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BY NICHOLAS BIRCH Turkey’s football authorities are at the center of a developing scandal, in which the dropping of a referee is turning into a civil rights test case. The referee at the center of the case, Halil Ibrahim Dincdag, maintains he was let go because of his homosexuality, and he is challenging the Turkish Football Federation’s decision in a local court.
What's common between sex and religion? That both are best left to civil society and the consciences of private individuals, rather than allowed to become a police matter. Sunday saw the happy coming out party of gays, lesbians and queers in cities across India.
The riot that changed America's sexual politics
The city commission of Kalamazoo, Mich., voted unanimously Monday to expand protections for LGBT people in employment, housing, and public accommodations, but opponents of the measure vowed to challenge it immediately through a public referendum process, according to the Kalamazoo Gazette.
LGBT Pride posters defaced at the U.S. Department of Labor, Bernie Madoff sentenced and more.
The Vermillion School Board, after receiving input from nearly 20 members of the community and a letter from Sioux Falls-based Equality South Dakota, agreed Monday to change the school district’s non-discrimination policy to include the categories of sexual orientation and gender identity.
In early May, National Public Radio, a supposed bastion of liberal media bias, found itself in the cross hairs of the lesbian and gay community over an online review of "Outrage.".
Labor Secretary Hilda Solis is denouncing vandals who defaced many of the gay pride posters installed at the agency's Washington headquarters.
The riot that changed America's sexual politics
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