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Czech Republic may be the first former Communist country to get marriage equality

An amendment for marriage equality already has broad support in the central European country.

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Police had to use tear gas & water cannons to protect a pride parade from a vicious mob

Around 200 anti-LGBTQ protesters clashed with police over the weekend as the city's first pride parade kicked off.

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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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The French president denies he’s gay for a second time. No, that doesn’t mean he is.

He also says he never paid for a fancy apartment for the man, paid him an exorbitant salary or gave him the nuclear codes.

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What do Trump’s attacks on the European Union & US allies mean for LGBTQ rights?

The EU raised the bar on LGBTQ equality in Europe, but Trump is trying to pry the union apart.

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Most new HIV infections in Europe are in Russia

In Russia, new infections are up 133% since 2006.

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Europe’s first ‘ex-gay’ conversion therapy ban could send violators to jail

Those convicted face fines up to $5,000, or up to five years behind bars.

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France will no longer force the sterilization of transgender people

Transgender people in France will still need to petition the court, but will not be required to undergo any medical procedures.

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France ends ban on gay, bisexual men donating blood, with a catch

All French men are now officially allowed to donate blood, so long as they abstain from sex with men for a year.

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Estonia gay partnership law comes into effect amid legal confusion

Estonia in 2014 became the first former Soviet republic to approve gay civil unions, but Parliament has not yet adopted laws required to implement that decision.

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