Posts – Page 2

Germany

Global News

Added on: 03/11/2023

German Catholic bishops back blessings for same-sex couples

03/10/2023

The Synodal Assembly — which is focused on reforming the Church — adopted a paper in Frankfurt on Friday to allow for same-sex couples to have their…

Global News

Added on: 02/17/2023

Changing gender identity: Countries that make it easy

02/16/2023

Spain on Thursday joined a small but growing club of nations that allow people to change their gender on their ID card through a simple administrative declaration. Several…

Global News

Added on: 12/26/2022

Holocaust survivor and ‘proud gay man’ shares inspirational coming out story: ‘It was beyond liberating’

12/25/2022

A Jewish man who lived through the horrors of the Holocaust has shared his heart-warming story of finally feeling able to come out as gay in his…

Global News

Added on: 11/23/2022

German Catholic Church amends law to allow LGBTQ employees

11/22/2022

The Catholic Church in Germany has updated its labor laws to end discrimination based on sexuality. The amendment, passed on Tuesday, comes almost a year after 125…

Global News

Added on: 11/19/2022

Germany Launches Plan To Protect LGBTQ Rights

11/18/2022

The German government on Friday unveiled a plan to protect sexual and gender minorities from discrimination, including a bid to anchor their rights in the constitution. Sven…

Global News

Added on: 11/05/2022

Germany’s Franciscan Friars Elect Openly Gay Brother as New Provincial Leader

11/04/2022

Germany’s Franciscan friars have elected an openly gay brother as their new leader, who becomes one of the most high-profile out LGBTQ+ church leader to date. The…

Global News

Added on: 10/11/2022

Gay former monk has dream wedding after being forced to quit Catholic church

10/10/2022

Bilgri was ordained in 1980 by Joseph Ratzinger, who became Pope Benedict XVI in 2005 and served as head of the Roman Catholic Church until February 2013….

Global News

Added on: 10/04/2022

German Interior Ministry Aims to Offer Better Protection for Queer Refugees

10/03/2022

The German Interior Minister, Nancy Faeser, has required the decision makers of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) to review the asylum procedures for queer…

Global News

Added on: 10/01/2022

Germany amends asylum rules in favor of queer refugees

09/30/2022

Germany will implement new rules beginning Saturday for processing asylum applications from LGBTQ persons, German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said. Faeser said Friday she wanted to better…

Global News

Added on: 09/12/2022

Transphobia in Germany: The danger of anti-queer attacks

09/11/2022

Munster, Augsburg, Bremen: three German cities, three brutal attacks on queer people within the past three months. One of them ended in tragedy for Malte C.*, a transgender man who…

Global News

Added on: 09/11/2022

Queer Hungarians in Berlin: ‘We can finally hold hands in public’

09/10/2022

Over the past years, the situation for LGBTQ individuals in many EU countries has improved, even if often only haltingly. But Hungary is another story. There, homophobia…

Global News

Added on: 09/02/2022

Man dies following ‘hate attack’ at LGBT+ pride event in Muenster

09/02/2022

A 25-YEAR-OLD man has died from injuries suffered in an attack at a gay pride event in the western city of Muenster, prosecutors in Germany said. The…

Global News

Added on: 08/19/2022

The First Gay Film: Different From the Others From 1919

08/17/2022

The first known film with a gay love story was made more than 100 years ago. Greatly predating Brokeback Mountain, Making Love, and all the rest, the…

Global News

Added on: 07/28/2022

Europe’s Monkeypox Outbreak Sparks Fears of Anti-LGBTQ+ Backlash

07/27/2022

LONDON, July 25 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) — When Louis, a 29-year-old gay man, realised he had caught something “nasty”, the doctor initially thought it was herpes. His…

Global News

Added on: 07/02/2022

Berlin mosque flies rainbow flag in support of LGBTQ community

7/1/22

The Ibn Rushd-Goethe mosque in Berlin said on Friday it was the first German mosque to fly the rainbow flag, a symbol of pride and diversity of…

