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USA
Holy sh…! Attack on gay Christmas decoration
Homophobes vandalised the Christmas decorations of a gay couple in California. Two gingerbread men holding hands were smeared with faeces and placed under the waving rainbow flag. The police chief calls it a hate crime.
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Switzerland
Marriage equality in Switzerland!
Helvetic diligence par excellence: It took seven long years until the Swiss parliament could finally bring itself to pass a law on marriage equality. Finally, on 18 December, the time had come: the National Council and the Council of States …
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USA
USA: Buttigieg becomes first openly gay cabinet member
First Pete Buttigieg and Joe Biden were competitors, then allies. For a long time there was speculation about the place Joe Biden intended for the 38-year-old politician in his administration. Now it is official: Buttigieg will be put in charge of an entire ministry.
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Great Britain
Britain now takes also blood donations by gay men
Britain has lifted a years-long partial ban on blood donations for gay and bisexual men. In a press release issued on 14 December, the Department of Health and Social Care announced that all men who have sex with men and are in a long-term monogamous relationship or have been with their sexual partner for more than three months will be allowed to donate blood from summer 2021.
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Hungary
Hungary: Another move against queer rights
The Hungarian parliament has passed amendments to the adoption law and two additions to the constitution. The constitutional amendments are intended to consolidate the Orbán government’s conservative image of the family and further stigmatise transgender and intersex people in Hungary.
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Bolivia
Historic: Bolivia recognises registered civil partnership
In a decision published on 11 December, Bolivia recognises the “free union” between two people of the same sex – for the first time in the country’s history.
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Swedish Gymnastics Federation lets young people choose their own gender category
Young Swedish transgender gymnasts will be able to choose in which gender category they want to train and compete, according to a newly introduced directive of the Swedish Gymnastics Federation. The Swedish Gymnastics Federation Svensk Gymnastik has developed new guidelines …
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USA
USA: Student got suspended, because he had applied nail varnish
Trevor Wilkinson is 17 years old, a senior at Clyde High School in Texas – and gay. The combination is not only potentially problematic: because he wore nail polish, he was suspended from class. But Trevor didn’t let that …
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Mexico
New Cardinal: Homosexuality contagious and child abuse understandable
Pope Francis appointed Felipe Arizmendi, a cardinal who believes that homosexuality is contagious and is spreading – like a disease. And: He expressed understanding for child molesters within the Catholic Church.
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Switzerland
When will Swiss gays be able to marry?
After the clear approval of the National Council in summer (we reported), the Swiss Council of States yesterday also voted in favour of introducing marriage for all in Switzerland.
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