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Vote on Nigeria’s proposed anti-gay law scheduled for next week
A vote on Nigeria's proposed anti-gay law is scheduled for next week, according to the group Nigerian LGBTIs in Diaspora Against Anti Same Sex Laws.
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Nigeria Senate approves wide-ranging anti-gay marriage bill
Nigeria's Senate has passed an "anti-gay marriage" bill, extending its scope by also criminalizing gay clubs and organizations, and making public displays of affection between gays punishable with 10...
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Cheat Sheet for Thursday’s Prop 8 Hearing
Prop 8's back in court -- but why, exactly? I'll answer all your questions about what's going on this time. Plus, the backstory behind the most effective -- and adorable -- marriage equality video ever...
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My lovely transgender friend, struggling to survive in Nigeria
I have a lovely friend. She is a transgender woman who lives in Nigeria. Her dream, at present denied her, is to be a professional dancer and actress. In her heart and in her spirit, she is both. As I...
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Nigeria bans gay marriage, gay rights groups; imposes 14 year prison terms
ABUJA, Nigeria -- Lawmakers in Nigeria passed a bill Thursday banning same-sex marriage and outlawing anyone from forming organizations supporting gay rights, setting prison terms of up to 14 years for...
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U.S. gay rights cases could trail Obama in upcoming trip to Africa
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's trip to Africa next month may result in a stark juxtaposition between the growing power of the gay rights movement in the U.S. and the criminalization of...
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Anonymous hacks Nigeria’s government website over anti-gay bill - Country’s...
DUBLIN, Ireland -- An Irish hacker, who claims that he is part of the Anonymous hackivist group, took down Nigeria's official government website over its intent to pass a law that would jail LGBT...
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Nigeria Foreign Minister warns the West against ‘imposing’ gay rights
ABUJA, Nigeria -- Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister on Saturday declared that the West is trying to “impose” gay rights on the country.
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Nigerian student claims he’s discovered ‘scientific proof’ gay marriage is...
A post-graduate student at the University of Lagos in Nigeria claims he has made a scientific "breakthrough" by proving that homosexuality and same-sex marriage are wrong.
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Nigeria Senate passes law banning gay marriage, formation of gay rights groups
ABUJA, Nigeria -- Nigeria’s Senate on Thursday passed a harsh anti-gay bill banning same-sex marriage and outlawing anyone from forming organizations supporting gay rights, setting prison terms of up...
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Nigeria president signs bill outlawing same-sex marriage, gay rights groups
ABUJA, Nigeria -- Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan has signed a draconian anti-gay law banning same-sex marriage and outlawing anyone from forming organizations supporting gay rights, setting...
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Dozens arrested for being gay in Nigeria in response to new anti-gay law
LAGOS, Nigeria -- Police, working off a list of 168 suspects purportedly obtained through torture, are arresting dozens of gay men in Nigeria's northern Bauchi state, human rights activists said Tuesday.
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United Nations chief alarmed by Nigeria’s new anti-gay law
UNITED NATIONS -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he is alarmed by reports of the arrest and torture of individuals in northern Nigeria believed to be homosexual and strongly hopes that the...
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Amnesty International: Gays arrested in at least four Nigerian states
LAGOS, Nigeria -- Amnesty International says Nigerian police have arrested 10 people suspected of being gay in four majority Christian southern states in the highly religious nation.
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Nigeria gay crackdown: 1 man flogged, 10 others face possible death by stoning
BAUCHI, Nigeria -- An Islamic court in northern Nigeria has convicted one man and sentenced him to 20 lashes for having sex with another man, and 10 Muslim men could face death by stoning if also...
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Global LGBT rights: Anti-gay laws, attitudes hold sway in many regions
While gay-rights activists celebrate gains in much of the world, their setbacks have been equally far-flung, and often sweeping in scope. Globally, the contrasts are striking... at least 76 countries...
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Arrests spread across Nigeria, unleashed by wide-ranging new anti-gay law
LAGOS, Nigeria -- Arrests have spread across Nigeria as dozens more people perceived to be gay have been rounded up and questioned, activists said Friday, describing another wave of police attention...
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Religious leaders praise Nigeria’s new anti-gay law, claim it’s ‘God’s will’
ABUJA, Nigeria -- Leading Christian and Islamic leaders are praising Nigeria's new law banning same-sex marriage and outlawing anyone from forming organizations supporting gay rights.
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Nigerian protesters urge speedy convictions, executions of accused gay men
BAUCHI, Nigeria -- Thousands of protesters threw stones into the Shariah court in a north Nigerian city Wednesday, urging the speedy convictions and executions of 11 men arrested for belonging to gay...
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Nigeria’s anti-gay law fanning violence, ‘mob justice’ against LGBT people
I woke up at 5:00 am this morning unable to sleep and worrying over my fellow LGBT Nigerians. The violence in the wake of the passing of my country’s anti-gay law keeps me awake and I find myself...
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