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Added on: 02/05/2021

LGBT+ history month: remembering the ‘Glamour Boys’ – the gay MPs who warned 1930s Britain about Nazism

02/04/2021

In the 1920s and 1930s of buttoned-up Britain, homosexuality was an illicit act, and would remain that way until 1967 when the law changed in England and…

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Added on: 01/05/2021

Head of German Bishops calls for church reform on LGBTQ+ teachings

01/04/2021

The head of the German bishops’ conference, George Bätzing, has called on the catholic church to alter its teachings on LGBTQ+ people. In an interview with the…

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Added on: 12/31/2020

The data scientist exposing US white supremacists: ‘This is how you fight Nazis’

10/02/2020

The far-right Proud Boys group, whom Donald Trump refused to denounce this week, have been linked to assaults on protesters, white supremacist organizing, the spread of Covid…

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Added on: 12/29/2020

Germany’s Transgender Law seen as ‘archaic, degrading’

12/28/2020

“Degrading, expensive and illogical” — that is how one trans* person described her experience of legally changing her gender in Germany. Felicia Rolletschke is one of many…

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Added on: 12/23/2020

Are COVID-19 vaccines safe for people living with HIV?

12/22/2020

As the first COVID-19 vaccines are rolled out around the world, HIV/AIDS experts and advocates have sought to reassure those living with HIV that they can safely…

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Added on: 11/28/2020

Gay veterans in Germany to be eligible for compensation as nation deals with past discrimination

11/27/2020

Gays who faced discrimination in the German military will receive financial compensation and have their records cleared, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cabinet decided this week in an attempt…

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Added on: 10/10/2020

Anarcho-queer-feminist housing project forcibly evicted after three decades

10/09/2020

Liebig34, an “anarcho-queer-feminist” housing project in Berlin, has been cleared of residents following a contentious eviction involving around 1,500 police officers. Officers from eight German states, including…

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Added on: 09/21/2020

Germany: CDU leadership hopeful slammed for comments on homosexuality

09/21/2020

Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leadership hopeful Friedrich Merz came under fire on Monday for a response he gave when questioned on whether he could imagine Germany having…

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Added on: 09/11/2020

ANTISEMITISM CREEPS BACK AS HUNGARY AND POLAND FAIL TO DRAW RED LINES

09/10/2020

Few interviews have received such media attention in Hungary recently as that given by Germany’s Europe Minister Michael Roth. In the interview with t-online, published on August…

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Added on: 09/08/2020

Thousands march from Germany to Poland in powerfully symbolic cross-border LGBT+ rights protest

09/07/2020

An LGBT+ rights protest at the Poland-Germany border has shone a light on the growing disparity between the two nations on queer issues. While Germany has progressed…

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Added on: 08/31/2020

Berlin Film Festival to make awards gender neutral: Is it time to finally talk about just talent?

08/30/2020

It’s been a while since we have been hearing who is the Best Actor and Best Actress — a clear demarcation in term of gender right there…

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Added on: 08/22/2020

Germany plans equal rights for lesbian co-mothers

08/21/2020

A German parentage law package close to being submitted to cabinet would give a child born into a lesbian setting two mums, the biological mother and her…

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Added on: 07/25/2020

Germany reveals details of compensation plan for gay soldiers

07/24/2020

German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer is working on a bill that would compensate soldiers in Germany’s Bundeswehr military who have been discriminated against because of their homosexuality,…

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Added on: 07/07/2020

Germany to rehabilitate discriminated gay soldiers

07/06/2020

Germany is planning to rehabilitate soldiers who were discriminated against in past years by being rejected for promotion or even fired from the army because of their…

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Added on: 06/29/2020

Berlin holds substitute Pride parade

06/28/2020

Despite the pandemic, over 3,500 protesters took to the streets of the German capital to support freedom for LGBT+ people. Activists said they wanted to bring attention…

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Added on: 05/26/2020

Russia ‘Ready’ for New Comedy on Gay Activists’ 1970s Soviet Visit, Producer Says

05/25/2020

Oscar-nominated Russian producer Alexander Rodnyansky has announced a new television series based on the real-life story of a group of LGBT activists who visited the Soviet Union…

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Added on: 05/12/2020

Germany becomes the fifth country in the world to ban conversion therapy

05/11/2020

Germany has become the fifth country in the world to ban ‘conversion therapy’ of LGBT+ minors. The new vote in the Bundestag, Germany’s parliament, confirms a ban…

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Added on: 05/08/2020

Minister defends Germany’s limited gay therapy ban

05/07/2020

Germany’s ban on so-called gay conversion therapies needs to be robust enough to withstand court challenges, Health Minister Jens Spahn said in response to criticism that his…

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Added on: 04/20/2020

The Growing Threat of Accelorationists Worldwide

04/20/2020

As the world is paralyzed by the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), some violent non-state actors have welcomed the global pandemic as an opportunity to push their…

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Added on: 02/21/2020

Acting intelligence head Richard Grenell’s push to decriminalize homosexuality has yielded little

02/20/2020

Donald Trump became the first president to name an openly gay person to a Cabinet-level position Wednesday when he announced that Richard Grenell would serve as his…

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Added on: 01/01/2020

Transgender Germans demand compensation for sterilization

12/31/2019

When German authorities insisted Tsepo Bollwinkel get sterilized in order to be legally considered a man 25 years ago, he was “eager to follow the rules, even…

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Added on: 12/19/2019

Germany moves to ban gay ‘conversion therapies’

12/18/2019

Germany moved a step closer to banning so-called gay “conversion therapies” on Wednesday, as the cabinet backed a law that would punish bogus practitioners with up to…

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Added on: 12/15/2019

Bishops in Germany are declaring that homosexuality is “normal”

12/15/2019

Bishops in Germany have declared that homosexuality is “normal” as the Catholic Church there begins reviewing certain reforms. The Commission for Marriage and Family of the German…

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Added on: 11/05/2019

Germany plans to ban gay ‘conversion therapy’

11/04/2019

German Health Minister Jens Spahn unveiled a draft law on Monday that largely bans “conversion therapy” for LGBT+ people. The practice will be completely banned for all…

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Added on: 11/05/2019

Poll reveals majority of eastern Europeans ‘fearful for democracy’

11/03/2019

Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, today’s eastern Europeans are fearful for the future of democracy, sceptical of government and the main political parties,…

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Added on: 09/14/2019

Surge in chemsex parties arranged on ‘hook-up’ apps is fuelling fresh HIV epidemic in European cities, doctors warn

09/13/2019

A surge in “chemsex” parties, where some people spend days getting high on drugs and having sex with scores of partners, is refuelling epidemics of HIV among…

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Added on: 08/15/2019

Same-sex penguin couples keep adopting eggs, and the Berlin Zoo is celebrating

08/14/2019

To the untrained eye, Skipper and Ping look like a typical king penguin couple. Standing side by side at the Berlin Zoo with their flippers touching, they…

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Added on: 08/05/2019

Hamburg Pride Parade paused after fire breaks out

08/03/2019

Celebrations at Hamburg’s Pride Parade ground to a halt after one of the floats went up in flames. At least two people suffered smoke inhalation. Large LGBT+…

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Added on: 07/24/2019

Germany condemns killing of Russian LGBT activist

07/23/2019

Germany is condemning the killing of a political activist in Russia and urging authorities to find out whether the crime was related to her advocacy of LGBT…

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Added on: 07/07/2019

Cologne celebrates Germany’s largest LGBT+ pride parade

07/07/2019

Hundreds of thousands of members of the LGBT+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) community and their allies flocked to Cologne on Sunday to take part in one…