A 27-year-old gay man died in a Toronto hospital after he was beaten by a group of men and driven over by the occupants of a black SUV. Friends fear he was targeted because he was gay.
The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission and the Beijing Aizhixing Institute have put out an alert asking the public to call on the Guangzhou Public Security Bureau to stop harassing and discriminating against gay men after three reported incidents this year.
LGBT activist groups have announced a new campaign "Year of Action for Same-Sex Marriage" in 2010 to be launched with a country-wide march on Nov 28 in major cities.
Homosexual acts are already illegal, but the Anti-Homosexuality Bill proposes the death penalty for those having gay sex with disabled people, under-18s or when the accused is HIV-positive
Said to be the largest gay rights rally in the US capital in the last decade, it was attended by activists and celebrities including Gilbert Baker who created the gay rainbow flag in 1978, Sex and the City star and out lesbian Cynthia Nixon, Oscar winner Dustin Lance Black, Lt. Dan Choi and Lady Gaga.
Stephen Gately, of the hugely successful pop group Boyzone, who made headlines when he came out as gay a decade ago, has died while on vacation with his partner in Spain.
The Council for Global Equality's report outlines steps that U.S. corporations can take to protect their LGBT employees and promote fair workplace policies across all of their facilities around the world; and in some cases may require corporate efforts to change discriminatory local laws that interfere with business.
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