Global News

Added on: 05/30/2022

LGBTQ Ukrainians and Russians find solidarity in Berlin

05/29/2022

Berlin, Germany – Having visited the German capital twice before, Polina Punegova, from the Russian port city of St Petersburg, had often told her Ukrainian partner Yulia…

Global News

Added on: 05/27/2022

As monkeypox cases grow, so do fears of a return of gay blame and stigma

05/226/2022

BERLIN — As mysterious cases of a rare and ominously named virus began surfacing in Europe, Germany’s disease-control center quickly told people to be on the lookout. In a May…

Global News

Added on: 04/14/2022

Germany approves rainbow flags on ministry buildings for LGBT events

04/13/2022

Germany says it has authorised raising the rainbow flag at federal government buildings to mark Pride marches or global LGBT+ events. The Interior Ministry confirmed in a statement…

Global News

Added on: 03/24/2022

TikTok censoring LGBTQ, Nazi terms in Germany: report

03/23/2022

TikTok has been running a questionable word-filtering system in Germany, according to a report by German public broadcasters. The popular Chinese-owned social network has been blocking posts that contain German-language…

Global News

Added on: 03/23/2022

When Communism was Queer.

03/22/2022

Cuba is considering a new family code that could allow marriage equality for the first time in the communist nation. In the last year, the Cuban health…

Global News

Added on: 03/22/2022

How Did the German Church Become the Leaders of Catholic LGBTQ Equality?

03/21/2022

Over the past few years, members of the LGBTQ Catholic community around the globe have been watching how Germany’s church leaders, organizations, and laity are leading the…

Global News

Added on: 02/16/2022

LGBTI Asylum Seekers Suffer Double Discrimination in Europe

02/15/2022

Members of the LGBTI community which are looking for asylum in different countries of Europe are facing some difficulties, including double discrimination even in countries that rank…

Global News

Added on: 02/01/2022

German Bishops Back the LGBT Campaign.

01/31/2022

Several German bishops have praised the extensive LGBT media campaign involving German priests and church workers, accusing the Catholic Church of advocating “defamatory” teachings on “gender and…

Global News

Added on: 01/28/2022

Holocaust Remembrance Day: How are Nazi Germany’s LGBT+ victims commemorated across Europe?

01/27/2022

Today (27 January) marks the International Day of Holocaust Remembrance, an occasion to commemorate the victims — especially European Jews, the main targets of Nazi oppression —…

Global News

Added on: 01/08/2022

Germany appoints first LGBTQ rights commissioner

1/7/22

Accepting his new position on January 5, Green Party politician Sven Lehmann said “everyone should be able to live freely, safely, and with equal rights.” In the…

Global News

Added on: 12/18/2021

Germany Bible museum puts on play presenting Jesus as transgender, weeks before Christmas

12/17/21

A Bible museum in Germany set up an exhibit claiming that there are LGBTQ themes in biblical studies, and hosted a play that presents a transgender Jesus…

Global News

Added on: 10/02/2021

German Catholic Leaders Support Blessings for Gay Couples, Challenging Pope Francis

10/1/21

German Catholic bishops and lay leaders on Friday called for their church to bless same-sex relationships, challenging a Vatican ban on the practice. The move raised pressure…

Global News

Added on: 10/01/2021

ANALYSIS-German election seen as paving way for transgender rights gains

09/27/2021

BERLIN, Sept 27 (Openly) – The victory of Germany’s Social Democrats and the election of the country’s first openly transgender lawmakers has buoyed LGBT+ activists’ hopes for…

Global News

Added on: 09/28/2021

” Germany elects first two transgender women to parliament”

09/27/2021

Two German politicians made history when they were elected to the country’s parliament on Sunday. Tessa Ganserer and Nyke Slawik, both of the Greens party, are the…

Global News

Added on: 09/22/2021

Berlin becomes a magnet for LGBT+ Poles fleeing homophobia at home

09/21/2021

When conservative politicians started making anti-LGBT+ speeches on the campaign trail, Piotr Kalwaryjski, a gay man from western Poland, decided it was time to pack up and…