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Vogue Singapore penalised for promoting 'non-traditional' families
AFP, Published on 15/10/2022
» Authorities have shortened Vogue Singapore's publishing permit, issuing a "stern warning" to the fashion magazine for its content containing nudity and promoting "non-traditional families".
LGBTQ Singaporeans welcome sex law repeal, decry marriage exclusion
AFP, Published on 22/08/2022
» SINGAPORE: Singapore's LGBTQ community on Monday welcomed the government's plan to decriminalise gay sex but warned that amending the constitution to enshrine the traditional definition of marriage would promote further inequality.
Singapore to repeal colonial-era law against gay sex: PM
AFP, Published on 21/08/2022
» SINGAPORE: Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced Sunday the country will repeal a colonial-era law criminalising gay sex, though he maintained that the government will continue to "uphold" marriage as being between a man and a woman.
Spain legalises euthanasia, assisted suicide
AFP, Published on 18/03/2021
» MADRID: Spain's parliament voted through a law legalising euthanasia Thursday, becoming one of the few nations to allow terminally-ill or gravely-injured patients to end their own suffering.
Gay pioneer stands in Myanmar election
AFP, Published on 05/10/2020
» YANGON: Outraged over ongoing discrimination in Myanmar, Myo Min Tun decided to stand as the first openly gay election candidate in a country where same-sex relations are illegal.
Is France turning its back on blasphemy?
AFP, Published on 28/08/2020
» PARIS - Their nation born of revolt against Church and Crown, the French have long cherished provocation and irreverence as part of their revolutionary identity.
Madagascar's 'angel makers' flourish in ban on abortion
AFP, Published on 01/09/2019
» ANTANANARIVO - Volatiana keeps her secret behind a flimsy wooden gate, tucked along a red brick wall at the back of her vegetable garden in Madagascar's Antananarivo.
Botswana to rule on scrapping anti-gay laws
AFP, Published on 10/06/2019
» GABORONE, Botswana: Botswana could decriminalise gay sex on Tuesday when its high court is due to rule in a landmark case being watched across Africa after Kenya recently upheld its own anti-homosexuality laws.
Botswana court hears bid to scrap anti-gay laws
AFP, Published on 14/03/2019
» GABORONE (BOTSWANA) - The High Court in Botswana on Thursday started hearing an application seeking to decriminalise homosexuality, in a landmark case for Africa's legal response to same-sex relationships.
Indian press lauds gay sex ruling but Modi gov't stays silent
AFP, Published on 07/09/2018
» NEW DELHI - Indian media on Friday -- including some conservative outlets -- hailed a Supreme Court ruling to decriminalise gay sex whilst highlighting a "deafening" silence from Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist government.