Europe
Moroccan faith healer arrested
Moroccan Muslim faith healer who was called by parents to ‘treat’ their 18 year-old lesbian daughter, is arrested over her burning death[edit] Belgian judicial authorities have arrested a Moroccan faith healer following the death of 18-year-old Layla Hachichi. The woman died as a result of burns. Her lifeless remains were recovered from her parents’ home… Read more »
Young Gay Activist in Belarus Targeted by KGB Faces Two Years in Jail for His Activism
KGB’s ‘dirty tricks’ – tries to get activist to become informer Gomel – A young Belarusian LGBT activist is today living in fear of imprisonment after being summoned yesterday to KGB headquarters in Biletskogo Street, Gomel. Svyatoslav Sementsov, aged 25 and co-president of the TEMA Information Center, was told that a criminal case had been… Read more »
Gay Spain News & Reports 2009-11
LGBT web site for Iberia 1 Court rules Spanish children cannot opt out of gay rights class 1/09 2 Latido unveils first gay Basque film 2/09 3 Beckham subjected to homophobic abuse during match 2/09 4 The Balearic Islands 3/09 5 Celebrating in…SITGES 6/09 6 Travel feature: Bella Barcelona 7/09 7 Spanish Village of Rainbow… Read more »
Gay Spain News & Reports 2006-08
LGBT web site for Iberia: http://www.gayiberia.com/home.html 1 Divorce proceedings 6/06 2 Gays marry during pope’s Spain visit 7/06 3 Conservative mayor presides over gay wedding 7/06 4 Un botellazo por "maricón" 11/06 5 Mayor of Madrid gives exclusive interview to leading Spanish gay magazine 5/07 6 Boutique opens for Barcelona’s gay ‘brides’ 5/07 7 Spanish… Read more »
Gay Spain News & Reports 2005
LGBT web site for Iberia: http://www.gayiberia.com/home.html 1 Spain Tells Pope To Stay Out Of Gay Marriage Debate 1/05 2 Analysis: Battle over gay law in Spain 1/05 3 Fighting for equality justice in Spain 2/05 4 Marginalised Muslims cause concern 3/05 5 Vatican condemns Spain gay bill 4/05 6 Spain paves way for gay marriage… Read more »
Gay Lithuania News and Reports 2009-10
1 Section 28 style law likely to be passed 6/09 2 Lithuania Bans Gay Speech In Schools 6/09 3 Lithuanian President blocks homophobic law 6/09 4 Youth Organisations Outraged at Discriminatory Law 7/09 5 Lithuania: Parliament Enacts Homophobic Censorship Law 7/09 6 MEPs complain to Lithuania about proposed criminalisation of gay "propaganda" 8/09 7 Amnesty… Read more »
Gay Romania News & Reports 2009-11
1 Medical Care in Romania Comes at an Extra Cost 3/09 (background story) 2 Sub-Committee Bans Homosexual Couples From Adopting Kids 4/09 3 Anti-gay march draws some scores of people 5/09 4 Romanian version of the Yogyakarta Principles launched 5/09 5 Discriminatory Partnership and Adoption Provisions in New Civil Code 7/09 6 Bucharest crowd boo… Read more »
Gay rights gaining momentum in Slovakia
Since splitting into two separate nations in 1993, Slovakia and the Czech Republic have travelled at different speeds in relation to gay equality laws. The Czech Republic passed a civil union bill in 2006, while the Slovak Parliament is yet to pass same-sex relationship recognition. KoÅ¡ice-raised Vlad, 39, and Topoany-raised Juraj, 31, have their views… Read more »
Gay Norway News & Reports 2009-11
1 Romantic Norway 4/09 2 Nobel Peace Prize Given to Jailed Chinese Dissident 10/10 3 Lesbian Couple Rescued 40 Teens During Norway Massacre 7/11 April 2009 – Passport Magazine 1 Romantic Norway by Rich Rubin A mountain range coated in snow. A silvery fjord. A waterfall frozen in mid-gush as it plunges down a steep… Read more »
Gay Serbia News & Reports 2009-10
1 US State Department Criticises Russia & Serbia 2/09 2 Thugs storm Serb LGBT news conference 3/09 3 Serbian Lawmakers Adopt Gay Protections 3/09 4 Serbia: Anti-Discrimination Law is Adopted 4/09 5 Gay Straight Alliance in Serbia 8/09 6 Serbia Vows to Protect Gay Pride Marchers 8/09 8 Amnesty report warns of violence against gays… Read more »
Conference “Justice in the Balkans: Equality for sexual minorities” held in Montenegro
