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Moscow officials grant approval for city’s first ever gay pride event
Moscow authorities gave permission on Tuesday to allow the first ever gay pride parade to be held in the Russian capital.
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Hungary approves new constitution, bans marriage equality
Hungarian lawmakers approved a new constitution Monday that was blasted by rights groups and the political opposition for measures considered extremely conservative.
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Montenegro prepares for first ever gay pride parade
Gays in the tiny Balkan country of Montenegro have begun preparations for their first gay pride parade planned for May 31, but with some trepidation.
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Archaeologists unearth skeleton of suspected ‘gay caveman’
Archeologists have unearthed the skeleton of a late Stone Age man they believe — based on how he was buried — is the first known gay caveman.
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Dublin couple among first to celebrate same-sex civil union in Ireland
A Dublin, Ireland, gay couple became the public face of civil unions in the Irish State on Wednesday when they were among the first gay couples legally joined under legislation that passed last year allowing same-sex civil partnerships.
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Ireland ‘LGBT Awareness Weeks’ to target anti-gay bullying (Video)
More powerful messages: BeLonG To Youth Services in Ireland has launched a new advocacy campaign targeting anti-gay bullying.
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German doctors claim they have ‘cured’ HIV through blood stem cell transplant
Doctors in Germany claim they have cured a man who was infected with HIV. Three years after undergoing a blood stem cell transplant, Timothy Ray Brown, 44, an American patient living in Berlin,44, who was both HIV positive and stricken with Leukemia, now shows no sign of either affliction.
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Human rights agency condemns Czech Republic’s arousal testing of gay asylum seekers
The European Union’s leading human rights agency has sharply criticized the Czech Republic for using a controversial method of testing the credibility of gay asylum seekers.
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Gay rights march in Belgrade triggers riots, anti-gay violence
A gay rights parade in the Serbian capital of Belgrade erupted in violence Sunday as thousands of police deployed to protect the marchers clashed with gangs of anti-gay protesters, sparking riots, injuries and arrests. Protesters chanting “death to homosexuals!” hurled bricks, stones, glass bottles and stun grenades at riot police. Police responded by firing tear […]
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Germany’s foreign minister ‘marries’ longtime partner
Germany’s foreign minister Guido Westerwelle has formalized his union with his longtime partner Michael Mronz in a private ceremony in Bonn on Friday, the daily newspaper Bild announced in its Saturday edition. Although only close family were present for the ceremony, media reports say the Mayor of Bonn officiated the couple’s union. In Germany, gay […]