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15 March 2013Peers in House of Lords urge decriminalisation of homosexuality across the Commonwealth 16 Peers in the House of Lords have called on the British government to push for all Commonwealth countries to decriminalise homosexuality following criticism for the Commonwealth charter's "vague" anti-discrimination clause. -
13 March 2013SNP’s LGBT group pushes minister to include LGBT people in Commonwealth charter 19 The Scottish National Party's LGBT group has put pressure on Scotland's Minister for External Affairs to attempt to amend the recently signed Commonwealth charter, which protects against discrimination, but does not specifically mention LGBT people. -
10 March 2013Peter Tatchell: The Queen’s silence on gay rights excludes and disrespects gay people 82 Peter Tatchell writes that, although the Commonwealth Charter implicitly condemns homophobic discrimination, the Queen's lack of specific recognition of the LGBT community is a signal of exclusion and disrespect.
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