Gay pri march South Ai: Ain gays and lbians are challengg discrimatn and prohibns.Photograph: iAi Photos / Jeremy JowellThe ternatnal mpaign for equal rights for homosexuals and other sexual mori took a step forward on 14 November when South Ai beme the first untry Ai, and the fifth the world, to legalize same-sex
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Gay pri march South Ai: Ain gays and lbians are challengg discrimatn and prohibns. The ternatnal mpaign for equal rights for homosexuals and other sexual mori took a step forward on 14 November when South Ai beme the first untry Ai, and the fifth the world, to legalize same-sex marriage. The new law, adopted by a 230– 41 vote, was weled by gay and lbian activists South Ai and around the world as a signifint advance for equal rights.
Conservative relig and polil lears many untri still strongly oppose equal rights for homosexuals, cludg same-sex marriage.
Sex between men Nigeria, fed as sodomy, was already punishable by up to 14 years prison, reports the non-ernmental Internatnal Lbian and Gay Associatn (ILGA). “Neher the existence of natnal laws nor the prevalence of ctom n ever jtify the abe, attacks, torture and ed killgs that gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr persons are subjected to bee of who they are or are perceived to be. The “shameful silence” wh which homophobic vlence is greeted by ernments and society, she told legat to a Montreal human rights nference, is the “ultimate rejectn of the fundamental prciple of the universaly of rights.