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16 January 2009Song promoting “ex gay” movement angers Italian activists 10 A singer who has penned a song about a man that "used" to be gay is going to be one of the acts headlining at the Sanremo music festival in Italy in February. -
16 January 2009US Christian fundamentalists attack gay rights measure at Euro Parliament 14 An American legal group associated with homophobic Christian preachers such as James Dobson has attacked a European Parliament initiative on human rights. -
14 January 2009European Parliament recommends mutual recognition of same-sex partnerships 3 MEPs have adopted the Report on the Situation of Fundamental Rights in the EU. -
13 January 2009MEPs to vote on recognition of existing same-sex partnerships 5 The European Parliament will vote on tomorrow on a resolution which calls for same-sex marriages to be recognised across all EU states.
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12 January 2009Swiss ordered to reimburse cost of gender reassignment surgery 1 The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that a 72-year old transsexual will be reimbursed after her country’s health insurance refused to pay the cost of her gender reassignment treatment. -
12 January 2009Tintin ‘outing’ enrages fans who insist he is so macho 20 Eighty years after Tintin first appeared on 10th January 1929, there appears to be little sign of his popularity subsiding, with millions of books still sold every year. -
12 January 2009‘Ex-gay’ church loses funding from Dutch government 2 An Orthodox Christian Group in the Netherlands has lost government financial backing over claims its members try to "cure" homosexuality. -
12 January 2009I’m A Celebrity star Brian Paddick gets married in Norway 4 Former senior police officer, candidate for Mayor of London and reality TV contestant Brian Paddick has married his boyfriend in a civil ceremony in Oslo. -
12 January 2009Maltese gay politician excommunicates himself from Catholic Church 20 The first openly gay candidate for parliament in Malta has protested against the Pope's hostility to homosexuality by leaving the Roman Catholic Church. -
12 January 2009Belarusian activist saved from army conscription 1 Alexander Paluyan, the 23-year-old gay activist and editor of Belarusian LGBT website Gay.by, will no longer be called up to join the country’s military. -
9 January 2009Sweden funds project promoting LGBT rights in Vietnam + The Swedish embassy in Vietnam has pledged financial support for a new campaign aimed at reducing violence against lesbian women and promoting human rights for sexual minorities. -
9 January 2009Dutch foreign minister calls in Pope’s representative for a chat about gay rights 12 The Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs has summoned the Papal Nuncio to the Netherlands to the ministry and expressed objections to the approach the Holy See took at the UN over a statement on the human rights of gays. -
9 January 2009Gay journalist called up for military service in Belarus 2 A gay activist and editor of Gay.by, Belarus' biggest LGBT website, has been called up for military duties.
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8 January 2009Dutch cities compete for gay business as Amsterdam loses its mojo 4 The city of Amsterdam has failed to win in any category in a large-scale survey of the favourite venues of Dutch gays. -
8 January 2009Italy manager: gay players welcome but may cause locker room complications 7 The manager of Italy's national football team has said he does not think there are any gay professional footballers, but a gay man would not be excluded from playing under him. -
6 January 2009Comment: Trans discrimination must no longer be tolerated 1 During missions to member states of the Council of Europe, I have been reminded of the on-going discrimination many face on account of their gender identity. -
6 January 2009Greek Orthodox bishop sues AIDS charity for one million euros 15 Gay rights advocates in Greece have appealed for help in fighting a lawsuit against activist Leo Kalovyrnas and non-governmental organisation Synthesis HIV/AIDS Awareness. -
31 December 2008Vatican breaks with Italian law after refusing to sign UN sexuality declaration 11 A new statute coming into effect on January 1st will allow the Vatican to bypass Italian law. This comes in the wake of a row at the UN, where the Vatican refused to sign up to a universal declaration of human rights regardless of gender or sexuality. -
30 December 2008Spanish judge suspended for discrimination against lesbian parents 1 A Spanish judge has suspended from work after attempting to stop a lesbian adopting her wife's child. Same-sex couples are permitted to adopt children in Spain, and gay marriage was legalised there in 2005. -
29 December 2008Facebook slams homophobic groups 4 Social networking site Facebook has responded to calls for two Serbian homophobic groups to be removed from the web.
