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Iran Morality Official Suspended After Gay Sex Tape Leak
News

Iran Morality Official Suspended After Gay Sex Tape Leak

Reza Tsaghati had created a “Chastity and Hijab Workshop” in the country’s north.

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Voices

A Tale of Two Theocracies

In the wake of the absurd remarks by Iran president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, political writer David Rhea explores how yesterday's Axis of Evil became today's soul mate in morality.

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World

Group Urges Iran to Release Gay Prisoners

A human rights group is urging Iranian police to release more than 30 men who were arrested at a house party for allegedly engaging in gay sexual conduct, drinking alcohol, and other activities that violate Iran's moral codes.

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World

UN Report Spotlights LGBT Rights Abuses in Iran

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Voices

Irans Crimes Against Humanity

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World

Iran's Foreign Minister Defends Execution of Gays

"Our society has moral principles," Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Sarif said at a press conference, earning international condemnation.

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World

Iran Bans Glamorous Haircuts, Necklaces for Men

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World

Gay Iranians to President We Are Everywhere

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Politics

New NRA President Oliver North's Anti-LGBT History

He has equated opposition to marriage equality with the fight against slavery and likened gay soldiers to pedophiles.

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News

World Cup Pitch Invader Waves Pride Flag While Chased by Security

The runner said he did it to send "important messages" about human rights.

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Voices

LGBTQ+ Iranians Are Suffering and Dying While the World Yawns

On Human Rights Day, turn your eyes towards the desperate LGBTQ+ situation in Iran.

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Politicians

Michael Lucas on Bad Journalism

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Election

GOP DEBATE: Huckabee, Santorum, Fiorina Blast Dems

Plus: Carly Fiorina takes a shot at Hillary Clinton's marriage; Mike Huckabee urges Americans to pray; Rick Santorum talks about children's need for a mother and father.

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World

Putin Slams 'Genderless, Fruitless Tolerance'

The Russian president used his annual address to laud the nation as a defender of 'traditional values' and as a force of peace and morality.

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Election

Huckabee Compares Being Trans to Getting Breast Implants

The presidential aspirant also called open military service by transgender Americans 'absurd.'

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Voices

Murder and hypocrisy

Democracy will not flourish in the Middle East until Islamic governments stop murdering their gay citizens--and we need to halt antigay violence at home before we can condemn it abroad

Saved by the Bell! Travel Ban suspended by Federal Court as Muslim LGBT voices call out to be heard
Voices

The Judge Who Tossed Trump's Latest Muslim Ban Saved LGBT Lives

People fleeing oppression should not be punished or made into scapegoats, writes Glenn Magpantay. It's time for Trump to give up on these discriminatory bans.

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Religion

An Explainer on Sharia Law and Why It Shouldn't Be Used to Punish Gays

Draconian laws like those in Brunei are based on a misapplication of Sharia, which isn't really a legal code, Islamic scholars and activists say.

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Voices

Asian LGBT Community: End Trump's Muslim Ban

Asian-Americans are familiar with our nation's history of travel bans, which included Chinese immigrants and anyone with HIV. This latest ban is just as horrible.

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Voices

Sexual Rebels and 'Nasty Women' Scared the Medieval Establishment Too

A new exhibit shows the Middle Ages were much more diverse than previously thought -- and in some ways, not that different from now.