Anti-gay pastor accused of crimes against humanity for role in "Kill the gays" bill

[Kuya]

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — In a first-of-its kind case brought by a Ugandan LGBTI advocacy organization against a prominent U.S. anti-gay extremist, a federal judge on Wednesday ruled that persecution on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity is a crime against humanity and that the fundamental human rights of LGBTI people are protected under international law.

The ruling means that the case brought by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) on behalf of Sexual Minorities of Uganda (SMUG), a Uganda-based coalition of LGBTI rights and advocacy groups, can move forward over defendant Scott Lively’s request to dismiss the lawsuit.

The lawsuit alleges that Lively’s actions over the past decade, in collaboration with key Ugandan government officials and religious leaders, are responsible for depriving LGBTI Ugandans of their fundamental human rights based solely on their identity, which is the definition of persecution under international law and is deemed a crime against humanity.

This effort resulted in, most notably, the introduction of the notorious Anti-Homosexuality Bill — widely know at the “Kill the Gays” bill — which Lively allegedly helped engineer.

Lively is also alleged to have been active in countries like Russia where a new law criminalizing gay rights advocacy was recently passed. In 2007, Lively toured 50 cities in Russia, where he reportedly recommended many of the measures that are now law.

http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/08/j...er-to-proceed/

Hopefully something will come of this.

[BaneTheBrawler]

Neat.

[Tarage]

on behalf of Sexual Minorities of Uganda (SMUG)

Not the acronym you want for an advocacy group...

[Pirian]

Not the acronym you want for an advocacy group...

Ugh, too appropriate not to post

http://www.morethings.com/fan/south_...in-fag_way.jpg

[Mazmaz]

A little off topic, but the Q stands for Questioning right? I thought we agreed that people were born LGBT? Doesn't "Questioning" imply they can turn?

[Kohan]

A little off topic, but the Q stands for Questioning right? I thought we agreed that people were born LGBT? Doesn't "Questioning" imply they can turn?

It can also mean "queer," but in the context of "questioning," it is for people who aren't yet certain. To provide an example, consider a man who was raised in a conservative Christian household, who has had natural feelings toward members of the same sex throughout their life, but hadn't acted upon them for ages. Later, they decide to explore these urges and see if they are authentic. They are then "questioning," and people who are questioning are given support so that they, ideally, do not believe it is wrong to question their sexuality.

[Mazmaz]

Makes sense thanks.

[Jaybar]

Wait so what's the I?

[SamanosukeShiva]

Inbred? idk I kid, obviously not

[Moss]

ignoramus iirc

[Kohan]

Wait so what's the I?

Intersex. It can apply to people who are born hermaphrodites, which is one of the most easily proven series of physical characteristics.

[Callisto]

Wait so what's the I?

That threw me off as well, every time I see the acronym they've added a new letter lol

[Kuya]

that shit changes constantly, best to just ignore it since any shmuck can just decide to add a letter to it whenever he wants.

For example, they didn't add the a for asexual or the p for pansexual in this article.

[Callisto]

Pan? I think omni would sound better lol

[Kuya]

I don't even give a fuck at this point.

The organization i work for uses LGBTT. The two ts mean transsexuals and transgender.

[Callisto]

Er slight ignorance on my part but what's the difference between those two?

[Kuya]

Transsexuals change their sex by going through hormone treatments and operations. A transgender simply seems to carry attributes from both female and male. For example, an effeminate gay man and a butch lesbian is transgender.

[Meresgi]

edit: nvm, weird acronyms

[BaneTheBrawler]

what does the L stand for?

how about the G?


wait whats the B?

[archibaldcrane]

A transgender simply seems to carry attributes from both female and male. For example, an effeminate gay man and a butch lesbian is transgender.

Um, not to correct the gay guy, but no. Just being an effeminate man does not make someone transgender. Transgender is when the biological sex and the gender of the person are different - a "woman trapped in a man's body" for example. If the person does not identify with a gender other than their biological sex, they are not transgendered. The vast majority of flaming effeminate girly gay dudes still identify as men.