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		<title>Argentinian judge permits gay couple to marry</title>
		<link>http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/13/argentinian-judge-permits-gay-couple-to-marry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:28:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Geen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A gay couple in Argentina have been given permission to marry by a judge. Alex Freyre and Jose Maria Di Bello were granted the right by Judge Gabriela Seijas in Buenos Aires.]]></description>
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		<title>Calls grow for Uganda to reject anti-gay bill</title>
		<link>http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/10/calls-grow-for-uganda-to-reject-anti-gay-bill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:41:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Geen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A bill in Uganda which would see gay people being executed has led to protests and public calls for it to be rejected. A demonstration was held on Saturday outside the country's embassy in London.]]></description>
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		<title>UK government &#039;concerned&#039; about Uganda&#039;s anti-gay law</title>
		<link>http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/06/uk-government-concerned-about-ugandas-anti-gay-law/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:44:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Geen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UK government has released a statement on the proposals in Uganda to execute people who have gay sex following condemnation of the bill from France and America. ]]></description>
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		<title>France condemns Uganda&#039;s proposed anti-gay law</title>
		<link>http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/03/france-condemns-ugandas-proposed-anti-gay-law/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:04:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Geen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The French foreign ministry has attacked a bill in Uganda which would see gay people facing the death penalty or life imprisonment.]]></description>
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		<title>Kenya to conduct census of gays</title>
		<link>http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/29/kenya-to-conduct-census-of-gays/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:15:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Geen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kenya is to conduct a census of gay people in an attempt to control the spread of HIV. The confidential survey will be carried out by the National AIDS/STD Control Programme, starting in January or February next year.]]></description>
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		<title>Human rights groups oppose Uganda&#039;s proposed death penalty for homosexuality</title>
		<link>http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/16/human-rights-groups-oppose-ugandas-proposed-death-penalty-for-homosexuality/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:49:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff Writer, PinkNews.co.uk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seventeen human rights groups have called for proposed new laws on homosexuality in Uganda to be scrapped immediately. The proposals could see gay people being executed.]]></description>
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		<title>Ugandan MP proposes that gays should be executed</title>
		<link>http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/15/ugandan-mp-proposes-that-gays-should-be-executed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/15/ugandan-mp-proposes-that-gays-should-be-executed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:22:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Geen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Ugandan MP has proposed that lawmakers should create a new crime of "aggravated homosexuality", which would be punishable by death.]]></description>
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		<title>Man jailed for life over murder and rape of lesbian footballer</title>
		<link>http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-14194.html/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-14194.html/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:32:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Geen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A man was jailed for life today for the murder and rape of a lesbian South African footballer. Eudy Simelane, a player for Banyana Banyana and prominent South African gay rights activist, was stabbed to death in April 2008.]]></description>
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		<title>Gay men &#039;can be outed by their Facebook profiles&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-14183.html/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-14183.html/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:33:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Geen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gay men can be outed by looking at their Facebook friends, a study has found. According to researchers, the information can be found despite discretion and privacy settings.]]></description>
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		<title>Report claims South African runner is intersex</title>
		<link>http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-14029.html/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-14029.html/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:55:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Geen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Caster Semenya, the South African runner whose gender has come under scrutiny, is intersex, an Australian newspaper has claimed.]]></description>
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		<title>Caster Semenya unveils glamorous look as she learns she&#039;ll keep gold medal</title>
		<link>http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13981.html/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:04:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff Writer, PinkNews.co.uk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[South African athlete Caster Semenya has learned that she will be entitled to retain her 800-metre gold medal regardless of the results of tests to ascertain whether she is really a man or a woman. She has also taken part in a glamorous magazine shoot.
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		<title>VIDEO: Athlete at centre of gender row given hero&#039;s welcome in South Africa</title>
		<link>http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13812.html/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13812.html/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:41:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff Writer, PinkNews.co.uk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than 3,000 people were at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg yesterday to welcome home athlete Caster Semenya.]]></description>
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		<title>17-year-old faces homosexuality trial in Senegal</title>
		<link>http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13753.html/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13753.html/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:28:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Geen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A 17-year-old boy is due to face trial for "acts against nature" in Senegal next week, according to the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC)
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		<title>Gender tests on South African gold medallist sprinter Caster Semenya</title>
		<link>http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13730.html/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13730.html/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:52:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff Writer, PinkNews.co.uk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[South African sprinter Caster Semenya might have won the 800m in 1min 55.45sec but all eyes are now on whether she is indeed a woman.]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;50-50 chance&#039; of Zimbabwe constitution protecting gays</title>
		<link>http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13628.html/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13628.html/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 09:31:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Geen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gay rights campaigners in Zimbabwe believe they have a 50-50 chance of having gay, lesbian and bisexual people protected under the country's new constitution.]]></description>
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		<title>Appeal for Burundi to end criminalisation of homosexuality</title>
		<link>http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13503.html/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13503.html/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:12:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramsey Dehani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Human Rights Watch (HRC) has called on Burundi to reverse its law criminalising gay sex.]]></description>
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		<title>Trial resumes on rape and murder of lesbian sportswoman</title>
		<link>http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13480.html/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13480.html/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:40:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Gray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Protestors gathered outside the Delmas circuit court in South Africa on Wednesday as the trial of three men accused of murdering lesbian soccer player Eudy Simelane resumed. ]]></description>
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		<title>Homophobia blamed for high levels of HIV in African gay men</title>
		<link>http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13334.html/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13334.html/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:28:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Geen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Research has suggested that HIV rates for gay men in sub-Saharan Africa are ten times higher than the average rate for the general male population.]]></description>
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		<title>British minister condemns Burundi over law criminalising gay sex</title>
		<link>http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-12330.html/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-12330.html/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 14:43:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff Writer, PinkNews.co.uk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[International Development minister Ivan Lewis has attacked the recent decision by the government of Burundi to criminalise gay sex.]]></description>
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		<title>Gay man&#039;s body removed twice from Senegal cemetery</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 10:56:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff Writer, PinkNews.co.uk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The body of a man believed to be gay has been removed twice from a cemetary in the town of Thies, Senegal. According to reports, the man, aged in his thirties, had died of natural causes.]]></description>
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