Articles about Finland

17 May 2013
Video: Finland’s pro-equal marriage Eurovision entrant stages lesbian kiss and gets into final 15 Following the second set of semi-finals tonight, Finland's Eurovision entrant found herself with a place in the final, following her performance of her pro-equal marriage song, which included a lesbian kiss.
8 May 2013
Finland’s Eurovision entrant wants to ‘make a statement’ about country’s lack of equal marriage 6 Finland's entrant for the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest has avoided rules which forbid political messages, to voice a statement against the country's lack of equal marriage legislation.
19 March 2013
Finland: 50,000 sign petition in one day forcing lawmakers to consider equal marriage 11 After taking just one day to gather 50,000 signatures on a petition in order to force lawmakers to consider an equal marriage bill, pensioners delivered the petition to parliament.
1 March 2013
Finland: Parliamentary committee narrowly rejects equal marriage bill 29 The Finnish parliament's Legal Affairs Committee on Wednesday voted narrowly to reject a bill to legalise equal marriage.
28 February 2013
Poll: Majority of Europeans say Pope Benedict was not influential and has been ignored by politicians 14 Despite his attempts to turn back the clock on gay rights, a YouGov poll shows Pope Benedict XVI has been of little influence to Europeans.
11 January 2013
Poll: Strong support across Europe for equal marriage and adoption – but France divided 9 A majority of people in several European countries believe that same-sex couples should be allowed to get married and adopt children, but in France the public is divided, according to a poll.
23 January 2012
Gay presidential candidate through first-round Finnish vote 15 Pekka Haavisto, the openly gay candidate in Finland's presidential race, has come second in the first round of voting.
28 October 2010
Gay arts festival Homotopia kicks off 2 Liverpool's seventh annual Homotopia festival begins today.
13 January 2010
China’s state press covers gay wedding 8 A state-run Chinese newspaper gave its front page to a gay wedding today.

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