The US military's dirty, ugly and shameful secret
When men in the military rape other men in the ranks, no one wants to talk about it. Why the sexual assault of males in the service is finally being confronted.
«Less than two weeks after arriving on base, [Greg Jeloudov] was gang-raped in the barracks by men who said they were showing him who was in charge of the United States. When he reported the attack to unit commanders, he says they told him, “It must have been your fault. You must have provoked them.”
What happened to Jeloudov is a part of life in the armed forces that hardly anyone talks about: male-on-male sexual assault.»
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Labels: GLBT Interest, Homophobia, Life, Politics, Sexuality, US Military
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Gay sex decriminalised in India
«A court in the Indian capital, Delhi, has ruled that homosexual intercourse between consenting adults is not a criminal act.
The ruling overturns a 148-year-old colonial law which describes a same-sex relationship as an "unnatural offence".
Homosexual acts were punishable by a 10-year prison sentence.»
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the beebNote: from 02 July 2009Labels: GLBT Interest, News, Sexuality
# posted by j @ 15:46 et / |
UN split over homosexuality laws
By
Laura Trevelyan BBC News, United Nations
Sixty-six countries at the United Nations have called for homosexuality to be decriminalised. The countries signed a declaration sponsored by France and the Netherlands demanding and end to legal punishment based on sexual orientation.
Sixty other countries of the UN's 192 member states, including a number of Arab and African states, rejected the non-binding declaration.
They said laws on homosexuality should be left to individual countries.
Gay men, lesbians and transsexuals worldwide face daily violations of their human rights.
Homosexuality is a criminal offence in more than 80 countries, while in at least seven nations, including Saudi Arabia, sex between men can be punished with the death penalty.
Considerable opposition This month marks the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the French and Dutch governments are using this to highlight discrimination against homosexuals.
Their statement calls for an end to the execution, arrest and detention of homosexuals and transexuals.
The Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen said it was a significant declaration.
Yet there is considerable opposition to this at the UN. Socially conservative countries in the Arab world and in Africa did not want anything to do with it.
Syria spoke on behalf of 60 countries, arguing that domestic laws should be respected, and claiming the declaration could legitimise deplorable acts including paedophilia.
The US was the only major Western nation not to sign the declaration. Even though the US Supreme Court has ruled that states cannot make homosexuality a crime, diplomats claimed the declaration was not compatible with the division between between state and federal law.
France and the Netherlands hope more countries will sign up to the declaration in the future.
Story from BBC NEWS
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# posted by j @ 23:49 et / |
say NO to homophobia
Labels: AIDS, GLBT Interest, Homophobia, Life, SIDA
# posted by j @ 11:15 et / |
JK Rowling: «Dumbledore is gay»
During a question-and-answer session at New York's Carnegie Hall a 19-year-old from Colorado asked author JK Rowling:
Did Dumbledore, who believed in the prevailing power of love, ever fall in love himself?The author replied:
My truthful answer to you...I always thought of Dumbledore as gay. The audience reportedly fell silent - then erupted into prolonged applause.
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David Smith's story.
Labels: GLBT Interest, Literature, News
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