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Sir Ian McKellen honours Belizean LGBT activist who battled to overturn anti-gay law

Sir Ian McKellen has presented this year's David Kato Vision and Voice Award to an activist who successfully battled to overturn Belize's anti-gay laws.

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History-making queer activist Caleb Orozco gives a rousing reminder that ‘giving up is not an option’ when it comes to LGBT+ rights

Caleb Orozco reflects on the struggle for LGBT+ rights in Belize and gives a rousing reminder that "giving up is not an option".

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Belize appeals court affirms: Anti-gay law is dead

Belize appeals court affirms: Anti-gay law is dead

The appeals court of Belize yesterday added new shovelfuls of dirt on the grave of the country’s defunct colonial-era anti-sodomy law.

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Belize turnaround on gay rights: 'Unbelievable!'

Belize turnaround on gay rights: ‘Unbelievable!’

Belize has vowed major improvements in the treatment of its LGBTI citizens. That promise of progress on gay rights comes just two years after the Central American country seemed to be a bastion of homophobia, clinging to an anti-gay law until it was overturned in the Belize Supreme Court in 2016.

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Appeal of Belize decriminalization 'effectively over'

Appeal of Belize decriminalization ‘effectively over’

Belize Supreme Court building.

An attempt to reinstate Belize’s anti-sodomy law is “effectively over,” says LGBT rights activist Maurice Tomlinson.

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Kato Award honors Belize man who toppled anti-gay law

Kato Award honors Belize man who toppled anti-gay law

Caleb Orozco, the activist in Belize who successfully challenged and overturned his country’s anti-gay law, has been selected as the 2017 winner of the David Kato Vision and Voice Award.

In memory of murdered Ugandan LGBT activist David Kato, the award is presented annually to an exemplary LGBT rights activist.

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Top court in Belize overturns sodomy law

Top court in Belize overturns sodomy law

Belize activist Caleb Orozco

The Supreme Court in the Central American country of Belize today overturned the country’s sodomy law, issuing a long-delayed ruling in a constitutional challenge brought by  LGBT rights activist Caleb Orozco, and his United Belize Action Movement (Unibam).

BuzzFeed reported, based on a Twitter post by Unibam:

The Belize Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a law…

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