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Ukrainian Parliament discusses law amendments banning the promotion of homosexuality
For immediate release
20 May 2012, Kiev
At the day that the first Gay Pride is held in Kiev, ILGA-Europe expresses its severe concerns about the passing of law amendments in the Committee on Freedom of Expression and Information of the Ukrainian...
Police detained 5 persons – including 3 participants of IDAHO related march and 2 clergymen.
Press speaker of Ministry of Interior Zurab Gvenetadze says that the police warned them and released afterwards. According to him the reason for detention was the attempt of participants to block the street.
Gvenetadze confirms that 2 of the detained w...
A bridged version of the statement submitted by Identoba to the Prosecutor General
To the Prosecutor General of Georgia
Mr. Murtaz Zodelava
Ms. Elina Glakhashvili, Board Chairwoman,
“Identoba”
Statement
On May 17th, Georgian non-governmental organization “Identoba” organized peaceful march, dedicated to the International Day of fighting Against...
At around 5.30am on 8 May, 2012, Yerevan’s D.I.Y. bar found itself the target of an arson attack. Popular among alternative types and widely known for its gay-friendly policy, it is suspected that nationalists, possibly part of a new Neo-Nazi group, were responsible.
However, allegedly because of the bar’s reputation as one of the few...
In a country that still criminalises homosexual activity – a legacy from when the British once ruled this country of 50 million – such sights have long been kept out of view. But as Burma slowly opens up, many of its lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) population are hoping they will no longer have to stay in the shadows.
“When we ...
Portland’s gay and lesbian community lost an important voice in December when Just Out magazine halted publication after nearly 30 years in business. Indeed, media watchers frequently use the word “void” to describe the loss of a must-read publication.
Just Out is being relaunched by Jonathan Kipp and partner, Eddie Glenn, whose business, Glenn...
Anjali Gopalan , one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World, tells Reuters that though her government legalized homosexuality in 2009, homophobic attitudes and discrimination are still widespread:
“Just because a law changes, doesn’t mean the way of thinking changes. That’s a slow process and something we have to keep working...
Barack Obama, the president of the United States, has announced in an interview with ABC News that he thinks gay couples should have the same legal right to marry as heterosexual couples.
According to ABC News, Mr Obama said: „ when I think about members of my own staff who are in incredibly committed monogamous relationships, same-sex r...
American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been honoured by a British charity for the work she has done for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community.
It recognises the international attention she brought to LGBT rights after her speech to the United Nations in Geneva in December 2011.
In the speech, Mrs Clinton said...
A gay bar in Copenhagen, Denmark, announced it would not allow its straight couples to kiss each other while inside the establishment, Homotropolis reported.
Jobbe Joller, the founder of the LGBT organization Homosocialt Fællesskab, told the newspaper that a bouncer from the Never Mind Bar in Copenhagen told a friend of his that she could not ...
