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Rep. Brandon Williams moves toward far right with new staff rooted in Trump’s MAGA campaign

The Post-Standard 25 Sep 2023
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, right, joined Williams on a tour of the 5G wireless equipment manufacturer ... Rick Guy served three terms on the Syracuse Common Council in the 1990s, where he opposed abortion rights and gay marriage. He later became the city’s top lawyer from 1998 to 2001.
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CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night's TV: Even Morse would struggle to figure out this muddled mess

The Daily Mail 30 Aug 2023
Rating.. Rating. ... Pick of today's TV ... The formulaic So Help Me Todd (Alibi) also crams a complex set-up into its opening episode, introducing us to deadbeat private detective Todd (Skylar Astin) and his mother, high-powered lawyer Margaret (Marcia Gay Harden) ... Marcia Gay Harden (right) plays high-powered lawyer Margaret in So Help Me Todd ... So classy. .
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Tucker Carlson visits Hungary, plans to interview Putin, left implodes

The Liberty Beacon 30 Aug 2023
ER Editor ... *** ... *** ... Watch ... Ep ... TYLER DURDEN ... Carlson started by apologizing on behalf of the United States after US Ambassador David Pressman, a gay activist, lectured the Hungarian government over LGBTQ rights ... Pressman, meanwhile is a gay human rights lawyer and California-born former aide to former US Secretary of State Madeline Albright ... Source ... ••••.
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First Ugandan charged with ‘aggravated homosexuality’ punishable by death

The Irish Times 29 Aug 2023
They fled Uganda following anti-gay laws enacted there in 2014 ... A 20-year-old man has become the first Ugandan to be charged with “aggravated homosexuality”, an offence punishable by death under the country’s recently enacted anti-gay law, prosecutors and his lawyer said.
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First Ugandan charged with 'aggravated homosexuality' punishable by death

RNZ 29 Aug 2023
A 20-year-old man has become the first Ugandan to be charged with "aggravated homosexuality", an offence punishable by death under the country's recently enacted anti-gay law, prosecutors and his lawyer said. Defying pressure from Western governments and rights organisations, ...
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Uganda charges man under new draconian anti-gay law

Business Day 28 Aug 2023
Kampala — A 20-year-old man has become the first Ugandan to be prosecuted for “aggravated homosexuality”, an offence punishable by death under the country’s recently enacted anti-gay law, prosecutors and his lawyer said. Defying pressure from Western governments and rights ...
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Exclusive: First Ugandan charged with 'aggravated homosexuality' punishable by death

Reuters 28 Aug 2023
KAMPALA, Aug 28 (Reuters) - A 20-year-old man has become the first Ugandan to be charged with "aggravated homosexuality", an offence punishable by death under the country's recently enacted anti-gay law, prosecutors and his lawyer said ... Acquire Licensing Rights.
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Here’s what’s in the new Temecula curriculum that concerns some board members

The Press Enterprise 05 Aug 2023
The Temecula Valley school board made national headlines when, in May, its conservative majority blocked a social studies curriculum that mentions slain gay rights leader Harvey Milk ... Groups like these were able to organize protests and hire lawyers to help gay people get their civil rights.”.
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Trans Rights and the Order of Speech: Part Two

Off Guardian 01 Aug 2023
I’m relieved to report, however, that a lawyer and Director at Gay Men’s Network, Dennis Noel Kavanagh, has challenged the legal incoherence of this response, which I’ll briefly summarise here ... Baker’s freedom of speech, Article 10 of the Human Rights Act does not include the right to threaten violence or encourage it in others.
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Disney accuses Ron DeSantis of violating its constitutional rights in ongoing legal feud

Hindustan Times 28 Jul 2023
The “Don’t Say Gay” bill, which restricts what schools can teach about LGBTQ issues, sparked national outrage and opposition from more than 150 major companies, including the Human Rights Campaign ... Disney sued him in federal court, alleging that he was violating its free speech rights and punishing it for opposing the “Don’t Say Gay” bill.
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Activists condemn violence against LGBTQ community in St Vincent

Jamaica Observer 21 Jul 2023
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Advocacy group Human Rights Watch released an in-depth report Thursday that details the abuse and discrimination the LGBTQ community says it faces in the eastern Caribbean island of St Vincent and the Grenadines, where gay sex is still criminalised.
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Activists condemn violence against LGBTQ community in St. Vincent, where gay sex is illegal

Killeen Daily Herald 20 Jul 2023
While rarely invoked, the rights group and a local activist said the laws help legitimize hostility and abuse against gay people. “These laws still have an impact,” said Jeshua Bardoo, an international human rights lawyer from St ... Human Rights Watch interviewed more than 20 members ...
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U.S. Diplomat Sticks It to Anti-Gay Prime Minister—With a Huge Pride Party

The Daily Beast 15 Jul 2023
Since his arrival in Budapest last year, the gay human rights lawyer has been relentlessly criticized by the country’s state-controlled media for what they perceive as his provocative propagandizing of progressive Western values to a people who do not share them ... human rights.”.
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Caledonian Record 01 Jul 2023
US commits more lawyers to address Native American disappearances and killings. Web designer in Supreme Court gay rights ruling cited client who denies making wedding site request ... Friday's ruling is widely considered a setback for gay rights ... All rights reserved.
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Supreme Court’s Decision in LGBTQ+ 303 Creative Case Poses Implications for LGBTQ+ Anti-Discrimination Protections

Scheerpost 01 Jul 2023
Be On The Right Side of History (jordanuhl7 /) ... In that case, the Colorado Civil Rights Commission had ruled that Phillips violated the state’s anti-discrimination act by turning the gay couple away. Phillips’ lawyers argued that his religious beliefs and free speech rights shielded him from having to bake the cake.
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