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unusual facts about LGBT rights



Emma Green Tregaro

She is a supporter of LGBT rights and painted her nails in rainbow colors during the 2013 World Championships in Moscow as an act of defiance against Russia's recent ban on "gay propaganda".

Lynne Scime

Recently, Scime has been a vocal opponent of the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board's equity policy and has spoken out against LGBT rights.

McFarlane v Relate Avon Ltd

The case attracted significant media attention due to the issues involved, particularly the balance of religious and LGBT rights, the intervention of former Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey, Lord Carey of Clifton, who provided a witness statement in support of the application, and the judge's strongly worded rebuttal of the applicant's submissions.

Staceyann Chin

Staceyann Chin (born December 25, 1972) is a spoken-word poet, performing artist and LGBT rights political activist.


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1983 ISIS Survey

The 1983 ISIS Survey was a survey conducted by the Institute for the Scientific Investigation of Sexuality, a Christian self-styled research organization that campaigns against LGBT rights, under the leadership of APA-expelled psychologist Paul Cameron, in an attempt to "expose" what Cameron felt were insidious going-ons among homosexuals.

2012 in LGBT rights

April 19 — Bettie Naylor, United States, LGBT rights activist and founding member of the Human Rights Campaign and the National Women's Political Caucus.

Basic Rights Oregon

In 2002, Basic Rights Oregon endorsed Democratic candidate Bill Bradbury for election to the United States Senate, opposing the Human Rights Campaign, a national LGBT rights organization, which endorsed the re-election of the Republican incumbent Gordon H. Smith.

Gay Republicans

GOProud, a political organization supporting the Republican Party and LGBT rights

Log Cabin Republicans, a political organization supporting the Republican Party and LGBT rights

Lawrence Kramer

Larry Kramer (born 1935), American playwright, author, public health advocate, and LGBT rights activist

LGBT organizations

List of LGBT rights organizations — organizations whose primary mission is campaigning for LGBT rights.

LGBT rights in Egypt

One of the few Egyptians to publicly support LGBT-rights has been Maher Sabry.

LGBT rights in Jamaica

The conservative National Democratic Movement opposes LGBT rights on religious grounds alongside the more leftist parties such as the Peoples National Party and the New Nation Coalition.

LGBT rights in Uganda

Frank Mugisha is the executive director and the winner of both the 2011 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award and the 2011 Rafto Prize for his work on behalf of LGBT rights in Uganda.

Stuart Milk

In addition to being the President of the Harvey Milk Foundation's Board of Directors, Stuart also sits as a director on boards and advisory boards of numerous human rights, LGBT rights and youth advocacy organizations including the American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER), Equality California, International Conference on Disadvantaged Youth, the Coalition for Workforce Solutions, and the International Committee for Minority Justice and Equality.

Ten Percent Society

While the organization had little early success, it started to foster an increased tolerance for gay people and a more active LGBT rights movement in North Dakota.

The Temperamentals

It chronicles the founding of the Mattachine Society, the first sustained LGBT rights organization in the United States, and the love affair of two of its founding members, Harry Hay (Thomas Jay Ryan) and Rudi Gernreich (Michael Urie).

Zagreb Pride

Other supporters of LGBT rights in Croatia are actor Rade Šerbedžija, Danijela Trbović, Drago Pilsel, Šime Lučin, Ivo Banac, Furio Radin, Darinko Kosor, Iva Prpić, Đurđa Adlešič, Vesna Teršelič, Lidija Bajuk, Mario Kovač, Nina Violić, former prime minister Ivica Račan's widow Dijana Pleština, Maja Vučić, Gordana Lukač-Koritnik, pop group E.N.I etc.