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The 17-year-old teen was booked for impregnating his 15-year-old sister; Juvenile justice board ordered to try him as an adult

Thegovernment of Australia's New South Wales (NSW) state on Tuesday announced that a new legislation would be introduced in Parliament to double the maximum penalty available for certain knife crimes.According to a statement released on ...

Orden David took the government of his island nation of Antigua and Barbuda to court to end his country’s anti-sodomy law. Last year, a top Caribbean court ruled the law

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua (AP)—For years, Orden David was persecuted in his native Antigua and Barbuda—a frequent complaint by many LGBTQ people who fear for their safety across the conservative and mostly Christian Caribbean, where anti-gay hostility is widespread. David was bullied and ridiculed.

LGBTQ activist Orden David took the government of Antigua and Barbuda to court to end an anti-sodomy law. A ruled the law unconstitutional.

Orden David took the government of his island nation of Antigua and Barbuda to court to end his country's anti-sodomy law

For years, Orden David was persecuted in his native Antigua and Barbuda -- a frequent complaint by many LGBTQ2S+ people who fear for their safety across the conservative and mostly Christian Caribbean, where anti-gay hostility is widespread.

Same-sex consensual intimacy is still criminalized in six Caribbean countries, according to Human Rights Watch and the London-based organization Human Dignity Trust

LGBTQ-rights activists say Orden David's effort, with the help of local and regional advocacy groups, has set a precedent for a growing number of Caribbean...

LGBTQ-rights activists say Orden David's effort, with the help of local and regional advocacy groups, has set a precedent for a growing number of Caribbean...