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Section 377, which criminalises homosexuality, could finally be relegated to the history books.
Same-sex attracted people have poorer mental health than their heterosexual peers, but In jurisdictions that have legalised same-sex marriage, the gap between the two is much smaller.
For Christian groups to claim the Bible speaks against same-sex marriage is simply a misreading of biblical values.
The story of the trial of Peter Wildeblood.
Are gay rights a matter of protecting privacy, or sexual freedom itself?
Decriminalisation changed the way homosexuality and gay culture were portrayed on screen.
Even the Wolfenden report cited the need to protect the public from that which disgusted them.
The legacy of the 1967 Sexual Offences Act, which partially decriminalised male homosexuality 50 years ago.
Many in the US are celebrating LGBTQ rights for Gay Pride Month. But data show that most countries, including the US, need to do much more to protect sexual minorities.
LGBT rights are a work in progress in Vietnam. But artists are in the vanguard of the movement, pushing for public acceptance.
Recent events in Indonesia should dispel any doubt about the rising influence conservative Sunni Islamist sentiment is having on the country’s laws.
Many people use religion and culture as explanations for their homophobic attitudes.
Past presidents have made strange requests of the FBI, some of which were documented by J. Edgar Hoover.
In the winter of 1915, a German soldier died in a field hospital in Russia. We don’t know his name, but he helped revolutionize the way gay people have advocated for equality.
Christian sexuality websites present evangelicalism as a sex-positive religious tradition. At the same time, they also reinforce conservative ideas about same-sex marriages.
Until 1992, being a gay or lesbian soldier was illegal in Australia. New research is unearthing the heartbreaking stories of people who devoted their lives to the military but were discharged when their sexuality was exposed.
In what ways do our sexual pleasures and fantasies inform the way we see the world?
Objections from certain sectors of Malaysian society to the film neatly illustrates both the fear and lack of understanding of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in the country.
The idea of gaydar, the ability to discern who’s gay and who isn’t, promotes stereotypes. And research purporting to prove its existence is flawed.
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Professor of Human Rights Law, Monash University
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Dennis Altman is a Friend of The Conversation.
Vice Chancellor's Fellow and Professorial Fellow, Institute for Human Security and Social Change, La Trobe University
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Reader in Human Rights Law, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Professor of International Human Rights Law, Centre for Human Rights, and acting SARChI Chair in International Constitutional Law, University of Pretoria
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Principal Research Fellow, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University
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