Malaysia’s anti-gay camp

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A camp set up to ‘correct the effeminate behavior’ of Muslim schoolboys violates the law and should be abolished, says Malaysia’s women’s minister. 66 schoolboys identified by teachers as ‘effeminate’ began counseling this week to ‘discourage them from being gay’. Anchor Lisa Mullins talks to the BBC’s Jennifer Pak in Kuala Lumpur. Download MP3

Uganda gay rights activist killed

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Ugandan gay rights campaigner David Kato has been beaten to death, activists say. Last year Kato sued a local newspaper which had outed him as homosexual. The newspaper published the photographs of several people it said were gay next to a headline reading “Hang them”. Homosexual acts are illegal in Uganda. Marco Werman speaks with reporter Dennis Porter about the killing. Download MP3
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Reviewing don’t ask, don’t tell

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The World’s Katy Clark reports on Pentagon’s decision to launch a year-long study on how it would lift the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy banning gays from serving openly in the US military.

Being gay in Uganda

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A Ugandan government minister has said that a proposed law which includes the death penalty for some homosexual acts is “not necessary”. The bill submitted last October sparked international condemnation. Homosexual acts are punishable by up to 14 years in jail in Uganda. Jeb Sharp talks with Maria Burnett, Uganda researcher for Human Rights Watch, about the anti-gay bill. Download MP3

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West African crackdown on homosexuals

Correspondent Jori Lewis reports on how gay men in Senegal have become targets of violence and a government crackdown.
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Ban on gay sex overturned in India

Gay rights activists in India are heralding a new court ruling that overturns a colonial-era ban on gay sex. Indian gay rights advocate Vinay Chandran tells host Lisa Mullins that India’s long history of acceptance of gays has been suppressed.
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