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German president boycotting Olympics over Russia’s human rights violations
BERLIN — German President Joachim Gauck is boycotting the Winter Olympics and will not travel to Sochi, Russia next year. Gauck took the decision to protest human rights violations and the harassment of Russian opposition political figures, Der Spiegel reported Sunday. The magazine said the Russian government was informed of his decision last week. Presidential […]
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Gay rights advocates: Merkel’s victory a loss for Germany’s LGBT community
BERLIN — Gay rights groups in Germany say Chancellor Angela Merkel’s electoral victory could men four more years of stagnation in terms of LGBT rights in the country.
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German court to rule whether transgender man can be listed as father
BERLIN — A transgender man who gave birth to a baby boy in Germany is fighting to be recognized as the child’s father, rather than his mother.
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Obama urges international community to embrace LGBT equality in Berlin speech
BERLIN — President Obama on Wednesday urged the international community to embrace equality and to “stand up for our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters.”
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German court rules gay couples in civil unions deserve marriage tax breaks
BERLIN — Gay rights campaigners won a victory over the German government Thursday as the country’s top court ruled that same-sex couples in civil unions should receive the same tax benefits as heterosexual married couples.
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German court strengthens adoption rights for same-sex couples
BERLIN — Germany’s highest court strengthened gay couples’ adoption rights in a ruling Tuesday that the country’s justice minister greeted as “a historic step.”
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On marriage, Germany hasn’t evolved beyond seedy beer hall discussions
Should Heather be allowed to marry Maria, or should John and Tom be allowed to tie the knot? Of course, because same-sex marriage doesn’t harm anyone but brings joy to two people. Unfortunately, Germany – a supposedly progressive country – hasn’t evolved beyond the level of seedy beer hall discussions. We have not yet freed ourselves from old prejudices…
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Gad Beck, last known gay Jewish survivor of the Holocaust, dies at 89
BERLIN — Gad Beck, a pioneering gay rights activist and educator in a severely anti-homosexual, repressive post-World War II German culture, has died, just six days before his 89th birthday. Beck was believed to be the last known gay Jewish survivor of the Holocaust.
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Canadian porn actor arrested in Berlin for murder, dismemberment of man he once dated
A Canadian porn actor accused of the grisly murder of a Chinese man studying in Montreal that he once dated, was taken into custody in Berlin Monday, following an international manhunt.
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Berlin’s openly gay mayor re-elected for a third term
The mayor of the German capital city has been reelected for a third term. Klaus Wowereit, who became the first openly gay leader elected to a German political state office winning his first term as Berlin’s mayor in 2001, is known for his populist style of leadership favored by the city’s citizens.