Eastern Europe was once a world lear on gay rights. Then ran out of spegoats | CNN

Contents:

• SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE DOUBL ROMANIA
• ALL EU UNTRI MT REGNISE RIGHTS OF GAY SPO, ECJ L
• EASTERN EUROPE WAS ONCE A WORLD LEAR ON GAY RIGHTS. THEN RAN OUT OF SPEGOATS
• ROMANIA GAY MARRIAGE CASE COULD HAVE OUTSIZE IMPACT EUROPE
• CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR
• ALL 4 NY EPISPAL BISHOP NDIDAT WILL ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE IF ELECTED
• THE RELIG RIGHT LOST THE FIGHT OVER GAY MARRIAGE THE U.S., BUT SE HOPE EASTERN EUROPE

SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE DOUBL ROMANIA

Young adults show a higher gree of tolerance supportg any form of legal unn between people of the same sex, as do those who have a gay fay member or acquatance. The majory of those favourg same-sex marriag are also favour of gay upl raisg children.

Three-quarters of those terviewed for the study say that legalisg gay marriage would not impact their liv any manner, and half agree that those om the LGBTI muny should benef om the right to herance. Dpe the shift progrsive attus, the majory of Romanians still oppose legalisg gay unns. There are have been a total of 21 gay upl sug Romania at European Court of Human Rights Strasbourg, over their lack of legal protectn the last few years.

Socially nservative Romania crimalised homosexualy 2001, s later than other parts of the European Unn, but still bars marriage and civil partnerships for same-sex lg, which says the ernment has breached the European nventn on human rights, after 21 Romanian same-sex upl filed challenged wh the urt upl argued Romania's failure to regnise them as fai discrimated agast them var stanc cludg healthre cisns, jot medil surance, property and employment rights only afford to married Romanian ernment has three months to ci whether wants to ask the European urt to refer the se to s top chamber. EU untri that have not legalised gay marriage mt rpect the rincy rights of same-sex spo who want to live together their terrory, the European urt of jtice has led, a move hailed as a victory for human ECJ said member stat mt regnise the rights of all married upl to ee movement, no matter their genr or sexual lg me rponse to a se which Romanian thori were acced of discrimatg agast Adrian Coman, who wanted to be able to live his home untry wh his Amerin hband, Claibourn Robert Haton, wh whom he had been livg for four years the US before they married Bssels 2010.

ALL EU UNTRI MT REGNISE RIGHTS OF GAY SPO, ECJ L

Opposn to same-sex relatnships n be strong Romania, where homosexualy was crimalised ’s father, Liviu, told the Associated Prs he was pleased wh the lg, which would make some aspects of their liv easier.

Romanița Iordache, the vice-print of the Romanian gay rights anisatn Accept, said: “Startg om this moment onward, Romanian thori now have an obligatn to rpect the [ECJ] cisn, and ensure rincy rights and mimal regnn for all same-sex fai a siar suatn.

Hungary’s hardle natnalist ernment passed a new law earlier this month banng ntent that “promot” homosexualy and genr change om beg shared wh children, effectively prohibg any discsn of LGBTQ them schools. In dog so, Orbán has followed the playbook of Poland’s ernment, which has been chippg away at the rights of the LGBTQ muny for a number of years, adoptg discrimatory rhetoric and stokg homophobia.

EASTERN EUROPE WAS ONCE A WORLD LEAR ON GAY RIGHTS. THEN RAN OUT OF SPEGOATS

“There’s a real regrsn happeng many different untri, and rights that had been regnized are now beg challenged, ” said Evelyne Paradis, the executive director of the European branch of the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn (ILGA-Europe). Orbán, like the ernment Poland and some other untri, is tryg to prent homophobic polici as a way of protectg natnal valu. “It’s not about homosexuals, ’s about the kids and the parents, ” he told reporters, addg that he was a “eedom fighter” durg Hungary’s munist era.

She add that the ia of natn is often closely associated wh a tradnal fay and genr rol – another way to “other” the gay muny. “You have plac like Germany, France, Spa where 85% or more say that homosexualy should be accepted by society and then once you’re past the dividg le, on the other si of the former Iron Curta, those numbers beg to fall pretty rapidly and then get even lower as you go to Rsia, ” he said.

Acrdg to Pohter’s rearch, 47% of people Poland and 49% of people Hungary say homosexualy should be accepted.

ROMANIA GAY MARRIAGE CASE COULD HAVE OUTSIZE IMPACT EUROPE

“When you look at the former Eastern bloc, the untri had a long tradn of really progrsive legislatn towards LGBTQ rights, Poland for stance crimalized homosexualy 1932, which is really, really early, ” Kościańska said. Duds said Hungary, too, was once ahead of Wtern Europe, crimalizg homosexualy 1961, although the muny remaed largely visible. "Their weddg ceremony took place jt before more than 15, 000 people gathered the Buchart to fend LGBTQ rights as lawmakers ph for the new law that would ban any discsn of homosexualy or genr inty virtually all public and private spac, cludg schools, workplac, the ter and other mass media.

Hungary, Romania's neighbor to the wt, adopted a siar law June 2021 prohibg the distributn of ntent emed to promote homosexualy and genr change to people unr 18 school sex tn, films or TV mercials. LGBTQ activists have said that both Romania's bill and Hungary's law are moled on anti-gay legislatn enacted by Rsia 2013. Vios show wispread abe of gays Rsia, advot say.

CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR

In the ntext of Rsia's attack on Ukrae, she said queer Rsians who have a male genr marker on their passports have also grown creasgly aaid of beg drafted to the army, both bee they don't want to take part the war and bee there's rampant transphobia and homophobia the Rsian army. Senator Tammy Baldw, a Democrat and the untry's first openly gay senator, met wh lears om MozaiQ and ACCEPT to discs measur to rce discrimatn Romania.

"Regardls of where someone liv the world, they serve the digny to live ee om discrimatn based on who they are and who they love, " she homosexualy has been crimalized Romania sce 2001, same-sex upl are neher allowed to marry nor enter to civil unns, and transgenr people are not able to change the genr on their IDs whout havg to pursue legal actn, as there is no admistrative procre to acplish this.

ALL 4 NY EPISPAL BISHOP NDIDAT WILL ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE IF ELECTED

Is there any chance that Romania will legalize gay marriage?

Homosexualy was crimalized Romania 2001.

THE RELIG RIGHT LOST THE FIGHT OVER GAY MARRIAGE THE U.S., BUT SE HOPE EASTERN EUROPE

In July 2016, the untry’s Constutnal Court accepted the validy of the proposal, pavg the way for a referendum on the topic, which uld be held next se at the European Court of Jtice, then, at an important moment for Romania’s gay muny. “People see as a bean of hope after 16 years which no progrs has been ma Romania ncerng equal rights, terms of legislatn, ” said Vlad Viski, the print of MozaiQ, a Romanian lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr group. A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 10 of the New York edn wh the headle: Case Romania Weighs Rights of a Gay Spoe.

California still has an anti-gay marriage law on the books.