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Serbia government faces criticism over gay pride ban
BELGRADE, Serbia — European Union officials have criticized the Serbian government’s decision to ban a gay pride march for the third consecutive year because of threats from right-wing groups.
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IOC ‘fully satisfied’ Russia’s anti-gay law doesn’t violate Olympic charter
SOCHI, Russia — The International Olympic Committee has dismissed concerns over Russia’s law banning gay propaganda, saying it doesn’t violate the Olympic charter’s anti-discrimination clause, and pronounced Russia ready to host the 2014 Winter Games.
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Macedonia rejects amending constitution to define marriage as one man, one woman
SKOPJE, Macedonia — An amendment to alter Macedonia’s constitution to define marriage as only between a man and a woman was defeated Tuesday, failing to reach a two thirds majority vote.
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Transgender human rights lawyer announces bid for Russian president
MOSCOW — A transgender attorney and Chairperson for the Association of Russian Lawyers for Human Rights announced Monday her intent to run for President of the Russian Federation.
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Gay rights advocates: Merkel’s victory a loss for Germany’s LGBT community
BERLIN — Gay rights groups in Germany say Chancellor Angela Merkel’s electoral victory could men four more years of stagnation in terms of LGBT rights in the country.
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Critics slam Italy’s proposed anti-homophobia law as ‘useless’
ROME, Italy — An anti-homophobia bill approved by Italy’s lower Chamber of Deputies (Parliament) on Thursday has been criticized as having loopholes that will continue allow anti-gay hate speech to go unpunished.
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Putin says there is no discrimination against gays in Russia
VALDAI, Russia — President Vladimir Putin denied Thursday that gays face discrimination in Russia, saying that a new law that has drawn protests worldwide does not infringe on their rights.
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Amnesty report slams European Union for failing to combat anti-LGBT violence
LONDON — The European Union (EU) and its member-states are failing to tackle homophobic and transphobic hate crimes and fail to protect all individuals from discrimination, harassment and violence, Amnesty International said in a report published Wednesday.
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Russia persuaded to alter ‘Olympic Truce’ to preclude anti-LGBT discrimination
NEW YORK — Following lengthy negotiations with United Nation representatives, Russian diplomats have reworded Russia’s version of the symbolic “Olympic Truce” statement to include wording that would preclude anti-gay discrimination.
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Lithuania Parliament to consider five anti-LGBT bills
VILNIUS, Lithuania — Five anti-LGBT bills are scheduled to be considered by Lithuania’s parliament before the end of the year.