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Various Young Men ~ some animated gifs alsoposted in Youngbloods & Twinks
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Nicholas Russellposted in Sports Enthusiasts
South Dakota Tech Miners senior quarterback college football player Nicholas Russell has a big dick !!!
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Cameroon rejects UN Human Rights Council’s gay rights recommendationsposted in Gay News
Human Rights Watch has described Cameroon's position as 'shameful'
Cameroon has rejected the United Nations Human Rights Council’s recommendation that it decriminalise homosexuality.
During its Universal Periodic Review with the Council, Cameroon rejected nearly all proposals that involved tackling homophobic discrimination, abuse and violence in the country.
The country has one of the highest prosecution rates for consensual same-sex sexual relations in the world.
Cameroon rejected the Council’s call to end its policy of arbitrary arrests for same-sex conduct, as well as Uruguay’s proposal to tackle harassment and violence based on sexual orientation, and Germany’s proposal to protect LGBT people from violence.
Human Rights Watch said that Cameroon’s reaction to the proposals was “shameful,” adding that the country had “distanced itself from a growing consensus, voiced by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the UN Human Rights Council, that discrimination and violence on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity are never acceptable.
Cameroon did however accept Belgium’s recommendation to investigate police violence against people on the basis of their sexual orientation. A report by Human Rights Watch in March had found that the country’s security forces routinely torture people to make them confess to having same-sex relations.
An Amnesty International report submitted in preparation for Cameroon’s Universal Periodic Review stated: “Violence, arbitrary arrests and detention of men and women because of their real or perceived sexual orientation are commonplace in Cameroon and have been on the increase since the mid-2000s. Some have been beaten by members of the security forces or by members of the community largely motivated by homophobia.
Human Rights Watch said: “Cameroon’s anti-homosexuality law violates its own Constitution, as well as international law. Cameroon’s claim that the law targets people who have sex in public is patently false.
“In 2013, at least six people have been convicted for homosexuality; not a single one was caught having sex. One man was convicted in 2011 for sending a romantic text message.”
Under section 347 of the penal code, those found guilty of same-sex sexual acts in Cameroon face up to five years imprisonment.
In July, prominent Cameroonian gay rights and HIV campaigner Eric Ohena Lembembe was brutally murdered in his home, just days after speaking out against increasing violence against the country’s LGBT community.
One of his friends reported that his neck and feet had been broken, and that he had been burnt with an iron.
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Political party starts petition….......posted in Gay News
to ban Russian politicians supporting anti-gay law from entering Canada
Paul Dewar condemned the Russian anti-gay law
The New Democratic Party (NDP) in Canada has launched a petition calling for the government to ban Russian politicians supporting anti-gay laws from entering the country.
Paul Dewar, NDP foreign affairs critic, has said Canadians should sign the petition to communicate that the Russian legislation is unacceptable.
Dewar did applaud the government on speaking out against the laws, he said it should go further by banning the politician from getting travel visas to Canada.
He took to the streets in Toronto’s gay area on Saturday, and encouraged passers-by to sign the petition. The petition, also online, will be presented to government next month once Parliament resumes in October.
Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird spoke out last month to condemn recently introduced anti-gay laws in Russia as “hateful”, and said the law, which prohibits the “promotion” of homosexuality could incite violence.
Meanwhile, it was announced earlier this week that singer Selena Gomez had been banned from performing in Russia due to her open support for gay rights.
President Vladimir Putin signed the law in June banning the promotion of “non-traditional relationships” toward minors, a move that has been criticised as part of a broader crackdown on Russia’s gay community.
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Bangladesh criticised for refusing to decriminalise homosexuality despite UNposted in Gay News
Bangladesh refused to repeal the clause criminalizing gay relationships
Gay rights groups have criticised the government in Bangladesh for refusing to decriminalise gay relationships, despite recommendations by the United Nations to do so.
The Bangladeshi Government on Friday accepted 164 of 196 recommendations by the UN following a session of the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review.
One of the recommendations not accepted however, was to abolish Section 377 of the national penal code criminalising consensual same-sex relationships.
Following the meeting, a UN summary read that Abdul Hannan, a Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UN Office in Geneva, had told the council that his country would not accept any recommendations conflicting with “constitutional and legal provisions”, or “socio-cultural values of the country”.
