Europe
- world-news
-
- Europe
- France
- Sweden
- Spain
- Germany
- Russia
- Lithuania
- Austria
- Ireland
- Norway
- Belgium
- Italy
- Albania
- Turkey
- Malta
- Czech Republic
- Iceland
- Poland
- Serbia
- Latvia
- Hungary
- Azerbaijan
- Slovenia
- Kosovo
- Montenegro
- Channel Islands
- Northern Cyprus
- Denmark
- The Netherlands
- Ukraine
- Americas
- Jamaica
- Mexico
- Canada
- USA
- Uruguay
- Argentina
- Brazil
- Cuba
- Peru
- Columbia
- El Salvador
- Chile
- Guyana
- Nicaragua
- Belize
- Costa Rica
- Asia
- China
- Japan
- Nepal
- India
- Philippines
- Malaysia
- Taiwan
- South Korea
- Australia
- Africa
- Uganda
- Zimbabwe
- Gambia
- Kenya
- Morocco
- Egypt
- Cameroon
- Tunisia
- Ethiopia
- Senegal
- Liberia
- Tanzania
- South Africa
- Ghana
- Middle East
- Afghanistan
- Iran
- Israel
- Saudi Arabia
- Lebanon
- UAE
- Dubai
- South Africa
- New Zealand
- Russia
-
13 March 2013Poland: Former president will not face hate crime charges for anti-gay comments 4 Prosecutors have confirmed that they will not press charges against the former Polish President for saying that gay MPs should sit "behind a wall" in parliament. -
12 March 2013Travel: A weekend in Dublin 14 PinkNews.co.uk’s food and travel writer Sam Feller has travelled to Dublin to see what the city has to offer gay tourists, and how attitudes to homosexuality are evolving in amongst an ever changing political landscape. -
12 March 2013Poll: Almost a quarter of Russians want ‘compulsory treatment’ for gays and 5% think gay people should be ‘liquidated’ 49 A new survey has revealed that an overwhelming majority of Russians oppose same-sex marriage, gay adoption rights and pride parades with a high percentage claiming to have no gay relatives or friends and a proportionately high percentage saying gay people should be "liquidated".. -
12 March 2013Study: Men in same-sex unions live longer while mortality rates for lesbian couples on the increase 2 A new study has found that married gay men in same sex marriages live longer, while mortality rates among married lesbians have begun to rise, despite a long period of decline. -
12 March 2013Cardinals begin secret conclave vote to elect the next Pope 17 115 Cardinals of the Catholic Church have gathered in the Vatican to begin the process of electing the next Pope, which will take place in a secret conclave cut off from the world - even electronic signals are jammed to stop any Tweets about the vote. -
11 March 2013Lord Mayor of Copenhagen urges Lithuanian mayor to support gay pride 2 Responding to calls from gay rights advocates, the Lord Mayor of Copenhagen has urged the mayor of the Lithuanian capital city to support a gay pride event. -
11 March 2013Poland: New poll contradicts former President’s claims that 95% of people agree that gay MPs should ‘sit behind a wall’ 6 A new report has been published contradicting claims by the former Polish president that 95% of Polish people supported his view that gay MPs should sit "behind a wall" in parliament.
-
11 March 2013MEP Michael Cashman: Compassion for Cardinal O’Brien should be saved for victims of Catholic anti-gay discrimation 20 Labour MEP Michael Cashman tweeted PinkNews today to state his disagreement with Baroness Kennedy's "huge compassion" for Cardinal O'Brien, saying her concern would be better suited to the LGBT people who suffer discrimination because of the Catholic Church. -
9 March 2013Recommendation to ban porn discovered in upcoming EU report 126 MEPs will vote this week on a report which recommends a ban on all forms of pornography to fight discrimination against women. -
7 March 2013Ireland: Bill aims to add discrimination protections for LGBT teachers 4 A new bill published to be published in Ireland tomorrow hopes to remove the possibility of teachers being discriminated against based on their sexual orientation. -
6 March 2013Catholic priest calls for next pope to be openly gay to avoid links to pedophilia 60 A Catholic priest has called on the Papal conclave to elect a gay man to be the next Pope to avoid an association with pedophilia. -
6 March 2013Uzbekistan: Wikileaks cable reveals president claimed Western democracy promotes homosexuality 6 The Uzbek President Islam Karimov said he felt democracy was unsuitable for his country because it promotes homosexuality, according to a Wikileaks document. -
6 March 2013Poland: First gay and trans MPs take front-bench seats protesting former president’s anti-gay remarks 2 Polands first openly gay and trans lawmakers took front bench seats of the Polish parliament on Wednesday to protest against remarks made by a former president who said gay members should sit "behind a wall" in parliament. -
6 March 2013Australia: Lord Mayor pushes Russian ambassador on ‘unacceptable’ anti-gay law 1 Melbourne City Council may fly a member of the St Petersburg gay community to Australia to discuss conditions for gay people in the Russian city, following the implementation of anti-gay laws in the city. -
6 March 2013Poland: Ex-president Lech Walesa defends anti-gay remarks by saying 95% agree with him 33 Lech Walesa, the former President of Poland continues to resist calls and petitions to apologise for his anti-gay comments, and says he has received supportive letters from Polish citizens.
-
4 March 2013Russia’s only lesbian glossy magazine goes on sale – but homophobes call it ‘filth’ 8 A magazine for lesbians has gone on sale in Russia, providing the only publication of its kind to the LGBT community there. -
4 March 2013Germany: Angela Merkel’s conservative party to hold off on gay tax rights amidst election fears 15 German Chancellor Angela Merkel's party will not currently initiate further legislation to allow equal rights for gay couples, following a supreme court ruling which has caused controversy within her party. -
4 March 2013Spain: Conservative ministers distance themselves from colleague’s anti-gay ‘survival of species’ argument 15 Politicians in Spain have been quick to distance themselves from the comments of the Interior Minister, who said that same-sex marriage laws could mean the human race would not be “guaranteed” to survive. -
4 March 2013Former Polish President refuses to apologise for saying gay people should sit ‘behind a wall’ in parliament 28 The former President of Poland has refused to apologise for comments made in a TV interview, during which he said that gay people should sit "behind a wall" in parliament.
-
4 March 2013Poland: Former president says the place for gay people in parliament is ‘behind a wall’ 39 Lech Walesa, a former Polish President famous for his human rights campaigns, caused outrage after he said that gay people should have a minor role in politics to reflect their minority status in a TV interview.
