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3 October 2012
Serbia bans gay pride parade, again 8 The Serbian interior ministry has banned a gay pride parade from taking place in the country’s capital Belgrade for the second year running after ultra-nationalists threatened the march and the Serbian Orthodox Church condemned it.
3 October 2012
Russian court backs St Petersburg’s anti-gay law 15 Russia’s Supreme Court has ruled that the country’s second largest city of St Petersburg can continue to enforce its homophobic censorship law.
14 June 2012
Law Society backs equal marriage, says faiths will not be forced to marry gay couples 108 The Law Society, which represents solicitors in England and Wales, has lent its support to equal marriage rights for gay couples and called for faiths to be allowed to perform gay weddings if they so choose, saying the European Court of Human Rights has shown it is 'not going to force religious groups to conduct same-sex marriages'.
13 June 2012
New EU human rights ambassador ‘should promote LGBT rights globally’ 5 The European Parliament has recommended that person appointed as EU Special Representative for Human Rights promote the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people worldwide.
6 June 2012
Video: Pro-gay fly-posting campaign disturbed in Montenegro 7 An LGBT youth group in Montenegro has initiated a nocturnal campaign to put up pro-gay posters around the capital city of Podgorica.
17 May 2012
Popular Eurovision website hacked in response to ‘parade of homosexuals’ 34 A group is reportedly targeting websites related to the Eurovision Song Contest in Azerbaijan in protest at a 'parade of homosexuals' it believes will take place.
16 May 2012
MP calls for gays to leave Lithuania 34 A Lithuanian MP notorious for his anti-gay views has said gays should be driven from the country, interrupting a press conference in the Parliament building.
16 May 2012
Video: EU politicians say ‘It Gets Better’ in 17 languages 29 For the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia 2012, over 50 European politicians and leaders from EU institutions have joined forces to tell LGBT teenagers they are working to make things better.
8 May 2012
François Hollande’s presidential win brings French marriage equality closer 50 The new President-elect of France, François Hollande, the country's first Socialist president in nearly two decades, is expected to push equal marriage and adoption rights for gay couples in the European country.
4 May 2012
Sweden: Deportation nears for trans woman abused in native Russia 130 Time is fast running out for a Russian trans woman who, it was reported recently in Pink News, fears being forced by Swedish authorities to return to Russia, where she expects to face violence and possible imprisonment at the hands of the authorities.
20 April 2012
Row after Tory MEPs abstain from pro-LGBT amendment vote 55 Labour MEPs have criticised Tories this week for abstaining from a vote at the European Parliament on an amendment strengthening LGBT protections, with Tories accusing them of 'grandstanding' in response.
11 April 2012
Irish minister to bring forward protections for gay teachers 5 Statements made by Ireland's Education Minister Ruairi Quinn at yesterdays ASTI Conference in Cork of his intention to bar discrimination against gay people that may prevent them taking up employment as teachers have been welcomed.
11 April 2012
Budapest urged to reverse Pride route refusal 5 The Human Rights Watch group is calling on Hungarian authorities to reverse a decision which refused Pride organisers permission to hold a march on their chosen route in Budapest later this year.
3 April 2012
German football club bans fans for anti-gay sign 7 A German football club has banned fans who displayed a homophobic banner from the stands during a league match.
2 April 2012
Potential new EU member states told to improve gay and trans laws 13 Last week, the European Parliament adopted its annual enlargement progress reports for Turkey, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo.
2 April 2012
First EU-wide survey on life for gay, bi and trans citizens opens 17 Gay, bi and transgender adults from around the EU and Croatia are being asked to take part in the first European LGBT survey of its kind.
30 March 2012
European Parliament stands up for free movement of LGBT persons in EU 16 The European Parliament unveiled yesterday their annual report on EU citizenship, which stated that same-sex couples and their families still face considerable hurdles inside the European Union.
14 March 2012
European Parliament resolves to protect gay couples’ inheritance rights 6 The European Parliament has adopted a resolution calling on member states to ensure gay couples inheritance rights are respect around the EU, though it will not be binding on the UK, Ireland or Denmark.
25 August 2011
Maltese LGBT community faces legal anomaly after discriminatory rule is revoked 21 Mediterranean archipelago is forced to allow EU citizens' gay partners across its borders, but does not give own citizens the same opportunity.
28 May 2010
Mayor of Moscow a ‘criminal’ says Peter Tatchell 15 Peter Tatchell said yesterday that the mayor of Moscow, Yury Luzhkov, was a "criminal" because of his placing a ban on Moscow Pride for the past five years.

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