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Uganda anti-gay bill back in parliament (Aljazeera)
Proposed legislation that would make death sentence mandatory for “repeat offenders”.

Ten Surprising Facts About Heterosexuality (Huffington Post)
Not only does the history of heterosexuality offer up surprises that make you rethink what “heterosexual” is and means, it also makes you realize how little we really know about this thing about which most of us assume we already know everything we need to.

Is there a war on women’s health care? (Video and article from Aljazeera)
We ask if conservative groups in the US have a growing influence over women’s access to certain types of health care. Some rights groups have called it a war against women - a battle that has seen women’s health providers in the US come under sustained attack from conservative groups.

What is it like to be asexual? (BBC)
“Well if you’re straight have you tried having sex with somebody you know of the same sex as you? How do you know you wouldn’t enjoy that? You just know that if you’re not interested in it, you’re not interested in it, regardless of having tried it or not.”

Female genital mutilation rife in Egypt despite ban (BBC)
In 2008 Egypt outlawed the practice of female genital mutilation but the ban seems to have had little effect and the practice is still rife. The article contains graphic detail.

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