Cameroon court acquits two men imprisoned for ‘looking gay’

(CNN) — A Cameroon appeals court has acquitted two men found guilty of homosexuality because they wore women’s clothes and ordered Bailey’s Irish Cream, according to rights groups. Jonas Kimie and Franky Ndome were arrested outside a nightclub and sentenced to five years in prison in November 2011 “The acquittal of two Cameroonian men jailed…

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New TV commercial confronts use of casual homophobia (VIDEO)

EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada – Faggot, dyke and homo are just a few slandering words still casually used in everyday speech. In response, a new television commercial has just hit the airwaves asking why we continue to tolerate homophobic language. The commercial is the next phase of a “No Homophobes” campaign developed by the University of Albertaʼs Institute for…

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