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Vienna traffic signals go red and green, gay and straight

Some 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.

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Gay Luxembourg Prime Minister to marry partner: Sources

Luxembourg 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.

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European court: Bans on gay, male blood donors is sometimes OK

Wednesday's ruling was closely watched by activists and by governments that have lifetime bans on gay male blood donors, including the United States.

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Slovenia lawmakers approve same-sex marriage, gay couple adoption

Slovenian lawmakers have approved same-sex marriage and child adoption by gay couples amid opposition from conservative groups and the Catholic Church.

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Finland president signs marriage equality bill, law takes effect in 2017

Finland'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.

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New Greek government vows to grant same-sex couples legal status

Greece's new left-wing government has promised to grant same-sex couples legal status, in response to a 2013 international court decision condemning the country for discrimination.

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Slovakia vote on gay rights restrictions not binding due to insufficient turnout

A nationwide referendum on restricting gay rights in Slovakia has failed to produce a legally binding result after the required number of eligible voters did not turn out.

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Slovakia holds referendum on same-sex marriage, adoption

Slovaks are voting in a nationwide a referendum that would bar gay marriages and adoptions, and allow parents to decide whether their children attend sex education classes.

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Pope Francis urges Slovakia to vote ‘yes’ on referendum to restrict gay rights

Slovakia's anti-gay marriage movement has received massive support from the Catholic Church, and Pope Francis this week even gave his blessing to the referendum in an address on St. Peter's Square.

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Hungarian court says sentence in gay pride attack too lenient

Hungary's Supreme Court has ordered the retrial of three anti-gay protesters convicted of attacking police guarding the Budapest Pride march in 2011 because it considered the sentence too lenient.

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