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Hungary new governement backs Budapest pride
44+ min ago (396+ words) New interior minister, G'bor P'sfai, said recently that Pride "must be made possible" in Hungary. Budapest Pride is expected to take place again this year, but Hungary's new Government has signalled that it will not immediately move to repeal legislation…...
Lyon pride march fractures
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (355+ words) Inclusion is a bitch. EPA/STR Lyon will hold two distinct Pride Marches (Marches des Fiert's) this summer following a fracture in the local LGBT+ community. The Collectif Fiert's en Lutte (CFL), which has organised the main march since around…...
LGBTQ channel Rainbow TV set to launch in Hungary
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (273+ words) According to reports, the unnamed Hungarian media entrepreneur behind the project has filed for a 24-hour linear television channel that will also offer online streaming. The channel aims to target the LGBTQ community while producing content accessible to a wider…...
Hungary "violated EU Law" by banning LGBTI+ content for minors, EU court rules
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (447+ words) The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled that Hungary violated EU law after it banned the display and promotion of LGBT content to minors under legislation introduced by Viktor Orb'n's government. The 2021 law was officially presented…...
Hanover daycare centres get "queer book boxes" to teach toddlers about sexual diversity
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (665+ words) In a move to promote "diversity" among young children, the city of Hanover has allocated around "11, 000 from surplus budget funds to distribute "queer book boxes" to its municipal daycare centres. This initiative, spearheaded by the city's commissioner for sexual and…...
Polish court rules foreign same sex marriages must be recognised
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (820+ words) "Love is love "reads the placard held up by a LGBT demonstrator. ECJ ruled that all marriages are equal whaterver country they have been made. However, Poland's constitution deems marriage to be between man and woman only, therefore the ruling…...
Polish defence minister withdraws backing for LGBT gender training in military
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (469+ words) Polish Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz ahs decided to cancel a gender awareness component of a military training course. EPA/PAWEL SUPERNAK Following a backlash from both the Conservative (Pi S) opposition and discontented troops, Poland's defence minister W'adys'aw Kosiniak-Kamysz has cancelled…...
EU's top court rejects Poland's appeal against "68. 5m fine over coal mine
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (674+ words) Tur'w lignite mine, operated by PGE company, in Bogatynia, Poland. Operating it in defiance of an ECJ injunction will cost Poland close to 70 million Euro. EPA-EFE/MARTIN DIVISEK The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that the European Commission…...
Bigamy charges next? Polish rule-of-law dispute creates chaos in family courts
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (903+ words) Polish Justice Minister Waldemar Zurek (L) is facing chos in the courts caused by the rule of law dispute between government, opposition and EU institutions. EPA/LESZEK SZYMANSKI A Polish judge has ruled that a couple's divorce was invalid because it…...
EU's top court rules that Polish Constitutional Court is illegitimate
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (1121+ words) The building of the constitutional court in Poland. A European Court of Justice decision has just deemed the composition of the Polish court to be illegitimate. EPA/Radek Pietruszka The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has sided with the European…...