Posts tagged Mexico
Periodical Political Post *158
Mar 23rd
Queer News
- Trans woman commits suicide after being bullied by newspaper
- Mexican court: anti-gay comments are hate speech, not free speech
- Canada passes transgender rights and anti-discrimination bill
- Proposed law in US state allows counsellors to refuse gay patients
Other News
- Early HIV drugs functionally cure patients in about one in ten cases
- “We ‘try to collect everything and hang on to it forever”’ says CIA
- UK move to drop debate on climate change in schools faces backlash
- Another study says illegal downloading doesn’t impact music sales
+4Periodical Political Post *148
Jan 10th
Queer News
- Cameroon trader stoned to death by lynch mob for gay sex
- Jamaica to introduce law banning LGBT discrimination soon
- Mexico no longer banning gay men from donating blood
- Berlusconi says he supports gay marriage, LGBT groups sceptical
- US pundit compares gay marriage to paedophilia normalisation
Other News
- US spy law authorises mass surveillance of European citizens
- UK government’s plans for porn filters won’t protect kids
- Crazy people think school shooting was faked for gun control
- Scientists confirm that blocking pirate sites does nothing
- Australia so hot, meteorologists had to introduce new colour
0Periodical Political Post *143
Dec 18th
Queer News
- Half of Italian LGBT students report gay hate
- Pope gives blessing to Ugandan anti-gay activist
- Mexican teacher fired for showing Milk to students
- Teens arrested for homophobic murder of student
- German chancellor votes no to gay tax equality
Other News
- School for boys tortured, murdered boys for decades
- Investigation for Muslim bias in schools finds Christian bias
- Germany orders changes to Facebook real name policy
- Atheism third-largest group of “religions” world-wide
- Obesity killing three times as many as malnutrition
0Periodical Political Post *141
Dec 9th
Queer News
- Mexican Court ruling opens doors for marriage equality
- Marriage equality bill passes first vote in Colombia
- US Supreme Court ´will hear same-sex marriage cases
- Over 1,000 gender reassignment operations in Iran in 4 years
- Filipino people are ready for same-sex marriage, says pastor
Other News
- Oh no. Silvio Berlusconi wants to become Italy’s Prime Minister
- Thousands rally in Hungary protesting lawmaker’s call to screen Jews
- Dutch proposal to search and destroy foreign computers
- Denmark, Finland, Sweden, New Zealand least corrupt countries
0Periodical Political Post *101
Apr 26th
Queer News
- Prominent Canadian gay rights activist killed in apparent hate crime
- Argentina on verge of adopting a far-reaching transgender rights law
- Louisiana lawmakers don’t believe gay people really get bullied
- Nearly 20% of Taiwanese gays & lesbians have attempted suicide
- Pope says nuns too focused on poor, not enough on gay bashing
Other News
- The internet’s political voices lining up to smash CISPA laws
- Australian state investigates child abuse by Catholic church
- Shift in migration patterns: More Mexicans leave U.S. than enter
- Republicans in U.S. state of Tennessee try to criminalize miscarriages
- Teacher fired after 3rd graders had oral sex in classroom [Warning; Daily Mail]
0Periodical Political Post *89
Feb 13th
Queer News
- Politicians predict full marriage equality will come to Scotland in 2013
- Gay-marriage ban in California unconstitutional, federal court rules
- British government won’t pardon war hero Alan Turing for being gay
- Gay suicide victim Asher Brown’s parents harassed by their own town
- Two transgender women appointed to official state positions in India
- High school in Maryland distributes ex-gay therapy flyer to students
- Student requests Westboro protest to save school from homosexuals
Other News
- Massive street protests in Europe wage war on draconic ACTA treaty
- Canadian government ignores protest against pro-censorship proposal
- 8000 cases of child molestation by 75 Catholic priests in one city revealed
- Latin American leaders call for legal drug regulation to stop war over drugs
- UK Government ‘may sanction nerve-agent use on rioters’, scientists fear
- Canadian secret service says it may use information derived from torture
- Public Service Announcement: Video is your protection against the “protectors”
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Periodical Political Post *64
Nov 20th
Queer News
- U.N. drops protection for gays and lesbians in anti-execution measure
- British poll finds gay people are coming out at a younger age