A three-day conference “Justice in the Balkans: Equality for sexual minorities” was held in Podgorica. Prominent experts in this field discussed about rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender people in the region of South-Eastern Europe. This is considered one of conditions for the complete democratization in societies and necessary step in the process of… Read more »
Gay Turkey News & Reports 2007-08
Also see: Islam and Homosexuality Travel story about sailing Turkey’s Mediterranean Coast 1 Systematic Attacks Against Turkish Transgenders 01/07 2 Turkey’s first gay and lesbians students club 4/07 3 Turkey’s gay-lesbians on their way to be recognized 4/07 4 Despite Turkey’s reforms, gay community says it lacks legal protections 5/07 5 From: YazBerlin 5/07 6… Read more »
Gay Turkey News & Reports 2006
Also see: Islam and Homosexuality History of the LGBT Movement in Turkey Turkish LGBT Rights Report Sept 2005 Travel story about sailing Turkey’s Mediterranean Coast Also see: Gay Middle East Web Site: http://www.gaymiddleeast.com/ More information about Islam & Homosexuality can be found at: www.al-fatiha.org Other articles of interest can be found at: groups.yahoo.com/group/al-fatiha-news Queer Muslim… Read more »
Gay Turkey News & Reports 2004-05
Also see: Islam and Homosexuality Travel story about sailing Turkey’s Mediterranean Coast Also see: Gay Middle East Web Site: http://www.gaymiddleeast.com/ More information about Islam & Homosexuality can be found at: www.al-fatiha.org Other articles of interest can be found at: groups.yahoo.com/group/al-fatiha-news Queer Muslim magazine: Huriyah Gay Islam discussion groups: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/muslimgaymen http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lgbtmuslim http://groups.yahoo.com/group/queerjihad http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bimuslims http://groups.yahoo.com/group/transmuslims http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lesbianmuslims 1… Read more »
Gay Belgium News & Reports 2003-10
1 Belgian senate approves gay marriages 11/03 2 Belgian parliament legalizes gay marriage 1/03 3 Belgian gays: children first, then marriage 1/03 4 Belgium’s First Gay Wedding Held Today 6/03 5 Belgium sees 139 same sex weddings over 6 months 11/03 6 Rights group sues cardinal over gay ‘pervert’ comments 1/04 7 Socialists reopen gay… Read more »
Gay Bosnia-Herzegovina News & Reports
1 Bosnian gay movie wins hearts at Sarajevo film fest 8/05 2 Gay festival during Ramadan angers Bosnia Muslims 8/08 3 Bosnia police brace for Gay Pride violence 9/08 4 Media supporting Bosnia’s first gay festival threatened 9/08 5 Eight injured in attack on gay festival in Sarajevo 9/08 6 Serbian official praises police response… Read more »
Gay Albania News & Reports
1 Albania’s Gay Flight: homosexuals forced to leave Albania or suffer with deep-rooted homophobia 12/07 2 Albania failing to protect gays from violence and discrimination 6/08 3 Albania ‘to approve gay marriage’ 7/09 4 Albania to Legalize Gay Marriage 8/09 5 Albania protects LGBT people from discrimination 2/10 6 No gay marriage for Albania 2/10… Read more »
Gay Bulgaria News Report 2000-11
http://www.geocities.com/psychiatryofhomophobia/index.htm 1 Cross-Dressing in Bulgaria: Gay-Identity, Post-Communist Fear, and Magical Love 6/00 2 Progress reports from Bulgarian LGBT organizations Gemini and Balkan Triangle 7/03 3 Balkan Triangle: A Midway Perspective (March 2001 – March 2003) 4 Introduction to the legal situation of gay men in Bulgaria 2003 5 Presentation of homosexuality in Sofia–Report on Commercial… Read more »
Gay Cyprus News & Reports
Also see Gay Cyprus website 1 Orthodox leaders appeal for calm in Cyprus church (Greek Cyprus) 11/00 2 Orthodox bishops meet in Cyprus to discuss gay row (Greek Cyprus) 11/00 3 Gay rights activist Welcomes Amendment to Homosexuality Law 6/00 4 Sacked cleric: ‘I’ll expose gay priests’ (Greek Cyprus) 11/01 5 House moves to lower… Read more »
