Russia Enacts More Anti-Gay Laws
Russian parliament passes ‘gay propaganda’ ban (via AFP) The Russian parliament on Tuesday passed two controversial bills that impose jail terms for people promoting homosexual “propaganda” to minors and those who offend religious believers amid fears the measures will be used to persecute the opposition to Vladimir Putin. Ahead of the vote, gay activists…
Ministers, Mayor Join Croatia Pride March
Ministers, mayor join Croatia gay march (via AFP) Two ministers and a mayor joined 500 people at a Gay Pride march on Saturday in Croatia’s second city Split, where anti-gay violence marred a similar demonstration two years ago. Hundreds of riot police escorted the demonstrators, who were demanding full equality including marriage for gay couples.…
Small Pride As Marriage Ban Looms
Romania stages Gay Pride as same-sex marriage ban looms (via AFP) Some 400 people took to the streets of Bucharest for a Gay Pride parade on Saturday but a controversial amendment to the constitution banning same-sex marriage overshadowed the event. “It is a sadder parade because of the amendment”, Accept president Florin Buhuceanu told AFP, [...]
Huge Turnout For Tel Aviv Pride
Tens of thousands celebrate Gay Pride in Tel Aviv (via AFP) Tens of thousands of people gathered in Tel Aviv on Friday for Israel’s annual Gay Pride parade, which attracts visitors from all over the world, this year including France’s first gay married couple. Gay, lesbian and transgender activists and sympathisers, draped in rainbow flags, [...]
German court orders gay tax equality in blow to Merkel (via AFP) Germany’s top court ruled Thursday that same-sex partners in civil unions are entitled to the generous tax benefits granted to married couples, in another landmark step for gay rights in Europe. The decision marks a bruising setback for Chancellor Angela Merkel’s ruling conservatives [...]
Gay marriage plans clear hurdle in parliament (via AFP) The House of Lords voted down a bid to kill off a bill to introduce gay marriage in England and Wales, moving it a step closer to becoming law. Following two days of impassioned debate in the House of Lords that exposed deep divisions in the [...]
Singaporean Websites Must Pay To Mention Singapore… And Not Mention Gay People At All (via EFF) It’s been a bad month for Singaporean netizens. First came the news that the Media Development Authority (MDA), the country’s press oversight agency, now requires that websites that have more than 50,000 viewers and that post one “Singapore news [...]
Gay Pride in Sao Paulo draws one million (via AFP) More than a million people took to Sao Paulo’s streets for a massive Gay Pride parade, aiming to end discrimination and support same-sex marriage rights in Brazil. Under rainy skies and cold that did not dampen many spirits, marchers waved banners like “Never going back [...]
Events for 2013 Shanghai Pride
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