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MEPs welcome Member States’ support to Commission’s actions on LGBTI equality, deplore opposition of Hungary
This Monday, the Council (i.e. Ministers of the Member States), failed to reach agreement on a common response to the Commission’s “List of Actions to advance LGBTI equality”.
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Hungary and Poland block equal property rights EU couples living abroad
Last Thursday, Poland and Hungary blocked a proposal for regulations which would simplify legal procedures for EU couples living or working in another Member State in the event of divorce or death.
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Author chronicles 50-year love story in new memoir
Sebastian Bartók tells story of life spent traveling the world with gay partner in ‘Mandryka.’
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Georgia Prime Minister calls for constitutional ban on equal marriage
At the end of March, Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili introduced an amendment to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman in the constitution.
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“Migrating Archives” Exhibition Tells International Stories of GLBT History
A new exhibition opening on February 1 in the Front Gallery at The GLBT History Museum will draw on innovative curatorial work combining art and history to offer a glimpse into the ways queer lives from the past are honoured in archives around the world.
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MEPs worried by serious threats to freedom of expression
Members of the European Parliament are increasingly concerned by cancelled gay pride marches around Europe, and laws criminalising public support for LGBT rights.