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Pope Francis urges Slovakia to vote ‘yes’ on referendum to restrict gay rights
Slovakia’s anti-gay marriage movement has received massive support from the Catholic Church, and Pope Francis this week even gave his blessing to the referendum in an address on St. Peter’s Square.
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Hungarian court says sentence in gay pride attack too lenient
Hungary’s Supreme Court has ordered the retrial of three anti-gay protesters convicted of attacking police guarding the Budapest Pride march in 2011 because it considered the sentence too lenient.
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French court allows marriage between French, Moroccan same-sex couple
France’s highest court has ruled that a gay French-Moroccan couple are allowed to marry despite the North African kingdom’s refusal to recognize marriages between two men.
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Portugal defeats draft law to allow same‑sex couple adoptions
Portugal’s parliament has rejected draft laws to allow same-sex couples to adopt children, despite a strong vote in favor by the left-wing Socialists which left the margin smaller than ever.
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Ireland health minister comes out as gay, is country’s first out government figure
The announcement by Leo Varadkar received widespread praise for its straightforward honesty. Analysts said his decision was likely to be viewed with hindsight as a landmark of social change in a country that, until 1993, outlawed homosexual acts.
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Thousands protest lesbian couple’s ejection from Vienna cafe for kissing
Police estimated around 2,000 people participated in the protest Friday, forcing the closure of one downtown street. Some of the demonstrators exchanged long kisses.
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Austria court lifts adoption restrictions for same-sex couples
Prior to the decision Wednesday, same-sex partners could adopt a child only if one of them was the child’s biological parent.
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Court in Italy grants legal status to child born to same-sex couple
A court in Italy has, for the first time, recognized the legal status of a child born to a same-sex couple.
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Newsweek profiles Conchita Wurst: ‘Europe’s game-changing bearded lady’
Europe is changing, and Conchita Wurst is both beneficiary and agent of that change. Her stardom is proof that Austria is willing to love someone different. Now’s she’s been elevated to a global stage.
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Finland’s parliament approves marriage equality proposal at second reading
The initiative to legalize same-sex marriage was approved 101–90 by the full session of Parliament at its second reading on December 12.