Alarming new reports out of Iraq suggest the nation's gay and lesbian population is being targeted by death squads
As the San Diego Gay & Lesbian News is reporting, the International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) cites Iraqi human rights activists who claim an unidentified group posted death threats against “adulterous individuals” in the predominately Shiite neighborhoods of Baghdad and Basra, two of Iraq’s major cities.
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Iraq's Gay And Lesbian Community Being Targeted By Death Squads: Report (HuffingtonPost)
Libya Tells UN Rights Council:Gays threaten continuation of human race
Libya’s Islamist objection to gays dampers hopes of Arab Spring
Gays threaten the continuation of the human race, Libya's delegate told a planning meeting of the 47-nation UN Human Rights Council yesterday, reported the Geneva-based UN Watch monitoring group. It was the first appearance in a regular council session by the post-Gaddafi government, whose membership was reinstated in November following Libya's March suspension.
Forced Sterilization for Transgender People in Sweden (MotherJones)
Little known fact about Sweden, that supposed bastion of liberal idealism: If a Swedish transgender person wants to legally update their gender on official ID papers, a 1972 law requires them to get both divorced and sterilized first.
Gay Candidate Reaches Finnish Presidential Runoff (Advocate)
Pekka Haavisto, the first openly gay presidential candidate in Finland, has reached a runoff election scheduled for next month.
Lesbian trucker in Sweden becomes internet sensation with Twitter posts (PinkPaper)
A lesbian truck-driver in Sweden has become a web hit after Tweeting from the country's official online account.
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