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Small Legal Gains Signal Big Leap For LGBT Rights In Africa

Small Legal Gains Signal Big Leap For LGBT Rights In Africa

Legal experts say the victories “represent significant progress on human rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people and have broader implications with regard to countries’ obligations to uphold basic rights” of those who live in the margins.

Zambian gay rights activist Paul Kasonkomona leaving magistrate court.

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Backlash to America's Gay Rights: U.S. Evangelicals taking their fight overseas

Backlash to America's Gay Rights: U.S. Evangelicals taking their fight overseas

American evangelicals are taking their fight against LGBT rights overseas.

Here's Why LGBT Equality Must Be About More Than the U.S.

Here's Why LGBT Equality Must Be About More Than the U.S.

"In more than 75 countries worldwide, you can be arrested simply on the basis of your sexual orientation. These countries have a collective population of over 3 billion -- nine times the number of people living in the U.S. and almost 43 percent of the world's population. In eight of those countries, it's perfectly legal to be sentenced to death for being gay or lesbian."

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