ADDED ON: 06/16/2019
This week Germany celebrated legalising homosexuality twenty-five years ago. Until June 11, 1994, it was still considered a crime in Germany even though since 1969 homosexuals were no longer prosecuted for “fornication”.…
ADDED ON: 06/01/2019
As the city prepares to host EuroPride, Lars van Roosendaal paints the places at the heart of its storied queer scene. Gay pick-up behaviour has changed a lot in recent decades. The…
ADDED ON: 01/02/2019
Two women tied the note just minutes after midnight in Austria making them the first same-sex couple to get married on the day it became legal. Nicole Kopaunik and Daniela Paier, both…
ADDED ON: 12/08/2018
"A Europe that protects" is Austria's motto for its presidency of the Council of the EU. But it couldn't agree to protect everyone. Hungary and Poland on Thursday torpedoed a joint statement by…
ADDED ON: 11/30/2018
Navid Jafartash fled Iran in 2014 because he feared for his life: He is gay, and homosexuality is illegal in Iran and in some cases punishable by death. He went to Vienna, where…
ADDED ON: 08/30/2018
The process of seeking asylum is difficult for anyone, but sexual and gender minorities fleeing persecution in their home countries can be particularly vulnerable, as two recent decisions by Austrian asylum officers…
ADDED ON: 08/24/2018
Austria has rejected the asylum claim of an Iraqi who claimed he could not return home because he is gay, saying he acted too 'girlish' in his assessment interview, reports said Thursday.…
ADDED ON: 08/16/2018
Austria has rejected the asylum application of an Afghan claiming to be gay because he did not ‘act’ or ‘dress’ like a homosexual, according to a media report. An official in Lower Austria state found no…
ADDED ON: 06/21/2018
In 1899, a German psychiatrist electrified the audience at a conference on hypnosis with a bold claim: He had turned a gay man straight. All it took was 45 hypnosis sessions and a…
ADDED ON: 05/15/2018
Countries across Europe need to do more to protect the rights of LGBTI people, according to a new index, which says law and policy advances have slowed down across the region. The…
ADDED ON: 02/17/2018
The Diocese of Linz, Austria, invited homosexual couples to participate in the blessing of couples on St. Valentine’s Day. The move comes in the wake of the recent debate over the German…
1161 N OGDEN DR, #109
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046
PHONE: (424) 272-5924
EMAIL: info@alturi.org
©2020 Alturi