Gay Croatia News & Reports 1998-2009
0 Croatia: Ex-soldier persecuted because of homosexuality 11/98 1 Croatian homosexuals step out from shadow to demand equal civil rights 7/02 2 Croatian gays join first ‘pride’ march 6/02 3 Croatian homosexuals want laws to protect their rights 1/03 4 Croatia provides partnership rights to gay couples 7/03 5 Croatia legislation recognises gay couples 8/03… Read more »
Gay Czech News & Reports
1 A Queer Taboo 8/99 2 Homosexuals come out in Support of Slovak Gays and Lesbians 9/00 3 Czech Parliament Rejects Gay Marriage Bill 10/01 3a Creeping Out of the Closet – The Emerging Gay Community 03 4 Soldiers facing disciplinary action over gay porn photos 6/03 5 A Prague Spring for gays? 6/04 6… Read more »
Gay Eastern Europe News & Reports
1 Modern Gays in Modern Eastern Europe 3/06 2 Gay man expelled from reality TV show for coming out 10/07 3 Europe’s Crumbling Closet 10/07 4 Euro Court rules gay couples eligible to adopt 1/08 5 First They Came for the Gays 1/08 6 Catholics unhappy at rights for gay Kosovans 2/08 GlobalGayz.com http://www.globalgayz.com March… Read more »
Gay Estonia News & Reports
1 H.I.V. Surge Catches Tradition-Bound Estonia Off Guard 2/05 2 12 Injured as Gay Pride Marchers Attacked in Estonia 8/06 3 Attack on gay parade in Estonia prompts criminal case 8/06 4 A violent attack on a gay-pride parade 8/06 5 Mayor of London hits out at Gay Pride violence in Eastern Europe 8/06 6… Read more »
Gay Finland News & Reports
1 Finland approves gay couples law 9/01 2 Finland proposes to legalize homosexual unions 11/00 3 Finland bishops won’t bless legal unions 2/02 4 Helsinki Denies Gay Employees Couple Rights 3/02 5 Finns celebrate first gay weddings on women’s day 3/02 6 Gay Activists Welcome Adoption Proposal 7/03 7 Lutheran Church To Allow Gay… Read more »
Gay Gibraltar News & Reports
Also see: Gibraltar Gay Rights organization 1 Gibraltar Tourism Minister Quizzed on Gay Reform 11/00 2 Interview with Félix Álvarez. (in Spanish) 6/04 3 Gibraltar Gay Rights–Press Release: New Constitution Gravely Deficient 11/04 4 Gay Rights organization not satisfied with Equal Opportunities Ordinance 2/05 5 Reform not possible without rights progress 2/05 6 Gibraltar gay… Read more »
Gay Greece News & Reports 2003-10
1 Greek TV fined over male kissing 11/03 2 Gays in Greece Kiss in Public As Protest 11/03 3 Lesbian and gays win medals over the last few days at the Olympics 8/04 4 A quasi Govt agency… create a civil unions registry 2/05 5 Greek Leader Rejects Rights For Gay Couples 12/05 6 Second… Read more »
Gay Hungary News & Reports 1999-2008
1 A Queer Taboo 8/99 2 Pride speaks its name 7/03 3 How Gay Friendly is the Hungarian Media? 2003 4 Media targets Budapest ‘gay’ bathhouse 1/05 5 Hungary Moves to Recognize Gay Couples 3/05 6 A Gay Old Time: 4/05 7 Gay and Lesbian Budapest 10/06 8 Gay Times stay in Budapest assisted by… Read more »
Iceland News & Reports
1 An Icelandic Battle of Wildlife Versus Voltage 7/02 (background story) 2 Gay Iceland–travel story 5/05 3 Iceland’s Queer Hotspot 12/07 4 Gay rights group pays tribute to Bertie Ahern 4/08 5 Icelandic politician may become world’s first lesbian Prime Minister 1/09 6 First lesbian prime minister wins Iceland election 4/09 7 Iceland turns out… Read more »
Gay Liechtenstein News and Reports
Gay.com U.K. http://uk.gay.com/news/4578 December 13, 2001 1 Liechtenstein To Get Gay Equality The principality of Liechtenstein is drafting legislation which would give same sex couples legal equality. A bill has been drawn up which is waiting approval by the country’s parliament. If it is stamped it will give gay and lesbian couples the same rights… Read more »
Gay Lithuania News and Reports 1999-2008
1 General description of the situation of homosexuals in Lithuania (1999) 2 Lithuanian Penal Code Draft Includes Sexual Orientation (1999) 3 Lithuanian gays claim discrimination to US diplomats 8/99 4 The Legal Status of Homosexuality in European and National Law 10/98 5 Soviet-era artist accuses gay group of copyright violation 10/03 6 Lithuania could follow… Read more »
