GAY ATHENS - A GUIDE TO THE GREEK CAPITAL FOR LGBTQIA2S+

Contents:

• GAY ATHENS – A GUIDE TO THE GREEK CAPITAL FOR LGBTQIA2S+
• GREECE'S 1ST OPENLY GAY MISTER URG LGBTQ YOUTHS NOT TO PUT THEIR DREAMS ON HOLD
• WAS PLATO THE ONLY GREEK GAY?
• GAY HISTORY IN GREECE
• MOSW CY HALL BANS GAY LGBT PARA FOR 14TH YEAR A ROW

GAY ATHENS – A GUIDE TO THE GREEK CAPITAL FOR LGBTQIA2S+

Nearly three years after was first brought to parliament, Greek MPs are poised to pass an anti-discrimatn bill which human rights groups say still falls far short of alg wh an epimic of racist and homophobic vlence the of this week's vote, gay rights protters have taken to the streets to nounce the nservative-domated ernment's refal to extend protective rights, cludg domtic partnerships, to same-sex upl. Rightwg MPs have risted troducg legal protectn for gay people spe an alarmg rise homophobic attacks Athens, claimg that such measur uld take Greece down a dangero path.

"Wh bate at such levels, there is ncern that far om curbg hate crim, the law will allow vlence to Hatzisofia, who reprents the radil left Syriza party, the ma opposn, said was appallg that Greece had e up wh an anti-discrimatn law " name only" when more than 400 racially-motivated asslts had been rerd sce Tatsopoulos, a left-leang pennt MP, said the refal to protect gay people was an alarmg omissn. "This law, effect, allows people to thk that homosexuals this untry are send-class cizens who do not have the same rights, and that will pave the way to discrimatn through the back door.

"Internatnal nsternatn has been exacerbated by the recent surge of attacks on men and women Greece's gay muny – often by black-shirted supporters of the neo-Nazi Goln Dawn the prsure on the ernment, Nils Muiznieks, the Council of Europe's missner for human rights, urged Greek thori to move forward wh the adoptn of wi-rangg anti-discrimatn a statement, he said: "The reported rise of homophobic attacks and the ntug racist hate crime Greece signal the urgent need to adopt and effectively implement prehensive legislatn orr to elimate tolerance, hate speech and vlence the untry. "Over the summer, assailants have not only targeted dark-skned immigrants but also appear to have sgled out gay people for attack.

GREECE'S 1ST OPENLY GAY MISTER URG LGBTQ YOUTHS NOT TO PUT THEIR DREAMS ON HOLD

After six years of wherg enomic crisis, the party is the untry's third-biggt polil force spe most of s learship beg taed pre-trial ctody on charg of nng a crimal operatn that sowed terror on the streets of MPs have openly hailed Hler as "a great personaly", qutned the Holot and nounced homosexualy as "a sickns". Theb veloped another approach, enuragg adult male/male homosexualy the ary, as was believed to epen the bonds between soldiers and make them fight more effectively, pecially if a lover fell durg battle.

WAS PLATO THE ONLY GREEK GAY?

The “Gay 300” operated at the ont edge of the attack and was rponsible for endg the long domance of their terrory by the Spartans. Perhaps the most “mediatized” famatn attempt took place durg the Roman Republic, when Mark Antony was acced of youthful prostutn and passive homosexual acts for polil gas.

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GAY HISTORY IN GREECE

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MOSW CY HALL BANS GAY LGBT PARA FOR 14TH YEAR A ROW

Thgs to see and do AthensAsi om the obv Acropolis & Parthenon and the wonrful Acropolis Mm there are many other thgs to do Athens that the gay muny like to do cludg;. Big Olive Walks “Tal of Same Sex Love” – a walkg tour of Greece’s history of gay love.

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