Greece holds first gay weddgs | Rters

Contents:

• WHERE EUROPE STANDS ON GAY MARRIAGE AND CIVIL UNNS
• WHY THE ROMANS ARE IMPORTANT THE DEBATE ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE
• GREECE HOLDS FIRST GAY WEDDGS
• GREECE'S FIRST GAY WEDDGS FY CHURCH AND STATE

WHERE EUROPE STANDS ON GAY MARRIAGE AND CIVIL UNNS

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Current statSce Dec 23, 2015Civil unns In December 23, 2015, the Hellenic Parliament voted wh 193 vot (56 agast and 51 abstentns), the law on the extensn of the habatn agreement to homosexual upl. In the new form, sexual orientatn is disnnected om the creria that mt be met by prospective blood (fe ferral)In orr to donate blood, blood donors had to fill out a form lled "Blood Donor History”, issued by the Natnal Blood Donatn Center, which stated that donatg blood is prohibed for “anyone who had been a homosexual relatnship sce 1977”Conversn therapy Greece? ATHENS – Greece legalized gay civil unns Tuday spe opposn om the Church and a rebelln by some right-wg members of the lg aln.

Lawmakers voted 193 favor vers 56 agast the long-awaed reform, followg a heated 10-hour bate which supporters of the bill — some wearg rabow gay pri badg — trad barbs wh opponents.

WHY THE ROMANS ARE IMPORTANT THE DEBATE ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE

Outsi parliament, gay rights mpaigners gathered wh banners readg “Love is the Law” and “All I want for Christmas is Equaly. Activists say regnn of same-sex civil partnerships is an important step towards gag greater acceptance a untry where the Orthodox Church still holds sway and where reports of homophobic vlence have creased recent years. While many untri already allow same-sex marriage, Greece is one of the last European Unn stat to legalize gay civil unns.

GREECE HOLDS FIRST GAY WEDDGS

Prsure for change creased after the European Court of Human Rights led two years ago that was discrimatory for the untry to exclu gay upl om existg legislatn givg tax, pensn and herance rights to unmarried heterosexuals. Bishop Seraphim of Piras lled homosexualy “unnatural lewdns” while the ntroversial Bishop Amvross of Kalavryta orred church his dce to sound funeral bells “ mourng” over the bill’s expected passage. “This will allow gay people to be more visible, ” said Nancy Papathanasu, a board member at the OLKE lbian and gay anizatn.

Fourteen years ago, on the far-flung and Lilliputian island of Tilos, two same-sex upl wed a civil ceremony – the first gay and lbian marriag ever held Greece.

The story of those civil marriag and the impact they had on the LGBTQ+ movement is the foc of “Tilos Weddgs, ” by director Panayotis Evangelidis, who offers a first-hand acunt of what he scrib as a “heroic perd” the stggle for gay rights Greece.

GREECE'S FIRST GAY WEDDGS FY CHURCH AND STATE

A filmmaker and activist, Evangelidis joed the fight for same-sex marriage as a member of the Gay and Lbian Communy of Greece, an anizatn that had been lobbyg for the extensn of civil marriage to upl regardls of sex sce s foundg 2004. Four years later, the muny found an unexpected ally Tassos Aliferis, the outspoken mayor of the Aegean island of Tilos, who agreed to perform the first gay and lbian civil marriag ever held Greece.