Representing the gay rights group Boys of Bangladesh was Tanvir Alim, who said: “We regret that the government has rejected [the] recommendation to abolish Section 377 which criminalises consensual same-sex relationships.
“The government already has an extensive HIV/AIDS program including men who have sex with men. This rejection indicates that it’s just to avoid acknowledging human rights violations of sexual and gender minorities.”
Section 377 is a hangover from British imperialism, and is still reflected in the national penal codes of many former colonies. Despite this, neighbouring countries India and Nepal have both repealed the clause.
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Bulgaria: Hundreds march for gay rights and against Russian anti-gay lawsposted in Gay News
A pride march in Sofia was cancelled in June amid fears of homophobia (Image: Boby Dimitrov)
Several hundred protesters took to the streets of Sofia, Bulgaria, on Saturday, to rally for LGBT rights, and in protest against Russian anti-gay laws.
The demonstrators walked peacefully through the capital city, and were protected by hundreds of police officers following calls from extremist groups to stop the event.
Revellers displayed colourful banners which called for love, equality and sexual diversity.
Slogans against Russian anti-gay laws introduced earlier this year were chanted, and To Russia With Love signs were carried by marchers.
A pride march was planned to take place back in June, but the organising committee of Sofia Pride announced that the march would be postponed due to protest rallies against government corruption, which had gone on for over a week.
The Balkan country of 7.3 millon people joined the EU in 2007, but gay and lesbian people still face hostility.
Today’s march was criticised by the Orthodox Church, which said it undermined Christian traditions.
Last year, the fifth annual Pride in Sofia was marred by calls for violence from Father Evgeni Yanakiev of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, to which most Bulgarians belong.
Father Yanakiev said: “Our whole society must in every possible way oppose the gay parade that is being planned. For this reason today I appeal to all those who consider themselves Christians and Bulgarians. Throwing stones at gays is an appropriate way.”
President Vladimir Putin signed the law in June banning the promotion of “non-traditional relationships” toward minors, a move that has been criticised as part of a broader crackdown on Russia’s gay community.
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Taiwan: Religious groups fear same-sex marriages could lead to …....posted in Gay News
‘adultery and incest’
More than 1,400 activists in Taiwan took part in a campaign for same-sex marriages earlier this month.
Following recent campaigns in Taiwan pressuring authorities to legalise same-sex unions, religious organisations have sought to fight back, claiming that same-sex marriages could have “severe consequences” for the country, leading to adultery and incest.
The Taiwan group Caring Family Alliance, which is an umbrella of religious bodies, said last week in a press conference that it would defend traditional values, and would start a counter-campaign to block parliament from legalising same-sex marriages.
This comes after more than 1,200 activists in Taiwan took part in a mock “wedding banquet” earlier this month in order to press for a civil code amendment to legalise same-sex unions.
Chang Chuan-feng, vice president of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, spoke against this campaign, declaring that it empowered promiscuity and that it threatened to destroy traditional morality.
He said: “Once same-sex marriage is legalised, there will be more and more homosexual people. In the future, children will receive an education that teaches them homosexuality is fine, which will bring severe consequences.”
He also said that if legislators approved of the amendment, it would promote promiscuity and could lead to the legalisation of “adultery and incest.”
The pastor of Taiwan Lutheran Church, Chen Chih-hung, also said that if same-sex marriages became legal, it would encourage more people to become gay, which would destroy monogamy.
Soon after the religions leaders expressed their positions at the press conference, the China Post newspaper said in an editorial that while these groups were free to believe what they wanted, same-sex marriages did have “the potential to lend dignity to the lives of these individuals and reduce the public and private discrimination which they currently face.”
It also said “a person’s sexual orientation has not been definitively linked to any difference in the likelihood of that person committing a crime.”
Activists at the rally earlier this month sat around tables decorated with red cloths, where they had dinner and watched a video recording of local celebrities showing support as well as live performances from pop divas including Sandee Chan and Chang Hui-mei.
It came following an announcement from Taiwan’s Interior Ministry that the marriage status of a same-sex trans couple should remain legal, which activists said was a “benchmark ruling”.
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Cher: My trans son gave me a ‘deeper understanding of gender and sexual politicsposted in Family & Friends
Cher: 'I had friends who changed their gender, but it took Chaz going through it for me to really feel it.'
