February 2012
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Russia ‘gay propaganda’ proposal to be protested... →
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BREAKING - In major U-turn, Sweden poised to end...
Conservative Christian Democrats announce, “It’s time to abolish the requirement for sterilization at sex change.”
With no remaining obstacles, Sweden’s repeal sets a new precedent for the 28 remaning European countries with laws requiring forced sterilization
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN (February 18, 2012) - Today the conservative Christian Democrats - members of the governing...
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Urgent call to action: pick up the phone for...
Dear friend,
I’m writing from St. Petersburg and I desperately need your help. We’ve just learned that the horrific anti-gay bill is back, and it could pass tomorrow.
In December, you and hundreds of thousands of All Out members from around the world stood with me and my friends in Russia to stop this bill - one that would make it illegal to speak publicly about being gay, lesbian,...
January 2012
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In a Stunning Turnaround, Ecuador Pledges to Close...
AllOut.org mobilized thousands in Latin America to spur unheard of “people-powered” victory
January 24, 2011 New York, NY—After hundreds of thousands signed petitions denouncing abusive gay “cure” clinics in Ecuador, and months of closed door negotiations between Ecuadorian human rights defenders and the Health Ministry, the Ecuadorian government just announced a...
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Forced sterilization in Sweden?
Ask Prime Minister Reinfeldt to finally end forced sterilization in Sweden:
Dear friend,
If you are a transgender person in Sweden wanting to change your legal gender, you are forced to undergo surgery that will render you permanently infertile and unable to have children in the future. That’s right: in 2012, Swedish law still mandates forced sterilization in order to do something as...
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December 2011
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3 days to stop Nigeria's new anti-gay law
Dear friend,
We’ve been talking with our friend Ifeanyi, a Nigerian activist, and this is what he just told us: “My country is trying to make me a criminal for who I am.”
That’s because the Nigerian Senate just passed a law that would make it illegal - a punishable offense of up to 14 years in prison - for anybody in Nigeria to go to a gay bar, to work for or be...
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You have to see this.
Dear friend,
I’m writing with a video you just have to see and share - it could change the hearts and minds of the people in your life. It’s a simple story about love and commitment and it makes a powerful case that all couples are equal:
allout.org/its-time
A few years ago I co-founded GetUp!, a movement to build a more just and compassionate Australia, that has grown to be a force...
November 2011
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Urgent - Russia about to silence millions
Dear friend,
We’ve been talking all weekend with our friend Sasha - a teacher and mom in Russia - and what we’re hearing is horrifying. On Wednesday, political leaders in St. Petersburg are voting on a new law that will make it illegal to speak in public about being gay, lesbian or transgender.
Sasha and a broad coalition in Russia are doing everything they can to stop the bill....
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Lesbians held captive in Ecuador - you can help.
Click to ask President Rafael Correa to shut down “clinics” that torture LGBT people:
The world is just waking up to a horrific situation. Right now, hundreds of illegal clinics in Ecuador are holding young women captive to be raped, tortured, starved and beaten by so-called “health care professionals”. Why? The clinics claim that lesbians are “sick” and they...
October 2011
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We are not illegal
Dear friend,
Right now, almost 80 countries around the world make it a crime to be gay, lesbian or transgender. In 10 of those nations, you can be sentenced to death or life behind bars. The majority of these nations share a connection - they are members of the Commonwealth - an organization bringing together 54 nations to discuss law, society and economic development.
The leaders of the...
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Re: Jailed for texting?
“Your support is having an immediate impact. I have seen what it did when 50,000 mobilized, now let’s get to 100,000”
Spread the word about Alice’s appeal via Facebook, Twitter, or by forwarding this email
Dear friends,
I’m about to walk into a courtroom in downtown Yaoundé to defend Jonas, 19 and Franky, 20 - two Cameroonian boys arrested last July for the...
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Android too!
Dear friend,
Never has a “page not found” message made us so happy! Thanks to your posts and emails, Google has responded to global pressure and dumped the homophobic “Is My Son Gay?” app from Android’s market.
Thousands of tweets later and after many AllOut.org members reported the app as “offensive” to the Google development team, its page has been...
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FIFA heard us!
Dear friend,
We have incredible news.
You joined more than 46,000 people from all around the world asking FIFA to investigate charges that the coach of Nigeria’s women’s national soccer team was implementing homophobic policies—as reported by the New York Times.
We just received a letter from FIFA’s Secretary General Jérôme Valcke announcing the first step of the investigation into...
September 2011
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Homophobia? There's an app for that.
Dear friend,
Q: Can the developers of the “Is My Son Gay?” Android app actually predict someone’s sexual orientation in 20 questions? A: No. But they are definitely making a quick buck spreading a slew of stereotypes about gay people.
Targeting mothers who are questioning whether their kid might be gay, the new Android application asks whether their son “is very...
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A letter from Alice
Dear friend,
My name is Alice N’Kom, and here in Cameroon I am one of the only attorneys who defends people who’ve been jailed because they are gay.
In the last two weeks violence against gay people in Cameroon has skyrocketed to unprecedented levels: the situation is quickly becoming a crisis. The president of Cameroon can put a stop to this, and if he feels enough pressure he...
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