Middle East
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18 May 2012
New York mural compares gay rights in Israel to its neighbours
A mural in New York's West Village has provoked controversy by depicting gay rights in Israel and comparing it to the status of LGBT people in the countries that neighbour and surround it.
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17 May 2012
UAE: Activists hold IDAHO commemoration with appeal for dialogue with LGBT people
Members of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender groupcommemorated the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO) with a message of hope and appeal for dialogue and change.
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16 May 2012
Israeli parliament rejects gay and inter-faith civil marriage bill
Legislation for the option of civil marriage for Israeli citizens who cannot be wed via religious institutions, including same-sex marriage and marriages between members of different faiths, like Muslims and Jews, was rejected by the Israel parliament, or Knesset.
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16 May 2012
UAE: Two men jailed for alleged public gay ‘fondling’ highlight privacy issues
Two men were sentence for jail terms and deportation from the UAE following a complaint from a member of the public.
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15 May 2012
Israeli newspaper Haaretz comes out for equal marriage within Israel
The Israeli newspaper Haaretz has become the latest publication around the world to call on its Government to introduce full marriage equality.
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14 May 2012
LGBT Iranians to speak in London as four men sentenced to death
An event launching a report on the way the internet affects LGBT life in Iran will be hosted in London this week, days after it was announced that the country was to execute four men on sodomy charges.
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12 May 2012
Four Iranian men due to be hanged for sodomy
Iran court sentence four men from the town of Choram, in the Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, to death by hanging for sodomy.
Four men named 'Saadat Arefi', 'Vahid Akbari', 'Javid Akbari' and 'Houshmand Akbari' are due to be executed shortly after their verdict was approved recently by high court judges, according to a report from the Human Rights Activist News Agency (HRANA) in Iran.
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26 April 2012
Iran believed to have executed a ‘gangster’ for engaging in gay sexual activities
A young man described as a 'gangster' who is known only by the initials CH M was hanged publicly in Marwdasht, Fars Province, Iran, for allegedly engaging in 'sodomy' with another man.
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19 April 2012
Israel’s Masorti Movement will ordain gay men and lesbians as rabbis
The Masorti Movement of Judaism in Israel will ordain gay and lesbian students as Conservative rabbis in Israel from the next academic year, it has been confirmed.
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18 April 2012
Iranian cleric criticises western laws allowing ‘disgusting’ gay acts
An Iranian cleric has described gay men and the politicians who pass laws protecting them as being 'worse than pigs and dogs'.
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17 April 2012
Dubai: Scottish man jailed for public gay sex was ‘only kissing and cuddling’
A Scottish man jailed in Dubai for having gay sex behind a petrol station one night claims has said there was 'no sex involved'.
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16 April 2012
Saudi Arabia: Schools ‘ban tomboys and gays’
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has reportedly banned gays and tomboys from its schools citing efforts to tackle the two 'phenomena'.
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12 April 2012
Dubai: British man jailed for three years for public gay sex
Two men have been sentenced for three years in jail for having drunken gay sex in public in Dubai.
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6 April 2012
Israeli committee to recommend legal surrogacy for gay couples
As a result of a gay couple's appeal to the High Court of Justice in Israel, a public committee which regulates issues around fertility and childbirth in Israel is to recommend changing current legislation on adoption, which excludes gay couples.
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3 April 2012
Afghanistan: US military investigates soldier raising gay pride flag
The US military has begun formal investigations into a series of three photographs that purport to show a soldier raising a rainbow flag, signifying gay pride, allegedly at a base in Afghanistan.
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18 May 2012New York mural compares gay rights in Israel to its neighbours 62 A mural in New York's West Village has provoked controversy by depicting gay rights in Israel and comparing it to the status of LGBT people in the countries that neighbour and surround it.
17 May 2012UAE: Activists hold IDAHO commemoration with appeal for dialogue with LGBT people 50 Members of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender groupcommemorated the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO) with a message of hope and appeal for dialogue and change.
16 May 2012Israeli parliament rejects gay and inter-faith civil marriage bill 69 Legislation for the option of civil marriage for Israeli citizens who cannot be wed via religious institutions, including same-sex marriage and marriages between members of different faiths, like Muslims and Jews, was rejected by the Israel parliament, or Knesset.
16 May 2012UAE: Two men jailed for alleged public gay ‘fondling’ highlight privacy issues 28 Two men were sentence for jail terms and deportation from the UAE following a complaint from a member of the public.
15 May 2012Israeli newspaper Haaretz comes out for equal marriage within Israel 28 The Israeli newspaper Haaretz has become the latest publication around the world to call on its Government to introduce full marriage equality.
14 May 2012LGBT Iranians to speak in London as four men sentenced to death 3 An event launching a report on the way the internet affects LGBT life in Iran will be hosted in London this week, days after it was announced that the country was to execute four men on sodomy charges.
12 May 2012Four Iranian men due to be hanged for sodomy 212 Iran court sentence four men from the town of Choram, in the Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, to death by hanging for sodomy. Four men named 'Saadat Arefi', 'Vahid Akbari', 'Javid Akbari' and 'Houshmand Akbari' are due to be executed shortly after their verdict was approved recently by high court judges, according to a report from the Human Rights Activist News Agency (HRANA) in Iran.
19 April 2012Israel’s Masorti Movement will ordain gay men and lesbians as rabbis 14 The Masorti Movement of Judaism in Israel will ordain gay and lesbian students as Conservative rabbis in Israel from the next academic year, it has been confirmed.
18 April 2012Iranian cleric criticises western laws allowing ‘disgusting’ gay acts 53 An Iranian cleric has described gay men and the politicians who pass laws protecting them as being 'worse than pigs and dogs'.
17 April 2012Dubai: Scottish man jailed for public gay sex was ‘only kissing and cuddling’ 53 A Scottish man jailed in Dubai for having gay sex behind a petrol station one night claims has said there was 'no sex involved'.
16 April 2012Saudi Arabia: Schools ‘ban tomboys and gays’ 51 The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has reportedly banned gays and tomboys from its schools citing efforts to tackle the two 'phenomena'.
3 April 2012Afghanistan: US military investigates soldier raising gay pride flag 41 The US military has begun formal investigations into a series of three photographs that purport to show a soldier raising a rainbow flag, signifying gay pride, allegedly at a base in Afghanistan.
