexuality... (MORE) |
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Pink Paper (U.K.), Posted: 3/24/2010, 12:14 PM QUICK LOOK: A man who was assaulted by a security guard in an anti-gay attack faced further homophobia when reporting the event to the police. The 26-year old Moroccan man – who hasn’t been named – was escorted... (MORE) |
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The Guardian (U.K.), Posted: 2/6/2009, 8:05 AM QUICK LOOK: There were renewed calls yesterday for the resignation of the Right Reverend Gene Robinson, the openly gay bishop of New Hampshire, and of the clergy those who consecrated... (MORE) |
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Bloomberg News Service, Posted: 4/11/2008, 5:13 PM QUICK LOOK: For three months, Egyptian police have embarked on periodic sweeps of downtown streets to clear them of presumed homosexuals. The raids, independent observers and human-rights activists say, reflect... (MORE) |
The Star (South Africa), Posted: 4/1/2008, 12:21 PM QUICK LOOK: When Ali started blogging that he was Sudanese and gay, he did not realise he was joining a band of African and Middle Eastern gays and lesbians who, in the face of hostility and repression, have... (MORE) |
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Stuff.co.nz, Posted: 3/26/2008, 10:06 PM QUICK LOOK: A Moroccan court has fined the country's leading newspaper a record 6.0 million dirhams ($815,900), after it mistakenly alleged a judge had attended a gay wedding party... (MORE) |
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Washington Post, Posted: 2/18/2008, 11:08 AM QUICK LOOK: When Ali started blogging that he was Sudanese and gay, he did not realize he was joining a band of African and Middle Eastern gays and lesbians who, in the face of hostility... (MORE) |
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Reuters-Africa, Posted: 1/15/2008, 6:19 PM QUICK LOOK: A Moroccan appeal court today upheld the convictions of six men jailed for homosexual acts after video images of a man dressed as a woman dancing at a party sparked street protests and a police investigation,... (MORE) |
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Agence France Presse (AFP), Posted: 12/13/2007, 8:46 AM QUICK LOOK: A court in northern Morocco has sentenced six Moroccans to between four and ten months in prison for "homosexuality," one of the detained men’s lawyers told AFP. The... (MORE) |
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Blabbeando, Posted: 12/9/2007, 1:33 PM QUICK LOOK: The man elected to defend Spain's title at the International Bear Rendezvouz in San Francisco next February has shocked the gay establishment by going on national television... (MORE) |
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Alarabiya (UAE), Posted: 11/28/2007, 10:05 AM QUICK LOOK: A wedding for a well-known gay man in Morocco ended with the colorful 'bride' behind bars, along with five other wedding guests, and sparked riots and calls for authorities... (MORE) |
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Radio Netherlands, Posted: 8/3/2007, 10:12 PM QUICK LOOK: Writer Abdellah Taïa is the first Moroccan who, in his country of origin, is publicly open about his homosexuality. Time and time again, his interviews and books create... (MORE) |
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New York Post, Posted: 7/7/2007, 12:33 PM QUICK LOOK: The ayatollahs may not slap him with a fatwah as they did Salman Rushdie, but fundamentalist clerics are bound to be enraged at Michael Luongo over "Gay Travels in the... (MORE) |
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Sur, Posted: 7/6/2007, 8:07 AM QUICK LOOK: Spain has become a refuge for a growing number of gays forced to leave their own Eastern European countries after having suffered physical violence at the hands of homophobic neo-Nazi groups that... (MORE) |
Expatica, Posted: 6/4/2007, 12:37 PM QUICK LOOK: The new Dutch cabinet should take measures to encourage acceptance of homosexuality among Turkish and Moroccan youth. Gay rights organisation COC urged more action from the government on Friday. The... (MORE) |
