365 Gay News » UN http://www.365gay.com The daily news source for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community Fri, 30 Sep 2011 20:52:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 UN allows gay, lesbian group to join debates http://www.365gay.com/news/un-allows-gay-lesbian-group-to-join-debates/ http://www.365gay.com/news/un-allows-gay-lesbian-group-to-join-debates/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:31:50 +0000 Jennifer Vanasco/editor http://www.365gay.com/?p=8819 (Geneva) The United Nations granted official status to a gay and lesbian organization from Brazil on Monday, allowing it to participate in U.N. meetings ranging from health to human rights.

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]]> http://www.365gay.com/news/un-allows-gay-lesbian-group-to-join-debates/feed/ 1 Gay group protests Vatican stand on rights http://www.365gay.com/news/gay-group-protests-vatican-stand-on-rights/ http://www.365gay.com/news/gay-group-protests-vatican-stand-on-rights/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:34:23 +0000 Jennifer Vanasco/editor http://www.365gay.com/?p=6624 (New York City) A nondenominational religious LGBT rights group will hold a two-day vigil outside the Vatican’s mission to the United Nations to protest its refusal to sign the United Nations(...)

]]> http://www.365gay.com/news/gay-group-protests-vatican-stand-on-rights/feed/ 9 Neff: Leadership, at last http://www.365gay.com/opinion/neff-leadership-at-last/ http://www.365gay.com/opinion/neff-leadership-at-last/#comments Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:30:45 +0000 Jennifer Vanasco/editor http://www.365gay.com/?p=6120 One by one, the old policies and positions are being reversed.

President Barack Obama cannot bring back the lives lost due to the bad policies of George W. Bush’s administration, but his(...)

]]> http://www.365gay.com/opinion/neff-leadership-at-last/feed/ 19 Sources: US to sign UN gay rights declaration http://www.365gay.com/news/sources-us-to-sign-un-gay-rights-declaration/ http://www.365gay.com/news/sources-us-to-sign-un-gay-rights-declaration/#comments Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:10:03 +0000 Jennifer Vanasco/editor http://www.365gay.com/?p=6058 (Washington) The Obama administration will endorse a U.N. declaration calling for the worldwide decriminalization of homosexuality that then-President George W. Bush had refused to sign, The(...)

]]> http://www.365gay.com/news/sources-us-to-sign-un-gay-rights-declaration/feed/ 25 Lowenstein: US to sign UN Declaration on Gay Rights http://www.365gay.com/blog/lowenstein-us-to-sign-un-declaration-on-gay-rights/ http://www.365gay.com/blog/lowenstein-us-to-sign-un-declaration-on-gay-rights/#comments Wed, 18 Mar 2009 02:43:55 +0000 Jenna Lowenstein http://www.365gay.com/?p=6050 Michael Crawford at Bilerico just posted the breaking news that the Obama administration indicated that it will sign the UN declaration calling for the decriminilization of homosexuality:

http://www.365gay.com/?p=4625 (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(...)

]]> http://www.365gay.com/news/bid-to-add-gays-to-un-rights-doc-not-popular/feed/ 2 Protest denounces Vatican policy on gays http://www.365gay.com/news/protest-denounces-vatican-policy-on-gays/ http://www.365gay.com/news/protest-denounces-vatican-policy-on-gays/#comments Mon, 08 Dec 2008 13:47:05 +0000 Jennifer Vanasco/editor http://www.365gay.com/?p=4482 (Rome) Hundreds of protesters came out against the Vatican over the weekend, after the Holy See came out against a proposed United Nations declaration calling for LGBT civil rights.

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]]> http://www.365gay.com/news/protest-denounces-vatican-policy-on-gays/feed/ 3 Vatican trashes first UN declaration of LGBT human rights http://www.365gay.com/news/vatican-trashes-first-un-declaration-of-lgbt-human-rights/ http://www.365gay.com/news/vatican-trashes-first-un-declaration-of-lgbt-human-rights/#comments Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:50:52 +0000 Jennifer Vanasco/editor http://www.365gay.com/?p=4416 (Rome) International human rights groups are denouncing the Vatican for condemning a proposed United Nations declaration which would - for the first time  – call for civil rights for gays,(...)

]]> http://www.365gay.com/news/vatican-trashes-first-un-declaration-of-lgbt-human-rights/feed/ 40 Neil Giuliano: Expanding common ground http://www.365gay.com/living/neal-giuliano-expanding-common-ground/ http://www.365gay.com/living/neal-giuliano-expanding-common-ground/#comments Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:46:37 +0000 Jennifer Vanasco/editor http://www.365gay.com/?p=2746 As the president of GLAAD, I understand the influence and power of the media.

So I believe that a White House Press Secretary who is openly LGBT could play a very visible and influential role in(...)

]]> http://www.365gay.com/living/neal-giuliano-expanding-common-ground/feed/ 0 UN: AIDS Stabilizing – Fewer Deaths, Infections http://www.365gay.com/news/un-aids-stabilizing-fewer-deaths-infections/ http://www.365gay.com/news/un-aids-stabilizing-fewer-deaths-infections/#comments Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:30:35 +0000 Jennifer Vanasco/editor http://www.365gay.com/?p=2344 (London) Fewer people are dying of AIDS, more patients are on HIV medication and the global AIDS epidemic is stable after peaking in the late 1990s.

But the United Nations AIDS agency warned in(...)

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