     2013 Review of the LGBT Year This year's top LGBT Awards, who came out, and who we will miss gaytoz Review of 2013 22 Dec 13 Gay men should do whatever they want in their relationships "I honestly don't care what people do behind closed doors." huffingtonpost.com 22 Dec 13 | |||
AFRICA Uganda anti-gay bill violates constitution "It is part of a broader attack on civil society and is symptomatic of Uganda's drift to Mugabe-style authoritarianism." petertatchellfoundation.org 21 Dec 13 Nigeria and Uganda adopt harsh anti-LGBT laws in same week Both bills now await the presidential assent lgbt-ep.eu 21 Dec 13 | |
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Claire Byarugaba fears 'witch-hunt'
Gay rights campaigners in Uganda must consider leaving the country to ensure their own personal security bbc.co.uk 21 Dec 13 |
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GAY MARRIAGE MSPs reject gay marriage law 'protections' Changes to gay marriage laws aimed at protecting clergy from being sued by homosexual couples are rejected by MSPs after Scotland's Health Minister argued they are not needed telegraph.co.uk 21 Dec 13 | |
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Federal judge strikes down Utah ban on same-sex marriage
Laurie Wood and Kody Partridge are officially married in the lobby of the Salt Lake County offices sltrib.com 21 Dec 13 |
GAY BUSINESS Crowdfunded gay bar seeks support in Oakland but it came up over $7,000 short of its $20,000 goal on a recently ended Indiegogo campaign bizjournals.com 21 Dec 13 O-M-G 'Gay Mafia' has bullied A&E
into suspending US reality show Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson, say Catholics
catholic.org 21 Dec 13 | |
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Meet America's first openly gay Imam
Imam Daayiee Abdullah has been condemned by other Muslim leaders, and some local imams have even refused to greet him aljazeera.com 21 Dec 13 |
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