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Periodical Political Post *131
Oct 5th
Queer News
- Puerto Rican Orlando Cruz comes out as first pro gay boxer
- Ukraine Parliament votes in favour of anti-gay propaganda law
- Australian Gay parents get same rights as heterosexual couples
- Northern Ireland says “I do not” to marriage equality proposal
- Trans and intersex discrimination is rampant says EU report
Other News
- How evangelicals are making children their missionaries in public schools
- Canada chops funding for all prison chaplains, except the Christian ones
- Facebook wants $7 if you want your post to reach all your friends
- World of Warcraft hobby of American candidate sparks political row
- New law hits Japan, up to 2 years in prison for illegal downloads
0Periodical Political Post *126
Sep 7th
Queer News
- Northern Ireland: Alliance Party votes in favour of equal marriage
- Most churches in New Zealand vow to ignore marriage equality
- Poland ruling party plans to introduce gay civil partnership law
- Famed priest says abused children seduced priests, then changes his mind
- Christian doctor prescribed chemical castration to "cure" boy of being gay
Other News
- Inventor of the internet accuses US & UK of draconian internet snooping
- American attorney general Holder defends execution without charges
- Conservatives in Canada cut corporate taxes by 30%, still no new jobs
- How Copenhagen’s bicycle highway safes $60 million in health care costs
- Schools in Texas start tracking and spying on students with RFID chips
0Periodical Political Post *117
Jul 22nd
Queer News
- The Netherlands say queer asylum seekers from Iraq are welcome
- 73 people prosecuted in St. Petersburg under gay propaganda ban
- Attempts to keep gay history out of Californian schools fail again
- New mental health program takes aim at Australian queer folks
- Gay sitcom becomes internet surprise sensation in Vietnam
- [Warning: Mirror] Grindr crashed due to overuse by Olympic athletes?
Other News
- Facebook secretly intercepts, searches chats then tells the U.S. government
- U.S. net providers set to spy on people’s net access to help entertainment industry
- At least $21 trillion of wealth hidden from taxman by super rich business elite
- American Catholic churches, schools close after high-profile sex abuse scandals
- Inevitably the Colorado shooting leaving 12 dead is blamed on gays & liberals
- Some people think Justin Bieber could promote child porn (yeah, they’re crazy)
0Periodical Political Post *115
Jul 12th
Queer News
- Homophobic bullying ‘a daily nightmare’ for over half of Scotland’s youth
- Australia: ACT bid to remove surgery requirement for trans recognition
- Vietnam’s government pondering legalisation of same-sex marriage
- Budapest pride in Hungary success despite threats of anti-gay violence
- Scottish Catholic church spends another £100k on war on gay marriage
- Russian right wants Facebook to get banned over gay propaganda
Other News
- The EU & Canada are using CETA as backdoor mechanism to revive ACTA
- Former employees of NSA talk about illegal U.S. mass surveillance program
- LIBOR info graphic: The largest corruption scandal in history explained
- Obama’s accomplishments: Most deportations, most drone strikes & more
- Melinda Gates challenges Vatican, pledges $560 million for contraception
- U.S. military forcibly injected Guantanamo detainees with mind altering drugs
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Periodical Political Post *111
Jun 23rd
Queer News
- Middle-school teen boy in New York blinded in anti-gay attack
- Absence of male role-models not affecting children of lesbian parents
- Queensland downgrades civil partnerships and will ban gay surrogacy
- Second Kiev Gay Pride parade organizer attacked and hospitalised
- Airport security accuses man of being paedophile because he’s gay
- Salvation Army says unrepentant homosexuals deserving of death
Other News
- Yet another study confirms global warming is indeed human-caused
- ACTA rejected by committee in crucial blow before final EU Parliament vote
- Canadian version of draconian SOPA copyright rules close to becoming law
- Egyptian Military grants itself sweeping powers; effectively military coup
- Men outnumber women among American rape victims due to prison rape
- WikiLeaks founder & whistle-blower Julian Assange requests asylum in Ecuador
This Saturday, June 23rd, would have marked the 100th birthday of Alan Turing. A visionary mathematician, logician and code breaker, Turing was a pioneer in the fields of computer science and artificial intelligence. A linchpin member of Ultra, Britain’s World War II counterintelligence team, Turing created the electro-mechanical, code-decrypting "bombe" that deciphered countless intercepted Nazi communications.
Turing’s involvement in the war effort saved thousands of lives — and his contributions to science, technology, philosophy and literature have touched billions. It’s time to celebrate his amazing legacy.
Despite his myriad contributions to society, in 1952, Turing was imprisoned for the same reason Oscar Wilde was once dragged into a court for. He was forced to choose between imprisonment and chemical castration, when investigations into his personal life brought his homosexuality to light. He opted for the latter. Two years later he committed suicide. "The debt of gratitude he is owed makes it all the more horrifying, therefore, that he was treated so inhumanely," said British Prime Minster Gordon Brown, in a posthumous apology delivered in 2009. "We’re sorry, you deserved so much better." Read on…
0Periodical Political Post *106
May 26th
Queer News
- How one flawed study spawned a decade of lies about gay cures
- Brazil takes first steps to eventually legalise same-sex marriage
- Christians oppose anti-bullying rules, demand right to fear queers
- Zimbabwe rejects gay rights, says gay people will be imprisoned
- Equality law a step forward but queers still second class in Moldova
- Twelve reasons why marriage equality will definitely ruin society
Other News
- A 7-year-old in Detroit has committed suicide after being bullied by his peers
- Obama officials demand renewal of once-controversial warrantless wiretapping
- Over 700 students arrested in Canada during protest against tuition fee hikes
- White jury declares white cop innocent despite video of him beating black teen
- A justice system that deserves its name: Crime and punishment, Norwegian style
- WikiLeaks founder Julia Assange stands ‘real chance’ of election in Australia
0Periodical Political Post *105
May 20th
Queer News
- Israeli parliament rejects bill allowing gay and inter-faith civil marriage
- Moscow bans pride parade as St. Petersburg sees homophobic attacks
- Filipino gay party renews bid for Congress at next year’s election
- U.S. Republicans block appointment of judge because he came out
- School bans LGBT rights supporting apparel because it “promotes sex”
Other News
- More than 1,000 UK government staffers caught snooping on citizen data
- U.N. criticise Canada for ignoring hunger problems in it’s own country
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16 and solitary: How jails in the state of Texas isolate children
- London cops buying devices to suck your phone dry in an instant
- Texas earned dubious title of the state most likely to execute innocents
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