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The European Court of Human Rights has refused to hear a case centered around an activist who wanted a baker to create a cake with a pro-marriage equality message. The court said it could not hear the case brough by activist Gareth Lee because he had not yet exhausted all domestic remedies for dealing with […]
Tags: discrimination, Europe, World News
7 Jan 2022 /
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A new poll has shown most Hungarians support that young people hear about sexual and gender minorities despite the country’s anti-LGBTQIA+ ruling party. The representative poll – commissioned by Amnesty International Hungary and Háttér Society and conducted by polling agency Medián – found that 46% of the respondents personally know people in the LGBTQI community, […]
Tags: Europe, Homophobia, Hungary, Transphobia, World News
18 Aug 2021 |
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Trans woman and politician Petra De Sutter has made history in Europe, becoming the first transgender person to be elevated to the office of Deputy Prime Minister on the continent. De Sutter is one of seven deputies in Belgium’s newly elected De Croo government, representing the Groen (Greens) among a coalition of four major parties. […]
Tags: Belgium, de croo, Europe, ghent university, petra de sutter
9 Oct 2020 |
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Reports have emerged that a group of LGBTI+ people were attacked in Armenia earlier this week. Gay Star News have reported that thirty people gathered in the village of Shurnukh to attack local LGBTI+ advocate and Rainbow Armenia Initiative founder Hayk Oprah Hakobyan – following social media reports from activist Remy Bonny. 🏳️🌈🇦🇲 9 LGBTI […]
Tags: Armenia, Chechnya, Europe, news, remy bonny, World News
7 Aug 2018 |
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A Danish government minister has come out as bisexual in a recent interview, saying he did not want to hide in his public life. Tommy Ahlers, the Minister for Science, Technology, Information and Higher Education told Euroman that he wanted to address rumours about his sexuality. “When people mention that they’ve heard rumours [that I’m gay], […]
Tags: bi+, Bisexual, Denmark, Europe, France, Mounir Mahjoubi, tommy ahlers
3 Aug 2018 |
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Malta is the latest country to embrace marriage equality, following in the footsteps of Germany, Taiwan and 22 other nations. Europe’s smallest country changed its laws so that marriage ceremonies will no longer pronounce ‘you are now husband and wife’, instead they will declare ‘you are now spouses’. Birth certificates will also now declare parents […]
Tags: Alex Greenwich, AusPol, Bisexual, Catholic, Europe, gay, Intersex, Lesbian, LGBT, LGBTI, LGBTIQ, LGBTIQA, Malta, marriage equality, Same Sex Marriage, Tiernan Brady, traditional marriage, trans*, transgender
13 Jul 2017 |
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Straight male members of parliament in the Netherlands are publicly holding hands in response to a homophobic attack. Last week, two gay teenagers were hospitalised after being abused and attacked in the city of Arnhem. Arrests have been made since the incident, including a 14-year-old boy. The hashtag #allemannenhandinhand (all men hand-in-hand) has taken off […]
Tags: allemannanhandinhand, dutch, Europe, gay, Homophobia, netherlands, World News
6 Apr 2017 |
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There are so many things to do and see in Rome a few days can quickly be filled with sightseeing, great food and endless sampling of gelato. The centre of Rome is filled with cobbled streets that open up on grand boulevards. It’s easy to get one from famous location to the next with a […]
Tags: Europe, Graeme Watson, italy, Rome, Travel
17 Aug 2015 |
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As of Monday the 27th of January, Northern Cyprus has become the last territory in Europe to decriminalise sex between consenting adult men. Its parliament has voted to abolish the previous law which provided five year prison sentences for sex acts between men. The law did not mention same sex relationships between women. Lawmaker Bogus […]
Tags: decriminalised, Europe, Homosexuality, Northern Cyprus
28 Jan 2014 |
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