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Following vote against same-sex marriage, Croatia to propose civil unions
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.
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Russian children’s rights commissioner: Only Italy can adopt Russian children
MOSCOW — Russia’s Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights says that currently only Italy matches the two main criteria for adoption of Russian children – a bilateral agreement with the Russian Federation and a ban on same-sex marriage.
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Former ‘X Factor’ contestant terrorized by Russian anti-gay extremists
SEVASTOPOL, Ukraine — A former contestant of the Ukrainian franchise of the British talent competition, “The X Factor,” was attacked and physically abused by Russian anti-gay extremists last week, according to prosecutors and the victim’s attorney.
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Croatians vote to ban same-sex marriage in country-wide referendum
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.
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World Health Organization apologizes for claiming HIV cases were deliberate
LONDON — The World Health Organization has apologized for a claiming in a September report that half of the new HIV cases in Greece were acquired deliberately by people trying to claim government benefits.
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Popular gay dance club in Moscow targeted with second attack this month
MOSCOW — A Moscow dance club popular with the LGBT community suffered its second attack in as many weeks when unknown assailants late Saturday night released an as yet identified noxious gas inside the main portion of the club.
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Bomb threat disrupts opening of St. Petersburg LGBT Film Festival
ST. PETERBURG, Russia — Queer Russia is reporting that a bomb threat has delayed the opening of the St. Petersburg LGBT Film Festival.
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Putin says ‘xenophobic’ attitude toward Russian LGBT people is wrong
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin told a group of political leaders Wednesday that the nation and its people and government shouldn’t adopt a xenophobic attitude towards people with different sexual orientations.
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IKEA deletes article on lesbian couple from magazine’s Russian edition
HELSINKI — Swedish furniture retailer IKEA says it has cancelled an article about a lesbian couple in the Russian edition of its customer magazine because that would have contravened that county’s law on gay propaganda.
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Luxembourg to achieve historic first: Openly gay Prime Minister, Deputy PM
The tiny European country of Luxembourg is set to achieve a historic first by having an openly gay Prime Minister and an openly gay Deputy Prime Minister.