Gay Macedonia News and Reports
Also see: LGBT Rights Organization ‘See Q’ in former Yugoslavia 1 Macedonia Gay Rights Organization 2005 2 U.S. rebukes gay rights group in Macedonia 1/04 3 Macedonian Gays Come Out from Shadows 2/04 4 Male prostitution in Macedonia–A man for 50 euros 2004 5 Macedonia should recognise same-sex couples says rights commissioner 9/08 6 Candidate… Read more »
Gay Malta News & Reports 2003-09
1 New premises for Malta Gay Rights Movement 1/03 2 Gay Rights Movement deplores billboard at Naxxar MLP Club 2/03 3 Seminar on gay rights in EU accession countries 5/03 4 Gay Rights Movement reacts to parties’ proposals 4/03 5 AD calls for full implimenetation of EU anti-discrimination directive 5/03 6 EU presses government to… Read more »
Moldova News & Reports 2005-08
1 Moldovan government to put legislation in place for sexual minorities 2/05 2 Moldovan Authorities Ban Gay Rally Outside Parliament 5/05 3 GenderDoc-M announces Executive Director Post vacancy 5/05 4 Authorities Deny the Right for Peaceful Manifestation of LGBT Organization 5/06 5 Court Declares Illegal the Refusal to Authorize a Public Manifestation 6/05 6 Discrimination… Read more »
Gay Norway News & Reports 1999-2008
1 Norway Bishops Join Sex Ed Class (1999) 2 Norwegian Church Approves Gay Adoption 2/01 3 Appointment of gay clergyman shakes Norway’s state church 6/00 4 Gay Asylum Seeker from Morocco Not Allowed to Stay 6/00 5 Study on Gay Youth Suicide (1995-2000) 6 Norway: Restaurant Turns Away Gay Customers 12/01 7 Norway Minister Marries… Read more »
Gay Portugal News & Reports
1 Portuguese Parliament Grants Rights To Same-Sex Couples 3/01 2 Constitution bans discrimination based on sexual orientation 8/04 3 Portuguese push for same-sex marriage 2/06 4 African nations urged to embrace LGBT rights 12/07 5 Portuguese parliament rejects law on homosexual marriage 10/08 6 Transgender Community in Portugal 11/08 7 In & Out: Lisbon…Getting friendly… Read more »
Gay Romania News & Reports 1999-2008
0 Background story: 1996–Romania criminalizes homosexual behavior 8/99 1 Romanian MPs vote to decriminalise homosexuality 6/00 2 Romanians Against Gays, Jews, Gypsies 11/00 3 It’s Still No Breeze for Gays, Even Diplomatic Ones 10/01 4 Romania lifts gay ban; church objects 12/01 5 Sexual Orientation Discrimination Eliminated from the Criminal Law 2/02 6 ‘Accept’ Country… Read more »
Gay Slovakia News & Reports
1 Gay Named Slovak Man of 2000 1/01 2 Tolerant Dutch Fund Slovak Gay Magazine 11/00 3 Justice Minister Recommends Gays Seek Treatment 9/00 4 Slovakia Gays Oppose Minister’s Critical Stand On Gay Partnership 8/00 5 New Slovakian Gay Film 8/03 6 Gay rights activists protest ‘Catholic State’ threat 9/03 7 Conservative protests Swedish verdict… Read more »
Gay Sweden News & Reports 1999-2007
1 Gay Iranian Faces Sure Execution if Expelled from Sweden 1/99 1a Gay Iranian man granted asylum in Sweden 9/99 2 Swede Parliament Has the Most Women 12/99 3 Sweden Seeks to Bolster Gay Couples’ Right to Adopt 2/02 4 Sweden OKs Same-Sex Adoption Plan 6/02 5 Swedish gay couples may get own adoption agency… Read more »
Gay Switzerland News & Reports 2000-08
1 Switzerland Prepares Partnership Laws 10/00 2 International Coalition Advocates for Full Recognition of Gay Victims 8/01 3 Zurich warms up for gay festival–including the zoo 4/03 4 Lesbian Film: Journey to Kafiristan (true story) 5 Zurich homosexuals win right to tie the knot 7/03 6 Gay fathers club together in Zurich 9/03 7 Gay… Read more »
Gay Ukraine News & Reports
1 Ukrainian Gay Group Seeks Funding 1/01 2 Ukrainian Gays Gather 10/00 3 From Under a Couch, an Effort to Stop Corruption in Ukraine 2/01 4 Travel Story about Kiev, Ukraine 10/04 5 Ukrainian politics and society excludes minority groups, especially gay people 2/05 6 Kiev, Ukraine (Gay Travel Story) 7 Two International Conferences in… Read more »
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