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Cash payment for safe sex said to reduce HIV spread
Agence France Presse (AFP), Posted: 7/19/2010, 9:41 AM
QUICK LOOK: The World Bank released two studies Sunday linking cash payments to Malawian and Tanzanian youths with "significantly lower" rates of HIV and other sexually transmitted... (MORE)

Global HIV infections plummet among young adults
Christian Science Monitor, Posted: 7/17/2010, 6:24 AM
QUICK LOOK: HIV infections among young adults have plummeted in 15 of the world's worst-affected countries, according to a new UN report that credits the improvements to positive... (MORE)

Americans help stridently anti-gay Ugandan church
National Public Radio (NPR), Posted: 7/16/2010, 8:07 AM
QUICK LOOK: Martin Ssempa, who pastors the evangelical Makerere Community Church in Kampala, has become the face of Uganda's anti-homosexuality movement. He has organized anti-gay... (MORE)
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Beheading of Ugandan gay activist apparently a hoax
Edge Boston, Posted: 7/7/2010, 7:24 PM
QUICK LOOK: The GLBT site that broke the story in America of a murdered, beheaded Ugandan GLBT equality activist now says that while a murder and beheading did take place, the identity... (MORE)

Severed head of missing Ugandan gay activist found
Lez Get Real, Posted: 7/6/2010, 11:56 AM
QUICK LOOK: Editor's note: This report has subsequently been questioned as a hoax. Details... (MORE)

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Gay rights in developing countries: well-locked closet
The Economist, Posted: 5/27/2010, 8:25 PM
QUICK LOOK: Their crimes were “gross indecency” and “unnatural acts”. Their sentence was 14 years’ hard labour: one intended, said the judge, to scare others. He has succeeded. A... (MORE)
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Even after death, African anti-gay violence continues
Associated Press (AP), Posted: 4/13/2010, 6:11 AM
QUICK LOOK: Even death cannot stop the violence against gays in this corner of the world any more. Madieye Diallo's body had only been in the ground for a few hours when the mob... (MORE)

New HIV infections are on increase among gay men
Associated Press (AP), Posted: 3/18/2010, 10:47 PM
QUICK LOOK: New HIV infections are increasing among homosexuals, drug users and prostitutes who don't seek help because of laws that criminalize these practices, the head of the... (MORE)

Ruling is expected on '.gay' and '.xxx' domain names
Posted: 3/14/2010, 5:28 PM
QUICK LOOK: The body that decides on the availability of new web addresses will reconsider the case for allowing .xxx and decide on others, including .gay and .god on Friday in Nairobi... (MORE)
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Meet the world's four newest gay rights battlegrounds
Foreign Policy Magazine, Posted: 3/9/2010, 7:53 PM
QUICK LOOK: The struggle for gay rights in the United States has been going on now for decades. In other parts of the world, however, the fight is in much earlier stages. Here are... (MORE)

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Uganda won't drop anti-gay bill, says top legislator
New York Daily News, Posted: 3/2/2010, 3:14 PM
QUICK LOOK: Parliament Speaker Edward Ssekandi has told critics of the anti-homosexuality bill that it won't be withdrawn. Proposed in October, 2009, the measure would broaden the... (MORE)
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Uganda gay bill critics deliver massive online petition
BBC, Posted: 3/1/2010, 11:11 AM
QUICK LOOK: Campaigners opposing Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Bill have taken an online petition to parliament, signed by some 450,000 people from around the world. The petition is... (MORE)
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Uganda activists want anti-gay 'porn pastor' arrested
The Independent Online (South Africa), Posted: 2/23/2010, 9:31 PM
QUICK LOOK: Ugandan activists on Thursday called for the arrest of a pastor who screened gay porn in his church in an attempt to drum up support for legislation that could see some... (MORE)
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Uganda lawmaker says he would kill a son who's gay
365gay.com, Posted: 2/23/2010, 12:19 PM
QUICK LOOK: A member of Uganda’s parliament – which is currently debating an anti-gay bill that would punish homosexuality with death – said Friday at a human rights forum he would... (MORE)
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Ugandan pastor screens porn to defend antigay law
Agence France Presse (AFP), Posted: 2/18/2010, 6:47 AM
QUICK LOOK: A pastor seeking to bolster Uganda's anti-gay laws screened gay porn in a church in the capital Kampala overnight in a bid to gain support. The screening in an evangelical... (MORE)
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University chaplain favors execution of homosexuals
Out & About Newspaper (Tenn.), Posted: 2/12/2010, 2:46 AM
QUICK LOOK: Vanderbilt University hosts Project Dialogue every other year to open lines of communication on campus about a variety of topics. However, an event held in late January... (MORE)
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Obama, Clinton condemn draconian Uganda gay bill
National Public Radio (NPR), Posted: 2/4/2010, 11:22 AM
QUICK LOOK: Legislation under consideration in Uganda that could make homosexuality a criminal offense punishable with long jail terms and even execution is "odious," President Barack... (MORE)
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Ugandan MP may amend anti-gay death penalty bill
Pink News (U.K.), Posted: 1/22/2010, 12:48 AM
QUICK LOOK: David Bahati had previously refused to change provisions which would impose the death penalty or life imprisonment on gays, saying they would protect the "traditional... (MORE)
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U.S. conservatives exporting culture war to Uganda
National Public Radio (NPR), Posted: 1/15/2010, 4:10 PM
QUICK LOOK: The battle over the Bible and homosexuality has torn apart Christian churches and entire denominations in the United States. But what happens when that culture war is... (MORE)
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U.N. human rights chief slams Uganda anti-gay bill
Agence France Presse (AFP), Posted: 1/15/2010, 2:48 PM
QUICK LOOK: UN rights chief Navi Pillay on Friday urged the Ugandan government to scrap an anti-homosexuality bill which is to be put before parliament, saying that it was "blatantly... (MORE)
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Ugandan president: 'go slow' on anti-gay legislation
The Guardian (U.K.), Posted: 1/15/2010, 11:06 AM
QUICK LOOK: After weeks of mounting domestic and international concern over the “Anti-Homosexuality Bill” currently before the Ugandan parliament, President Yoweri Museveni finally... (MORE)
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U.K. MPs slam pending anti-gay legislation in Uganda
Politics.co.uk, Posted: 1/14/2010, 9:41 AM
QUICK LOOK: MPs are being urged to sign a motion condemning Uganda's anti-homosexuality bill. Labour MP and committed gay rights campaigner Harry Cohen tabled an early day motion... (MORE)
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Gays are used as scapegoats by flawed governments
New Zealand Herald, Posted: 1/10/2010, 10:25 AM
QUICK LOOK: A whispering campaign is under way in Uganda's capital, Kampala, accusing Paul Semugoma, a doctor, of being a predatory homosexual, actively recruiting younger men into... (MORE)
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Ugandan pol says gay death penalty 'unnecessary'
BBC, Posted: 1/8/2010, 10:24 AM
QUICK LOOK: A Ugandan government minister has said that a proposed law which includes the death penalty for some homosexual acts is "not necessary". Aston Kajara, minister of state... (MORE)
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Uganda likely to drop death penalty from anti-gay bill
The Guardian (U.K.), Posted: 1/7/2010, 1:52 PM
QUICK LOOK: A provision that would impose the death penalty for some gays is likely to be removed from the proposed legislation following opposition from Uganda's president, the... (MORE)
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