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27 August 2009Italian gays condemn football manager and call for hate crimes legislation 3 A leading gay rights group in Italy has condemned comments by the country's football coach about homosexual players. -
27 August 2009Russian lesbian couple go to court over right to marry 1 A lesbian couple in Russia have accused the authorities of using "any excuse" to obstruct their legal case for gay marriage. -
26 August 2009Italy’s football coach rejects hypothetical gay couple 9 The coach of the Italian national football team has said that in "the current climate" it would be impossible for two of his players to be in a gay relationship. -
24 August 2009Polish gay man wins damages from homophobic neighbour in landmark case 11 A Polish woman who repeatedly verbally abused one of her neighbours about his sexual orientation has been ordered to pay him more than £3,000 in damages.
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24 August 2009Serbia’s Interior Minister promises police protection for Pride parade 2 Police in Belgrade will ensure public safety during next month's Pride events, a senior politician has said. -
24 August 2009Irish cardinal renews attack on civil partnerships 102 The spiritual leader of Ireland's Roman Catholics has said that civil partnerships undermine marriage. -
24 August 2009MEPs complain to Lithuania about proposed criminalisation of gay “propaganda” 10 The European Parliament Intergroup on Lesbian and Gay Rights has written to MPs in Lithuania about new legislation that aims to criminalise 'propagation of homosexual relations'. -
19 August 2009Gender tests on South African gold medallist sprinter Caster Semenya 20 South African sprinter Caster Semenya might have won the 800m in 1min 55.45sec but all eyes are now on whether she is indeed a woman. -
10 August 2009Feature: Pride in Reykjavik, 64° north 8 Adam Smith reviews pride in Reykjavik held last weekend where almost half of the city turns out to celebrate LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered) rights 64° north. -
10 August 2009Comment: Will Cameron back MEP who thinks marriage is not ‘relevant or appropriate’ for gay people? 18 Roger Helmer also said homophobia was a "merely a propaganda device" designed to stigamatise conventional opinions. -
10 August 2009Thousands march for gay marriage in Dublin 7 Up to 5,000 people joined a rally to call for full marriage equality in Dublin, Ireland, yesterday. -
10 August 2009Irish village hosts ‘world’s smallest gay Pride’ 6 A Irish village has hosted what is thought to be the world's smallest Pride festival. -
10 August 2009Tory MEP says homophobia doesn’t exist 171 A Conservative MEP has said that homophobia does not exist and is simply a "propaganda device". -
7 August 2009Irish gay marriage activists call on straight supporters to march 13 A group that advocates gay marriage in the Republic of Ireland has called on heterosexuals to take part in a protest march in Dublin on Sunday. -
7 August 2009Russia’s newest LGBT support group to focus on education and health 1 A new organisation that aims to develop social services for LGBT people has been formed in Moscow. -
4 August 2009Amsterdam mayor performs gay marriages for American-Dutch couples 1 Mayor of Amsterdam Job Cohen presided over the marriages of five American-Dutch couples at the city's Pride festival on Saturday.
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31 July 2009Portugal upholds gay marriage ban after lesbians’ challenge 8 The Portuguese constitutional court has today upheld the ban on same-sex marriage after a lesbian couple tried to use a constitutional loophole to challenge the law. -
30 July 2009Dutch Olympic champions promote gay tolerance in sport 2 Several Dutch Olympic champions, including openly gay swimmer Johan Kenkhuis, take part in this year’s Amsterdam gay pride canal parade to promote acceptance and tolerance of LGBT people in sport. -
30 July 2009Albania’s government to legalise gay marriage 32 The government of Albania has proposed to legalise gay marriage. -
30 July 2009European commissioner calls for greater trans rights 3 Thomas Hammarberg, the commissioner for human rights for the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly, has called on Europe to do more to stop transphobia.
