The rights of gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr people have taken centre stage ahead of Spa's July 23 natnal electn.
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- EUROPE’S EPENG DIVI ON GAY RIGHTS
- EASTERN EUROPE WAS ONCE A WORLD LEAR ON GAY RIGHTS. THEN RAN OUT OF SPEGOATS
- AND THE GAYT CY EUROPE IS... (DISVER OUR TOP 10 WNERS)
EUROPE’S EPENG DIVI ON GAY RIGHTS
A survey of 140,000 lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex people Europe found "hate and equaly rema a major challenge." * gay of european *
Six 10 gay and lbian Europeans avoid holdg hands wh same-sex partners public, and over half of LGBTQ people Europe are almost never open about their sexual orientatns or genr inti, acrdg to a new survey.
Evelyne Paradis, the executive director of the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn of Europe, said the fdgs were "not entirely surprisg. "Echog the survey's fdgs, she said, "It's very clear that a broad rabow umbrella, the trans and tersex muni are even more margalized and vulnerable than lbian, gay and bisexual people.
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EASTERN EUROPE WAS ONCE A WORLD LEAR ON GAY RIGHTS. THEN RAN OUT OF SPEGOATS
The ntent bate Italy over an anti-homophobia law is more evince of how Europe’s divi over gay rights is turng to a gulf. * gay of european *
“Two young men beaten up for a kiss, ” lamented Nila Zgaretti, ernor of Laz, the Italian regn where Rome happened next beme a se study of how gay rights have surged to the foreont of Europe’s culture wars. The Italian far-right dismissed the proposed law — which would have also extend new protectns to women and the disabled — as “homosexual propaganda.
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” The Vatin etted that Catholic schools might need to hold events for a natnal anti-homophobia day, cryg gement on eedom of a showdown last week, the Italian Senate rejected the bill an act that roed nservative lawmakers to a standg ovatn.
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Neverthels, the heated LBGTQ bate on the ntent suggts that equal rights are not que the done al the Wt that some gay activists once thought, particularly as the movement has broaned s foc to clu genr inty — a hot-button topic that has riled the right on both sis of the Atlantic for years. But European far-right lears like Holland’s Geert Wilrs and France’s Le Pen have more often targeted migrants, not gay people, even labelg themselv as protectors of the LBGTQ muny om what they scribe as the dangers posed by Islamist fundamentalism.