US singer Cher, who recently refused to perform at Russia’s 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi due to the country’s anti-gay laws, has revealed that it was her trans son who gave her a “deeper” and more “visceral” understanding of gender and sexual politics.
In an interview with the Guardian, Cher talked about life with her son Chaz Bono, who underwent gender confirmation surgery in 2010.
She said: “My daughter’s sex change gave me a deeper – a visceral – understanding of gender and sexual politics.”
“But it took me a little while,” she added.
“I had friends who changed their gender, but it took Chaz going through it for me to really feel it.”
Cher reportedly “went ballistic” when her son originally came out to her.
Chaz Bono told CNN in 1998: “For her, it was very much of a parental thing.
“She would have liked a little girl who would have liked to play dress-up in her closet. I was not one of them.
“I think she had certain expectations, hopes and dreams of what her child’s life would be, and she wanted it to be as smooth and easy as possible.”
In a 2009 interview, Chaz Bono said he was “thrilled” with the results of his transition.
He said he had “confused gender identity with sexual orientation” when younger.
“So when I was about 13 or 14, I realised I was attracted to women and then made the assumption that I was a lesbian, and didn’t realise that that wasn’t the case. It was the fact that I was a man and a heterosexual man. The issue wasn’t my sexual orientation, but rather my gender identity,” he added.
Talking on her son’s transition earlier this month, Cher said: “One time I called Chaz and he had forgot to change his voicemail and it was his old voice. It shook me a bit.
“These are small changes that as a mother you never forget. It is the last taboo. It used to be against the law. Thank God we’ve come so far.”
On boycotting the Russian Olympics, she said: ”I can’t name names but my friend called who is a big oligarch over there, and asked me if I’d like to be an ambassador for the Olympics and open the show. I immediately said no.
“I want to know why all of this gay hate just exploded over there. He said the Russian people don’t feel the way the government does.”
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US: San Francisco to launch….......posted in Gay News
its first ever support event for homeless LGBT people
29% of homeless people in San Francisco are LGBT
San Francisco is set to launch its first ever support event for homeless LGBT people, enabling them to access medical, dental, employment, and housing services in a one-day walk-in convention.
The event, dubbed LGBTQ Connect, will be held on October 7.
Its launch comes after findings in June that revealed among the city’s homeless population, 29% identified as LGBT – nearly twice the 15.4% of San Francisco residents in general, as estimated by the Williams Institute.
Officials said these figures posed a serious problem for the city, demanding urgent attention.
Mayor Ed Lee said: “We are building on models that we know work, and the Project Homeless Connect model will help connect the LGBTQ homeless population to targeted services that they need.”
Bevan Dufty, the mayor’s advisor on homelessness, also said he believes that LGBTQ Connect will be the first of its kind in the nation.
“In other parts of the country you find that a lot of homeless people are youths, but in San Francisco our numbers are consistently high across the board – LGBT young, adults and seniors,” he said. “That is a big factor here setting us apart.”
LGBTQ Connect will be held at the LGBT Community Center, 1800 Market Street, from 10am to 3pm.
In June, Mary Howe of Haight Ashbury Youth Alliances said the over-representation of LGBT people among the homeless was partly due to teens being kicked out of their homes by homophobic or transphobic family members.
“A lot of them just want to go somewhere where they’re more accepted. Most of them leave with very little, and they make communities out of who they meet on the street,” she said.
Jennifer Heidenbach of the Coalition for Homelessness warned that more specialist centres were needed to deal with LGBT homeless people.
“What we get from this is that homelessness is a queer issue,” she said. “And when we look at our system, it’s not particularly gay-friendly.”
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RE: Warner Bros Fraud and Abuse of DMCA Case Goes to Juryposted in General News
I hope the Jury hangs these "Bastards" out to dry and awards a huge settlement!!!!
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RE: UTorrentposted in GayTorrent.ru Support Discussions
When I upgraded my µTorrent things went to S**t with my upload and download speed immediately. There was an ad that said I needed to add this program to improve my speed. So, I downloaded it and nothing changed at all and my next virus scan found items attached to that program that were a threat to my system.
I visit so many sites for posts for the Forums I run the Security Scan nightly and it never caused a problem but the attachments were there never the less.Be careful!?!
I also use the same older version and have never had issues with that version ever!!!
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