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UNAIDS: Funding cuts could lead to HIV ‘nightmare’

UNAIDS: Funding cuts could lead to HIV ‘nightmare’
(AP) — Cuts in donor funding could cause an HIV “nightmare,” the United Nations’ AIDS agency chief warned Monday. Michel Sidibe appealed to government and private donors to keep investing in the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, an international financing institution. He...
March 10th, 2010 | Health, NewsBites, World | Read More

Join the AIDS fight with just the click of a button

Join the AIDS fight with just the click of a button
(AP) — With a simple click, U.S. travelers buying airline tickets via some travel agencies and Internet sites can now donate $2 or more to fight AIDS in developing countries. The United Nations and former President Bill Clinton launched the donation effort Thursday called MassiveGood. It aims to...
March 8th, 2010 | Health, NewsBites, World | Read More

Portugal moves forward with bill legalizing gay marriage

Portugal moves forward with bill legalizing gay marriage
The final wording of a gay marriage bill approved by Portugal’s Parliament received approval on Wednesday, Portugal’s IOL Diario reported. The government’s Committee for Constitutional Affairs unanimously agreed on the bill’s final language. The measure now heads to the desk of...
March 1st, 2010 | LGBT, NewsBites, World | Read More

Uganda activists petition against anti-gay bill

Uganda activists petition against anti-gay bill
KAMPALA, Uganda — Critics of a proposed Ugandan law that would impose the death penalty for some gays say they’ve gathered 500,000 signatures calling for the bill’s rejection. A delegation including Anglican priest Canon Gideon Byamugisha delivered the petition to Uganda’s parliament...
March 1st, 2010 | LGBT, NewsBites, World | Read More

South African education officials investigating expulsion of 27 girls for same-sex behavior

South African education officials investigating expulsion of 27 girls for same-sex behavior
According to the BBC, South African education officials are investigating reports that a girls’ boarding school dormitory was closed because of lesbian relationships. Reportedly, 27 girls were expelled from school due to allegations from fellow students regarding their involvement in same-sex relationships...
February 26th, 2010 | LGBT, NewsBites, World | Read More

Imagine continuing to pay for an act that’s no longer illegal

Imagine continuing to pay for an act that’s no longer illegal
(AP) — LONDON – He was convicted of a crime more than half a century ago, but what he did in 1959-have consensual sex with another man-would be perfectly legal today. So John Crawford, 70, wants his criminal record cleaned up for good, so that he doesn’t have to disclose his conviction...
February 17th, 2010 | LGBT, NewsBites, World | Read More

France pioneers a better understanding of transgenderism around the world

France pioneers a better understanding of transgenderism around the world
France has become the first country in the world to declassify transgenderism as a mental illness. Health minister Roselyne Bachelot announced in May last year, before International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO), that the country would move to de-list the condition as a mental illness. A...
February 15th, 2010 | LGBT, NewsBites, World | Read More

World renowned fashion designer, Alexander McQueen, dies at age 40

World renowned fashion designer, Alexander McQueen, dies at age 40
(London) British fashion designer Alexander McQueen was found dead at his London home on Thursday, his spokeswoman said. He was 40 years old. Company spokeswoman Samantha Garrett said McQueen’s body was discovered in the morning but that she had no information “in terms of circumstances.” Police...
February 11th, 2010 | LGBT, NewsBites, Society & Culture, World | Read More

Cause Commandos rally support from the gay community for rebuilding efforts in Haiti

Cause Commandos rally support from the gay community for rebuilding efforts in Haiti
A gay couple working on the ground in Haiti has launched the website CauseCommandos.com to rally support from the gay community and provide medicine, food, and tents to those affected by the region’s devastating earthquake. A former Haitian resident, Montgomery made his mark on the community there...
February 11th, 2010 | Health, LGBT, NewsBites, Society & Culture, World | Read More

Brazilian Man Granted Asylum In United States

Brazilian Man Granted Asylum In United States
A Brazilian man has been granted asylum by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security as violence against LGBT residents of the South American nation escalates. Augusto Pereira de Souza, 27, lives in Newark, N.J. He said he was worried that he would be in danger if he were forced to return to Brazil....
February 9th, 2010 | LGBT, NewsBites, World | Read More
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