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By Bel Trew, on May 21st, 2013 Bel Trew on a moment of hope for Egypt’s gays and lesbians
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By , on May 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A public outcry against missing donations by the Red Cross Society of China has morphed into subdued scepticism after the Ministry of Civil Affairs reviewed figures at the weekend that indicated considerable amount of funds had disappeared. On Friday, the ministry, which is charged with supervising charity organisations, had published how much charities nationwide had collected for rescue and reconstruction efforts in Sichuan province after the April 20 earthquake. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> More than half of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people on the mainland have heard colleagues use insulting language or tell offensive jokes about LGBT people, resulting in most choosing to stay in the closet, according to a report released in Beijing yesterday. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 17th, 2013 
A quarter of gay people surveyed in a major EU poll say they have been subjected to attacks or violent threats in the past five years.
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By , on May 16th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Ten rights lawyers petitioned a key National People’s Congress commission yesterday, calling for legitimising same-sex marriage on the mainland, ahead of today’s annual International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia. The lawyers, from law firms across the mainland, signed a joint letter calling for the law committee of the NPC to study the legalisation of gay marriage. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 13th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> On the day when a Hong Kong transsexual won the right to marry as a woman, New Zealand had already become the first Asia-Pacific country to legalise same-sex marriage. While there is no sign of any Asian government following this precedent any time soon, the emerging faces of China’s sexual minorities epitomise a growing challenge facing a traditional society in the fast lane of modernisation. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 28th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Fatigued by years of austerity and swayed by promises of debt relief, this windswept north Atlantic island of glaciers, geysers and volcanoes is returning to a centre-right government that ruled over its stunning financial collapse just five years ago. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 24th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The European Union is an exclusive club many countries are vying to join. But Iceland, as it goes to the polls, is having severe second thoughts. The bid by the North Atlantic island nation to join the EU, launched in 2009, could be abandoned after Saturday’s general election if parties opposed to membership win, as opinion surveys suggest they will. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By Ilana Glazer, on April 23rd, 2013 On April 19th, I wrote a post regarding the Boy Scouts changing their policy on gay scouts. That day, FrumBeast recieved an email from the BSA Public Relations Director, Deron Smith.
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By , on April 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The Boy Scouts of America proposed lifting a ban on gay scouts, but maintaining a prohibition on gay adults from leading troops, a compromise that attempts to end a bitter split in the century-old American institution. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, on April 19th, 2013 Under pressure over its longstanding ban on gays, the Boys Scouts of America is proposing to lift the ban for youth members but continue to exclude gays as adult leaders.
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By Joanna Chiu, on April 19th, 2013 Joanna Chiu on lesbians and gays getting married in sham marriages.
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By , on April 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> WASHINGTON (AP) — Secret Service: Letter addressed to Obama contained ‘suspicious substance’ <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> LONDON (AP) — Fashion company Burberry reported an 11 percent increase in sales for the fourth quarter, as China and Hong Kong buyers continued to snap up the luxury retailer’s wares. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Hundreds of women who received faulty breast implants gathered on Wednesday in a makeshift courthouse in the south of France for the fraud trial of five executives accused of using cheap industrial silicone to fill tens of thousands of implants that were sold around the world. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Mourning for a mainland graduate student who was killed in the Boston Marathon bombings swept through the nation on Wednesday, with her friends expressing shock and praising her as a girl who was dedicated to her work. The Boston University and the Chinese Consulate in New York confirmed a graduate student at the school had become the third victim of Monday’s blast, but did not disclose personal details at the request of the victim’s family. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Twelve suspected Chinese poachers could face up to 20 years in prison for possession of hundreds of dead pangolins or scaly anteaters, Philippine wildlife authorities said on Wednesday. The boat carrying the 12 Chinese men ran aground on Tubbataha marine park, a Unesco World Heritage-listed coral reef near Palawan, last week. “We are preparing a case. We are still compiling supporting documents (but) it carries a heavy penalty of 12 to 20 years imprisonment,” Adelina Villena, environment officer of the province of Palawan, said. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A top Indian official said a blast in the city of Bangalore that wounded 16 people on Wednesday, including 11 policemen, was “an act of terror” designed to disrupt upcoming state elections. The explosion, which triggered panic among locals, appeared to have been planted on a motorbike near the office of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the main national opposition party which holds power in the southern state of Karnataka, police said. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> New Zealand became the first Asia-Pacific country to legalise same-sex marriage on Wednesday after a decades-long campaign, a historic decision celebrated with parties across the gay community. A parliamentary vote overwhelmingly backed a move to amend the 1955 Marriage Act 77-44 to describe matrimony as a union of two people regardless of their sex, sexuality or how they choose to identify their gender. “It is about saying these lives matter, our society is big enough for us,” gay Green Party MP Kevin Hague told parliament. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Pro-government legislators on Wednesday came up with a strategy to cut short a filibuster launched by radical pan-democrats aiming to obstruct the passage of the Budget bill. Tam Yiu-chung, chairman of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong, said marathon meetings could be avoided if the debates on some of the 751 amendments to the bill were merged. Tam also suggested that Legislative Council president Tsang Yok-sing call a halt to delaying tactics by citing rules of procedures – as he did last year to filibustering over by-election rules. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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China Red Cross donations in doubt after new figures
<!– google_ad_section_start –> A public outcry against missing donations by the Red Cross Society of China has morphed into subdued scepticism after the Ministry of Civil Affairs reviewed figures at the weekend that indicated considerable amount of funds had disappeared. On Friday, the ministry, which is charged with supervising charity organisations, had published how much charities nationwide had collected for rescue and reconstruction efforts in Sichuan province after the April 20 earthquake. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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