The past debates on the rights of LGBT (lesbians, gays, bisexual and transgender) individuals and their implication on public policy in Singapore have generated much heat. These debates have also almost exclusively centred on the arguments of religion versus rights….
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The Supreme Court of the United States ruled Friday that same-sex couples have the right to marry. (Tweet This) “This ruling will strengthen all of our communities,” President Barack Obama said in a speech after the ruling. “I know change…
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A motion tabled by a group of MPs, requesting the Federal Government to submit a bill to provide for the possibility of same-sex “marriages”, has been rejected by 110 to 26 votes in the Austrian National Assembly. This shows once…
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HANOI, VIETNAM — As U.S. ambassador to Vietnam, Ted Osius deals with geopolitical concerns like China’s island-building efforts in the South China Sea. But the personal can also be political when Osius introduces his husband, Clayton Bond, and speaks of…
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JEDDAH: There would be no rights granted to gay people in the Kingdom, the Interior Ministry said on Wednesday. In a post on its Twitter account, the ministry stated that it supports human rights principles proposed by international bodies as…
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