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Kyrgyzstan passes draft anti-LGBT ‘propaganda’ bill that’s worse that Russia
Wednesday, June 24, 2015The legislation passed through an initial reading in October, but had been stalled until Wednesday's vote. Another parliamentary vote is required before the legislation is submitted to Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev, whose signature is necessary for… -
PHOTOS: Thousands attend high-profile LGBT pride event staged in Latvia’s capital
Saturday, June 20, 2015Participants in colorful outfits waved rainbow flags and standards from Spain, Britain, Ukraine, Georgia and Armenia, among others, as they marched and danced to loud music in central Riga. -
More than a dozen injured after assailants attack gay pride rally in Kiev
Saturday, June 6, 2015At least 25 people were detained and more than a dozen were injured after assailants attacked a gay pride rally in Kiev on Saturday, throwing flares, smoke bombs and tear gas at marchers and police. -
Vienna’s gay-themed traffic lights to remain, says local official
Tuesday, May 19, 2015The 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. -
Gay Prime Minister of staunchly Catholic Luxembourg marries partner
Friday, May 15, 2015The prime minister of Luxembourg has married his partner a year after the tiny, staunchly Roman Catholic nation's parliament approved a law allowing same-sex marriage. -
Vienna traffic signals go red and green, gay and straight
Tuesday, May 12, 2015Some 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. -
Gay Luxembourg Prime Minister to marry partner: Sources
Friday, May 8, 2015Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel is to wed his partner Gauthier Destenay next week, just a few months after the tiny country legalized same-sex marriage. -
European court: Bans on gay, male blood donors is sometimes OK
Wednesday, April 29, 2015Wednesday's ruling was closely watched by activists and by governments that have lifetime bans on gay male blood donors, including the United States. -
Slovenia lawmakers approve same-sex marriage, gay couple adoption
Tuesday, March 3, 2015Slovenian lawmakers have approved same-sex marriage and child adoption by gay couples amid opposition from conservative groups and the Catholic Church. -
Finland president signs marriage equality bill, law takes effect in 2017
Friday, February 20, 2015Finland's president has signed legislation to legalize same-sex marriage in the Nordic country, but because the reform will require wide-ranging changes in other legislation, the new marriage act will not take effect until 2017.
