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Title: Was 2013 A Good Year For LGBT Rights?
Post by: DriftingCrow on December 21, 2013, 04:13:33 PM
http://www.buzzfeed.com/lesterfeder/was-2013-a-good-year-for-gay-rights
Author: J. Lester Feder Source: BuzzFeed

For the global LGBT movement, 2013 was a year of extremes.

"Australia, India, Uganda, Russia, and now [Nigeria] — great year in the US, but globally? Turning out to be one of the worst," summed up one international LGBT issues expert.

While a global human rights debate is not reducible to a score card, this statistic is instructive: While 18 countries, home to more than 10 percent of the world's population, now recognize same-sex marriage, 77 countries still outlaw sodomy.
Title: Re: Was 2013 A Good Year For LGBT Rights?
Post by: peky on December 21, 2013, 04:16:41 PM
In the USA...almost but the Republicans did not pass ENDA.... bunch of hateful Grinch's