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Across Europe, gay migrants face abuse in asylum shelters
Many migrants are coming from conservative Muslim countries where homosexuality is taboo into European societies that are more open to it.
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Two German trans women were stoned by migrants
“They took stones from a gravel bed on the corner and threw them at us.”
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German Parliament’s upper house pushes for same-sex marriage
The resolution approved Friday doesn’t force the government to take any action, as the state governments stopped short of sending a draft law to the lower house for a possible vote.
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Germany: Merkel’s party resists calls to embrace full marriage equality
Leaders of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative party are rejecting calls to embrace full-fledged marriage for gay couples following Irish voters’ decision to legalize it.
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Merkel spokesman: Same-sex marriage ‘not a goal’ of Germany’s government
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition has agreed to make small changes to same-sex civil partnership rules but staunch opposition from conservatives means Germany will not follow Ireland in allowing same-sex marriages any time soon.
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Berlin court fines three men for trying to force boy into marriage because he’s gay
The boy, now 18, told a Berlin newspaper he had come out as gay and his father decided to force him into marriage at age 15.
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Brutal attack leaves German gay rights activist with life-threatening injuries
BELGRADE, Serbia — A German man who took part in a gay rights conference suffered life-threatening brain injuries when he was severely beaten in downtown Belgrade on Saturday, Serbian police and gay activists said. The identity of the 27-year-old man has not been released. Jovanka Todorovic, from the Labris gay and lesbian group,
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Berlin’s first openly gay mayor to resign by end of year
BERLIN — Charismatic Berlin mayor Klaus Wowereit, whose reputation has taken a beating over struggles in the construction of the German capital’s new international airport, said Tuesday he will step down by the end of the year. Wowereit told reporters he would resign Dec. 11 after more than 13 years in office.
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Graveyard exclusively for lesbians being inaugurated in historic Berlin cemetery
BERLIN — A new burial area for lesbians only is being inaugurated this weekend in a two-century-old cemetery in the German capital.
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Berlin advocacy group lights ‘Rainbow Flame’ in solidarity with LGBT Russians
BERLIN — Gay rights activists in Berlin on Friday cheered and waved placards reading “Stop Homophobia” at the lighting of an Olympic-style ‘”Rainbow Flame” that will burn for the next 16 days while the Winter Olympic games takes place in Sochi, Russia.