18 December 2013
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International Migrants Day

So many of us come from somewhere else, today is International Migrants Day. Learn more and share your story at #IAmAMigrant. Continue reading 

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17 December 2013
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Going against the tide of history

A personal account of what it’s like being gay in India. Author Siddharth Dube shares his story and his disappointment with the court judgement on Section 377.

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16 December 2013
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Red lights and rights

Reaction to Section 377 continues. Mahesh Mahalingam weighs in with his thoughts. After 20 years in the AIDS response he is seeing red!

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13 December 2013
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FREE AND EQUAL

Just three days ago, on Human Rights Day, 10 December, the UN released a video about LGBT rights and a day later it is already out of the date. With the re-instatement of Section 377 in India, the number of countries that now criminalize same-sex relationships has gone from 76 to 77.

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12 December 2013
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QUOTES ON SECTION 377

Reaction has been swift to the Supreme Court of India’s order—recriminalizing consensual adult same sex sexual relations. In 2009 the same Court annulled the 150 year old law, commonly known as Section 377, of the Indian Penal Code. 

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11 December 2013
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CAN ONE PERSON MAKE A DIFFERENCE?

Have you heard about Upworthy? It’s a site that shares issue-based videos you might have missed—with what one journalist called, “super clicky headlines”. Including this one “All Right, Internet, You Got Me. I’m Inspired by This Dude”.

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10 December 2013
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Human Rights Day

The UN General Assembly proclaimed 10 December as Human Rights Day in 1950, to bring to the attention ‘of the peoples of the world’ the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as the common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations.

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10 December 2013
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IN MEMORY

Around the world media outlets are broadcasting the memorial service for Nelson Mandela—including SABC and BBC.

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