- Teen in Texas beaten to death, body burned in possible anti-gay hate crime
- 2 soldiers held in connection to shooting of gay teen after Rio’s pride parade
- Australia divided as support for gay marriage varies wildly
- World Bank gives money to organisation that claims to “heal” gays
- Mexico votes in favour of medical and social benefits for same-sex couples
- Australian lesbian couple changes school after getting banned from school ball
- Head of Belgian Catholic church says AIDS is ‘justice’ for gays
Other News
- US Senate passes bill that could be used to censor the internet (details)
- FBI pressuring Google, Facebook to allow back doors for wiretapping
- British government wants to legalize racial profiling for warrantless searches
- God will save us from climate change… says US Representative
- New Zealand file-sharing proposal: guilty until proven innocent
- Austrian Handball coach sentenced over relationship with teen boy
- Sane judge frees 16 year-old girl in ‘truth or dare’ underage sex case
0Periodical Political Post *58
Aug 7th
Queer News
- Ban on gay marriages in California ruled unconstitutional
- Mexico City’s gay marriage law upheld by Supreme Court
- Hospital refused to treat woman coughing blood ‘cause she’s trans
- New Jersey libraries ban gay youth book, saying it’s child porn
- Anti-Homosexuality Bill in Uganda on hold after fierce opposition
- Mayor of Iceland’s capital Reykjavik opens Pride Parade in drag
Other News
- Israel to deport migrant workers’ children "to defend Israel’s Jewish identity"
- US agencies stored thousands of nude images from body scanners
- British men afraid to help children over fear of being branded paedophiles
- Babysitter in US killed little boy because he “acted like a girl”
- French government plans spyware to prevent copyright infringements
- Victim of rape raped again after US school officials used her as bait
- Pfizer plans Viagra for kids; for other reasons than you might think
Bad Cop, no Donut!
- Cop tasers and kills teen boy, then places a gun next to the corpse
- Mother suing over getting arrested after her shirt got wet at a Water Park
- Denver cops hi-five after tasering a jailed homeless preacher to death
- Drunk driver travels 73mph in 25mph zone, kills pedestrian, walks free: he’s a cop
- Cop runs over woman, kills her because he was chasing guy drinking a beer in public
- Man facing 16 years prison for videotaping a cop pulling a gun on him
- Police taser man because he was too big to fit in the squad car
- Man in diabetic coma tasered 11 times by cops for being "unresponsive"
- Sleeping man tasered because he "shushed" a cop who was trying to wake him
[note]Thanks to our newshounds Mark, Rimmer & Ron who sent in stories for this post. Did you find an article you want to share? Let us know![/note]
0Periodical Political Post *57
Jul 28th
Queer News
- Argentina becomes first country in Latin America to legalise gay marriage
- Nepal plans to hold first gay pride march in its history
- First Europe Pride in Warsaw draws cheers and jeers
- Gay Australian cabinet minister comes out against gay marriage
- 17 people die, 18 get injured at gay party shooting in Mexico
- New Zealand school sanctioned for firing gay sports coach
- Gay Zombie film banned from festival by Australian censor
Other News
- US judge who sent kids to prison for money pleads guilty
- Second student sues US school district over webcam spying
- Brutal guide to punishing kids in jail revealed in the UK
- British girls undergo horror of genital mutilation despite tough laws
- Australia refuses to share web-spying plans, fears "unnecessary debate"
- Montana parents outraged over plans to teach kids about sexuality
- Officer cleared of charges in berating of skateboarding teen
- Fundamentalist Christians more inclined toward domestic violence
- Boy dressed as Joker sets school on fire in revenge on hypocrisy
- High taxes are a nightmare! Or are they? Highly taxed countries Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden & Netherlands are the world’s happiest countries. And the most democratic. And the ones with the most press freedom. And the least corruption. Let your local Teabags know
Argentina became the first Latin American country to legalize same-sex marriage. They join a small international club of countries where gay couples enjoy the same rights as heterosexual couples.
[note]Thanks to our newshounds Bodmin, Alex & Nes who sent in stories for this post. Did you find an article you want to share? Let us know![/note]
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