Croatia

I very nearly missed a medieval wonderland that was right under my nose.

Adults laughed and danced as children watched wide-eyed while the effigy of a gay couple burned.

Local media says it happened because they were “acting gay.”

Hand these out to make your neighborhood a little more queer.

Watch the commercial haters don’t want you to see.

“Just imagine how far you can go with a little bit of English.”

Croatian gay rights groups are describing the attack as an “act of hate violence.”

ZAGREB, Croatia — The Eastern European country of Croatia on Tuesday approved a law granting civil partnerships for same-sex couples. The Life Partnership Act, approved by the Croatian parliament by a vote of 89-16, grants same-sex couples many of the same rights as marriage, with the exception of adoption.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. State Department announced Monday that Croatia has joined the Global Equity Fund, an initiative led by the United States to advance (LGBT) human rights around the world. “Croatia joins nine other like-minded governments (including the United States), three private foundations and two corporations in a multi-stakeholder initiative which aims to protect […]

ZAGREB, Croatia — Less than two weeks after Croatians voted to ban gay marriage, their government has proposed granting same-sex couples new legal rights.

ZAGREB, Croatia — Just one day after Croatian’s voted to ban same-sex marriage, a spokesperson for Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic said Monday that officials plan to offer civil union legislation that would give same-sex couples in Croatia many of the legal rights currently afforded to heterosexual couples.

ZAGREB, Croatia — A majority of Croatians have voted in a referendum to ban gay marriages in what is a major victory for conservatives in the newest European Union nation.

ZAGREB, Croatia — Croatia moved Friday to hold a referendum on whether to allow gay marriages, but critics say the vote is discriminatory and gay rights groups are challenging its wording as biased and unconstitutional.

ZAGREB, Croatia — Several thousand people held a gay pride march Saturday in Croatia, where conservatives backed by the influential Catholic Church want to make same sex marriage illegal, while neighboring Slovenia’s president led a similar march in his country’s capital.

An estimated 8,000 protesters — many throwing stones, bottles, bricks, firecrackers, and eggs — brought an abrupt end to the first gay pride to be staged in the port city of Split, in southern Croatia on Saturday.