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Russian lawmaker says anti-gay law must be enforced during Winter Olympics
MOSCOW — A leading member of the legislative assembly of the city and region around St. Petersburg, Russia, and a co-author of the national law signed last month by Russian President Vladimir Putin which criminalizes public displays of affection between same-sex couples and events that promote gay rights, is urging the Putin administration to “refrain from selective enforcement” of the legislation.
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Pope Francis on gay priests: ‘Who am I to judge?’
Pope Francis reached out to gays on Monday, saying he wouldn’t judge priests for their sexual orientation in a remarkably open and wide-ranging news conference as he returned from his first foreign trip.
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Protesters try to disrupt Lithuania Pride despite enormous police presence
VILNIUS, Lithuania — A group of protesters tried to disrupt Lithuania’s second gay pride parade ever on Saturday, defying an enormous police presence by throwing eggs at marchers and attempting to storm a stage.
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Bosnia likely to outlaw incitement to hate crimes against LGBT people
SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina — The House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) on Thursday adopted a bill criminalizing incitement to hate crime inclusive of of gender identity and sexual orientation.
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Russian extremists using social media to target, attack LGBT youth
KAMENSK-URAL, Russia — A network of loosely organized groups of Russian ultra-nationalists are targeting LGBT youth for bullying and assault by creating fake social media profiles and gay personals to attract unsuspecting victims.
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Forbes apologizes to Ireland’s president for calling him gay
DUBLIN, Ireland — Financial news publisher Forbes on Wednesday apologized to Ireland’s president for inaccurately describing him as gay in an online article.
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Extremists attack Montenegro’s first gay pride shouting ‘kill the gays’
BUDVA, Montenegro — Several hundred people shouting “Kill the gays” attacked gay activists and clashed with police on Wednesday in a bid to disrupt the first ever pride event in staunchly conservative Montenegro, which is seeking to improve its human rights record as it bids to join the European Union.
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Dutch filmmakers detained in Russia for ‘spreading homosexual propaganda’
MURMANSK, Russia — Four Dutch filmmakers, including an elected Dutch city official, were arrested and briefly detained in this northern Russian city Sunday on charges of “spreading homosexual propaganda” under the country’s new anti-gay laws.
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Moldova secretly adopts anti-gay ‘homosexual propaganda’ law
CHISINAU, Moldova — A new law prohibiting so called “homosexual propaganda,” similar to those recently enacted in Russia, has been adopted away from public scrutiny and entered into force in Moldova, a landlocked country in Eastern Europe located between Romania and the Ukraine.
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Iceland capital proposes end to relations with Moscow over anti-gay laws
REYKJAVIK, Iceland — Jón Gnarr, mayor of Reykjavík, Iceland’s capital city, on Monday submitted a proposal to end the city’s political and cultural relations with Moscow, after Russian President Vladimir Putin signed two anti-gay bills into law.