BEIJING (AFP) - China warned in a notice for Tuesday's World AIDS Day that homosexual transmission of the disease was gaining pace and called for health authorities nationwide to step up prevention work. The statement by the health ministry came a d
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - They had planned a wedding day like Latin America has never seen. But as Jose Maria Di Bello and Alex Freyre were being fitted for their tuxedos an Argentine judge issued an order late Monday blocking the continent's first
BUENOS AIRES - An Argentine judge has overturned a ruling that would have allowed the first gay marriage in Latin America. The official court Web site says national judge Marta Gomez Alsina ordered the wedding blocked until the issue can be resolved
The government is bidding to overturn a defeat in the House of Lords over new laws criminalising homophobic hatred .The law, intended to protect gay people from threatening behaviour, was backed by MPs, amid fears attacks are rising. But peers vote
SYDNEY - An Australian territory became the first to legalise civil partnership ceremonies for same-sex couples, in a move supporters hoped would spark national momentum. Under the new laws, gay couples will be able to hold a legally recognised civ
Confronted by growing evidence that sex between men is a significant driver of new HIV infections, the Kenyan government has shed a long-time refusal to acknowledge the existence of homosexuality and will launch a survey of gay attitudes and behavio
Voters in Maine on Tuesday overturned a law allowing same-sex couples to wed, dealing a fresh setback to the U.S. gay marriage movement in a race that attracted national attention. The law was approved by Maine's Legislature in May but was not imple
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