Austria

These beautiful brides got married minutes after it was legalized in Austria

A court ruling legalizing marriage equality went into effect at midnight on January 1. Moments later, they were wed.

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Did Land O’Lakes’ lesbian CEO stop the company’s support for a neo-Nazi Congressman?

Before she became CEO, her company donated money to Congressman Steve King, one of America's most racist politicians.

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Austria tells a teenager that he’s not stereotypically gay enough to get asylum

He apparently doesn't "walk, act and dress" like a gay man.

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Gay asylum seeker denied because he didn’t know what the Pride flag colors mean

Can you name what they all stand for?

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Austria’s supreme court says yes to marriage equality

Same-sex marriages will begin in January 2019 or earlier if Parliament lifts the ban before the ruling goes into place.

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School rejects transgender girl, calling her identity a ‘peculiarity’

The school likened her being trans to "having an allergy."

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Democracy failure: 75% of Germans support equality but it’s still not happening

Angela Merkel, who has stated her adamant opposition to same-sex marriage, has a 74% approval rating. Where's the disconnect?

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Austria will upgrade civil unions for gay couples, but won’t call it ‘marriage’

Partnerships would be registered where marriage records are kept and the spot for "last name" will be changed to "family name."

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Vienna’s gay-themed traffic lights to remain, says local official

The lights show couples — a man and a woman, two women or two men. Set up recently at 47 crossings, they were to be taken down in June, after the conclusion of several gay-friendly events.

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Vienna traffic signals go red and green, gay and straight

Some Vienna pedestrian traffic lights are suddenly not only red or green. They're also gay or straight. And Austria's right-wing Freedom Party is livid.

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