Lgbt
Never mind New York? Top five European countries for LGBT rights
Whilst New York became the sixth American state to historically legalise same-sex marriage on 24 July, over in Europe, the Irish were protesting in Dublin for the same rights on 15 August. Yet whilst a city like New York saw its first gay pride over four decades ago, the first event of its kind was held in Prague only this month. Mapping the friendlies in Europe
lgbt, gay rights, society, gay
Eurovision 2011: French losers and queer angles
Do you have to be gay to be a eurovision fan? A French researcher has looked into the culture of the fan clubs of the famous European song contest. Whilst references to the competition are ever camp, good old eurovision has turned out to be an excellent recognition tool for sexual minorities - whether the European cultural elite like it or not
lgbt, music, france, eurovision song contest, discrimination, gay rights, gay
Is gay OK in catholic Croatia?
The Balkan cliché of a traditional patriarchal society of machos is stable. We have all heard what happens every time the Serbs decide to have a Gay pride parade. But we are in Croatia now – a country that does not even count itself Balkan anymore, and which adopted a same sex partnerships bill in 2003
lgbt, cities, human rights, discrimination, lesbian, gay rights, croatia
Hungary youth: 'I stay out of politics but am Facebook friends with Viktor Orbán'
The new controversial constitution, the first to be created on an iPad, was voted into law by the national assembly on 18 April and signed by the president on 25 April. Hungary’s youth remain apolitical, even to a new rule which would violate human rights. cafebabel.com Budapest interviewed fifty young Hungarians
lgbt, fidesz, discrimination, hungary, protest, gay rights, politics
