The Gist 2012-01-11 12:18:00

Guest / 2:30pm EST – Frank Mugisha, executive director of Sexual Minorities Uganda, joins us this afternoon from Uganda to speak about the battle for equality and how “gay rights” in Africa are the fight for life itself.Guest / 3:30pm EST – Earnest Win…

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Writer, Gay Rights Supporter Christopher Hitchens Dies

The writer, rabblerouser, and gay rights supporter succumbed to esophageal cancer Thursday at the age of 62.

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Can Momentum for LGBT Rights Continue at U.N.?

“Gay rights are human rights,” acknowledged a panel discussion at United Nations headquarters in New York. Now what?

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Fresno State to Take Gay Literature On The Road

Fresno State is preparing to create a traveling book exhibition to share
its large collection of LGBT literature with California high school
students, including speeches by experts on gay rights and homophobia.

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Russian Gay Activist Denounces Anti-Propaganda Bill

Nikolai Alexeyev warned that a bill moving in St. Petersburg to prohibit
the “propaganda of homosexuality” to minors could be used more broadly
to gay rights rallies.

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U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Convenes National Meeting

The Catholic bishops’s public policy arm convened its national meeting
Monday in Baltimore while feeling under siege by advances in gay rights
and perceived government assaults against religious liberty.

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John Amaechi Receives OBE

Former NBA player John Amaechi received an OBE at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday for work including his gay rights campaigns.

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Zimbabwe Justice Minister Attacks Prime Minister Over Gay Rights

Zimbabwe justice minister Patrick Chinamasa opposes a plan by Prime
Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, his bitter political rival, to put gay
rights in the constitution.

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Michigan Pastor Arrested for Gay Rights Protest

The Rev. Bill Freeman was arrested Wednesday in Holland for protesting
the city’s lack of a gay rights antidiscrimination ordinance in an
action inspired by Occupy Wall Street.

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Gay Pastor Pushes for Change in Malaysia

The Rev. Boon Lin Ngeo advocates for gay rights in Malaysia from his position in the United States.

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