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Pro-Nazi, Pro-Rape, Pro-Pedo Music in London

14-06-2011 21:52 | Anti-racism | Gender | Social Struggles | World

On 25 June and 1 Oct 2011, London's Slimelight nightspot plan to stage concerts by musicians with links to Fascism, Nazism and violent anti-Feminism

Ugandan lesbian awaiting deportation from the UK

09-06-2011 10:45 | Gender | Migration | Repression | World

"... We, the undersigned, are calling upon the UK Border Agency and the British Government to give Betty Tibikawa leave to remain in the UK, with refugee status, and to stop deporting people persecuted for their sexual orientation... "

LGBT Rights in the UK: free Edson Cosmas!

23-05-2011 13:35 | Gender | Migration | Repression | World

Urgent Action Required. A network of NGOs is asking for Edson Cosmas, a gay activist from Tanzania, to be released from a UK detention centre.

Girls speak out against Islamic law under islamic regime

Just do see the video and tell us what do you think.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwm8JwRURj4

Statement from Queer Resistance re: Events on 29th April in Soho Square London

30-04-2011 16:25 | Gender | Public sector cuts | Repression | World

On 29th April Queer Resistance the LGBTQI anti-cuts collective planned a Royal Zombie Wedding Celebration in Soho incorporating a picnic breakfast, performances, a zombie blessing and marriage ceremony by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence followed by a zombie flash mob through Soho.

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Accusations against the global sex industry

17-04-2011 22:59 | Analysis | Gender | World

I want to give my support to the accusations against the global sex industry. Indeed I observe from my place in the work against sexist violence that the sex industry is guilty of overwhelming overpowering that is dominating our government, our community and our selves.

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Machism on Brazilian social movements

10-04-2011 21:35 | Free Spaces | Gender | Repression | World

Self-defense feminist against a male chauvinist militant from Sao Paulo, Brazil.

HIV positive victim of sex trafficking and rape faces imminent deportation from

01-04-2011 16:03 | Gender | Migration | Repression | World

Felicia Adjei, a vulnerable woman who was trafficked into the UK and brutally exploited in forced prostitution is facing removal to Ghana TONIGHT, 1 April 2011 on Virgin Airlines Flight VS657 at 10.20pm from Heathrow Airport. She is currently waiting in an immigration detention centre.

8 March- women in Iran under islamic oppression

Amnesty International’s submission to the Commission on the Status of Women regarding concerns about the harassment and imprisonment of women, including rights defenders and members of minorities, in Iran

International Women's Day in the Philippines

09-03-2011 12:39 | Analysis | Gender | Social Struggles | World

Today, women in the Philippines and all over the world gather in different places and spaces to show our collective strength and make our collective voice heard as we speak out our sufferings, challenges, triumphs and aspirations. Our voices are joined together as we resist the abuses and marginalization wrought upon us by economic policies that discriminate against giving women productive employment, just wages and benefits at the workplace, and opportunities for livelihood and income; by societies that allow, or even promote, violence to be committed against women with impunity; by governments and public institutions that turn a blind eye to the human rights of women.

Stopping Shells Survey Work

Today, 12 people from the Rossport Solidarity Camp walked onto the land where Shell intend to build their compound to disrupt survey work. No one was arrested.

Brighton ZineFest this weekend!

Two days of events!

For venue info check our website!

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Emperor Silvio will make you ‘queen for a night’

13-02-2011 20:52 | Gender | World

While the crisis deepens and the precariousness spreads, the old PM and his court are busy relaunching their own personal vision of women’ s role in society – a rehashing of all the old tired clichés.

Sexual Prey in the Saudi Jungle

29-01-2011 02:34 | Gender | Migration | Social Struggles | World

He was an officer in the Saudi Royal Navy assigned to the strategic Saudi base of Jubail in the Persian Gulf. She was a single mom from Mindanao, in the Philippines, who saw, like so many others, employment in Saudi Arabia as a route out of poverty. When he picked her up at the Dammam International Airport in June, little did she know she was entering, not a brighter chapter of her life but a chamber of horrors from which she would be liberated only after six long months.

Censorship Forced on London's Gay Art Festival GFEST in 2010

13-12-2010 16:20 | Anti-racism | Culture | Gender | World

GFEST - Gaywise FESTival organisers in London faced a tricky censorship stipulation from GFEST 2010 venue Hampstead Town Hall - where the visual arts exhibition was held in Nov 2010 - to cover a few queer art works post exhibition closing time. They have written to the Town Hall Trustees / board of management to seek their official clarification but haven’t heard anything as yet.

Location of BNP's "Secret"Conference Leaked -- They're in Leicester!!!

11-12-2010 10:04 | Anti-racism | Gender | Migration | World

The BNP's Conference is taking place at the Best Western Leicester Stage Hotel. The Address is 299 Leicester Road, Leicester LE18 1JW.

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Dissident Island: Latest show ready for download

05-12-2010 16:03 | Analysis | Education | Gender | World

Lots of interesting things to listen to here, check it out...

Lesbian couple humiliated in Hampshire

01-12-2010 11:14 | Gender | History | Social Struggles | World

Lesbian couple humiliated in Hampshire

Register office staff unhelpful & obstructive

Legal action now planned by Katie & Colette

Gay marriage ban violates Human Rights Act

‘Equal Love’ campaign seeks gay marriages & straight civil partnerships

Heterosexual couple refused civil partnership

23-11-2010 15:49 | Gender | History | Social Struggles | World

Peter Tatchell 23 November at 15:20 Reply • Report
Heterosexual couple refused civil partnership

Battle for straight equality continues

Next phase: legal action in the courts

‘Equal Love’ campaign opposes exclusion of straight couples

Bristol, UK - 23 November 2010

Heterosexual couple denied equality

10-11-2010 11:40 | Gender | History | Social Struggles | World

Heterosexual couple denied equality

Civil partnership ban defied, but licence refused

‘Equal Love’ campaign opposes exclusion of straight couples

World Gender Newswire Archive

Pro-Nazi, Pro-Rape, Pro-Pedo Music in London

Ugandan lesbian awaiting deportation from the UK

LGBT Rights in the UK: free Edson Cosmas!

Girls speak out against Islamic law under islamic regime

Statement from Queer Resistance re: Events on 29th April in Soho Square London

Accusations against the global sex industry

Machism on Brazilian social movements

HIV positive victim of sex trafficking and rape faces imminent deportation from

8 March- women in Iran under islamic oppression

International Women's Day in the Philippines

Stopping Shells Survey Work

Brighton ZineFest this weekend!

Emperor Silvio will make you ‘queen for a night’

Sexual Prey in the Saudi Jungle

Censorship Forced on London's Gay Art Festival GFEST in 2010

Location of BNP's "Secret"Conference Leaked -- They're in Leicester!!!

Dissident Island: Latest show ready for download

Lesbian couple humiliated in Hampshire

Heterosexual couple refused civil partnership

Heterosexual couple denied equality

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