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December 18, 2014

Kirk questions facts behind anti-gay ordination appeal

The Church of Scotland has issued a statement in response to the formation of a group launched in Glasgow on opposed to the ordination of gay ministers.
February 16, 2014

Ugandan president gives way, will sign anti-homosexuality bill

Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni has agreed to sign a brutally oppressive Anti Homosexuality Bill into law, after pressure within and outside his party. Prejudice against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people has grown to dangerous proportions and already some have fled abroad to safety.
November 14, 2013

London human rights protest ahead of Commonwealth meeting

Human rights campaigners have rallied outside the Commonwealth’s London HQ ahead of the upcoming Sri Lanka summit.
January 27, 2013

Russia’s anti-gay ‘propaganda law’ assaults freedom of expression

Russia’s Parliament has backed a bill outlawing “propaganda of homosexuality among minors” in a move that will restrict fundamental human rights.
December 8, 2012

Kirk acts to stop removal of property by breakaway group

The Church of Scotland says claims that a prayer meeting at St George's Tron was deliberately disrupted by legal officers at its instigation are misleading.
November 30, 2011

Nigerian Senate votes through anti-gay bill

Nigeria came closer to adopting a harsh anti-gay bill when Senate passed it on 29 November 2011, to the dismay of civil rights advocates.
November 30, 2011

How Nigeria's anti-gay bill is unjust and victimizing

The Same Gender Marriage (Prohibition) Bill 2011 in Nigeria (http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/15821), if it becomes law, will make life even more unpleasant for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) people, who already face tough legal penalties, for their friends and for supporters of universal human rights.
October 3, 2011

Nigeria’s anti-gay Bill: remembering human rights

As some Nigerian politicians try again to push through legislation to further criminalise LGBT people and their friends, it is all the more important for those not caught up in a surge of mass hostility, including overseas well-wishers, to try to ensure that human rights are protected, and the dignity of all respected, says Savi Hensman.
June 22, 2011

Latvian churches in row over social science sexuality teaching

Christian churches in Latvia have criticised a new social science school textbook that describes gay and lesbian life as a "normal aspect of sexuality."
January 27, 2011

Anti-gay attacks will lead to a rise in HIV cases, warns Christian Aid

Targeted attacks on gay people in African countries, including the murder of a Ugandan activist, will aggrevate HIV infections, says a leading church agency.