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Albania gay rights groups open first LGBTI shelter in Balkan region
Streha, “the Shelter” in Albanian, is the first shelter of its kind for LGBTI individuals in the Balkan region and one of the first in Eastern Europe.
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Poland’s first openly gay lawmaker elected country’s first openly gay mayor
WARSAW, Poland — Robert Biedron already made history once in Poland by becoming the first openly gay lawmaker in parliament in 2011. On Monday, he became the country’s first openly gay mayor. The 38-year-old’s political successes are a marker of how quickly this deeply conservative and Catholic country has changed …
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Finland’s parliament supports measure aimed at legalizing same-sex marriage
HELSINKI — Finland’s parliament on Friday narrowly approved a measure granting marriage equality for gay and lesbian couples.
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Austria politician tells Pope Francis to speak up for same-sex marriage
STRASBOURG, France — A prominent, openly lesbian politician from Austria presented Pope Francis with a rainbow scarf on Tuesday, and called on the Pontiff to speak up for women’s rights and same-sex marriage.
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Slovakia president announces referendum on same-sex marriage
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Slovakia will hold a referendum on same-sex marriage in the predominantly Roman Catholic country early next year. President Andrej Kiska announced the referendum Thursday, setting the date for Feb 7.
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Winnie the Pooh banned from Polish playground over ‘dubious sexuality’
TUSZYN, Poland — Authorities in the Polish town of Tuszyn have blocked a plan to have famed children’s character Winnie the Pooh used as the public face of a local playground because the bear is of “dubious sexuality” and “inappropriately dressed” for children because he is “half naked”.
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Online community supporting Russian LGBT teens charged with ‘gay propaganda’
This week, Russian authorities dealt what may be the greatest blow to LGBT rights advocates since Vladimir Putin signed into law the infamous ban on “gay propaganda in the vicinity of minors.”
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Ireland’s ‘gay’ bull Benjy saved from slaughterhouse
DUBLIN — He faced execution for failure to perform. But Benjy, the gay bull of Ireland, has been saved following a worldwide appeal backed by “The Simpsons” co-creator Sam Simon. Ireland’s Animal Rights Action Network said Tuesday that Simon is paying for Benjy’s transportation to an animal sanctuary in England.
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Nicolas Sarkozy: France’s same-sex marriage law should be scrapped
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy, who has embarked on a political comeback and is expected to run again for president in 2017, said Saturday that France’s marriage equality law should be scrapped.
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Prison sentence reduced for leader of Russian anti-gay vigilante group
MOSCOW — The leader of the Russian anti-gay vigilante group “Occupy Pedophilia” who is alleged to have lured LGBT youth into abusive encounters through fake social media profiles, and who is serving five years in prison on unrelated charges, has had his sentence reduced.