civil rights - Rights groups, athletes ask NCAA to move tournament from Idaho over transgender law

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Boise, ID

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civil rights - Transgender rights groups outspend opponents in Massachusetts ballot question fight

Shira Schoenberg
MassLive

Adams, MA

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Activists in Turkey vow to march in defiance of ban on Istanbul Pride (UK)

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Rights group: LGBT Jamaicans are targets of unchecked violence, discrimination

DAVID McFADDEN
http://www.dailyjournal.net

to read more, go to:  http://www.dailyjournal.net/view/story/bb81ceb460da462f91e271d0d2d142a5/CB--Jamaica-Gay-Rights/

ezs note:  This is an outrage!  Please, wherever you live, e-mail the ambassador of Jamaica a polite but FIRM  letter demanding the human rights of gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgenders - and put some real teeth in it! 

Uganda defiant at US sanctions over 'vile' anti-gay law

http://www.globalpost.com

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ezs note:  Keep the pressure UP!  Let the ambassador that you will not countenance such vile and monstrous laws being  passed, and let your Congressperson know that letters or e-mails do make a difference!  Change Uganda's mind!

Persecution of Uganda’s Gays Intensifies as Rights Groups Go Underground (UK)

http://www.iede.co.uk

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ezs note:  Don't just passively read this article - protest!  E-write President Mousevi and the ambassador and tell them that human rights abuses will NOT be tolerated!