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Slovakia vote on gay rights restrictions not binding due to insufficient turnout
Saturday, February 7, 2015A 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. -
Slovakia holds referendum on same-sex marriage, adoption
Saturday, February 7, 2015Slovaks 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. -
Pope Francis urges Slovakia to vote ‘yes’ on referendum to restrict gay rights
Friday, February 6, 2015Slovakia'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. -
Hungarian court says sentence in gay pride attack too lenient
Wednesday, February 4, 2015Hungary'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. -
French court allows marriage between French, Moroccan same-sex couple
Wednesday, January 28, 2015France’s highest court has ruled that a gay French-Moroccan couple are allowed to marry despite the North African kingdom’s refusal to recognize marriages between two men. -
Portugal defeats draft law to allow same‑sex couple adoptions
Sunday, January 25, 2015Portugal's parliament has rejected draft laws to allow same-sex couples to adopt children, despite a strong vote in favor by the left-wing Socialists which left the margin smaller than ever. -
Ireland health minister comes out as gay, is country’s first out government figure
Sunday, January 18, 2015The announcement by Leo Varadkar received widespread praise for its straightforward honesty. Analysts said his decision was likely to be viewed with hindsight as a landmark of social change in a country that, until 1993, outlawed… -
Thousands protest lesbian couple’s ejection from Vienna cafe for kissing
Friday, January 16, 2015Police estimated around 2,000 people participated in the protest Friday, forcing the closure of one downtown street. Some of the demonstrators exchanged long kisses. -
Austria court lifts adoption restrictions for same-sex couples
Wednesday, January 14, 2015Prior to the decision Wednesday, same-sex partners could adopt a child only if one of them was the child's biological parent. -
Court in Italy grants legal status to child born to same-sex couple
Thursday, January 8, 2015A court in Italy has, for the first time, recognized the legal status of a child born to a same-sex couple.
