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Culhane: Why some states still call gays criminals

John Culhane — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 12:00:34 +0000

Laws do more than establish legal rules. Consider:

The Kansas House Judiciary Committee is debating a bill intended to clean up the state’s criminal code. An amendment to that bill would have(...)

Malawi: Police say man arrested in anti-gay sweep

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:09:30 +0000

(Blantyre, Malawi) Police in Malawi say they have arrested a man in what they describe as a sweep against homosexuals.

There is a debate over gay rights in this conservative southern African(...)

Rwanda to vote on criminalizing gay sex

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:56:38 +0000

From Voice of America:

The coalition Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders says draft language to criminalize homosexuality could be voted on in the Rwandan lower house of(...)

India Supreme Court steps into gay sex law dispute

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:02:10 +0000

(New Delhi) India’s Supreme Court agreed Thursday to hear a petition from a Hindu astrologer who is seeking to annul a recent landmark ruling that decriminalized gay sex.

In his petition, Sushil(...)

Jamaica PM stands firm on sodomy law

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:34:04 +0000

(Kingston) Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding has told Parliament his government will not yield to “perhaps the most organized lobby in the world” and will not abolish prison sentences for(...)

NYC man who claims cops sodomized him to sue

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 19:03:12 +0000

(New York City) A tattoo parlor employee who claims he was assaulted and sodomized by New York City police officers has filed papers to sue the city and the police department.

Michael Mineo(...)

US refuses to sign UN rights document on gays

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:50:34 +0000

(New York City) The United States Thursday became the lone major western nation to refuse to sign a United Nations statement affirming that human rights protections include sexual(...)

3 NYC cops charged in abuse case

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:56:37 +0000

(New York City) A police officer warned a tattoo parlor worker that if he reported being sodomized with a baton during an arrest at a subway station, officers would lock him up for a felony,(...)

Two separate cases of forced sodomy investigated in NYC

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:59:13 +0000

(New York City) After weeks of conflicting accounts about a shocking claim of police brutality in a subway station, three patrolmen were notified Monday they will face criminal charges in the(...)

India: Gays are perverse

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:51:37 +0000

(New Delhi) India’s federal government has told the Delhi High Court that homosexuality is the result of a perverse mind and should not be decriminalized.

In a brief filed this week with the(...)