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Gay Snow Happening in Sölden: Parties and Skiing Fun under the Rainbow Flag
Just in time for the spring skiing season Sölden will be the place to be for the international gay community from 21 to 28 March 2020. One of the most popular Gay Ski Weeks in Europa boasts heaps of fun on the ski slopes plus unrivaled party programs.
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Austria: Vacation under the rainbow
Austria is a holiday destination that is known not only for its nature and culture but above all for its hospitality. We have collected numerous tips especially from and for the LGBT community
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Versace pleasure im Hotel Schwarzer Adler Innsbruck
This extraordinary hotel in the heart of Innsbruck is the perfect place for romantics and individualists. Exclusivity and uniqueness are undoubtedly celebrated here and on top of that the hotel has a 500-year history. Carefully selected items …
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Five reasons why Vienna is so LGBT-friendly!
Vienna offers gay and lesbian visitors historic cafes, unique LGBT events and exceptional shopping opportunities. And from 2019 you can even get married in Vienna! Vienna is becoming more and more popular internationally as a gay and lesbian destination – …
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Vienna celebrates EuroPride in 2019 – making it Europe’s number one LGBT hotspot!
Vienna celebrates EuroPride in June 2019. For more than two weeks, the city will offer a full programme of gay and lesbian visitors from all over the world. Even in normal years, the Rainbow Parade in Austria’s capital …
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Hüttengaudi: Gay Snow Happening Sölden
LGBT ski weeks attract ski and snowboard enthusiasts every year. But what is really happening there? A visit to the Gay Snow Happening in Sölden.
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Scheffau: Austria’s gayest alpine village
The 1,300-residents community of Scheffau near Wilder Kaiser is Austria’s gayest alpine village.
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Tradition & future
Industrial, alternative and established culture happily co-exist and even mingle in Linz, as can be seen in the recently opened exhibition ‘Der nackte Mann’.
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Art censorship: Hard times for queer artists in Warsaw?
The Polish Minister of Culture Piotr Gliński appointed Piotr Bernatowicz as the new director of the Centre for Modern Art in Warsaw, who is assigned to the right spectrum. Many artists fear a turnaround in Poland’s art scene.
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World AIDS Day in Budapest
For this years World AIDS Day, the Budapest’s Chain Bridge turned red. It is a tradition that the bridge receives special illumination on socially relevant memorial days. The Széchenyi Chain Bridge was illuminated for the first time on 1 December 2019 in connection with World AIDS Day in the color of the red ribbon that became the symbol of the fight against AIDS.
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Brazil: Judge overturns Bolsonaro’s stop to fund queer cinema
Brazil’s homophobic President Jair Bolsonaro cancelled funding for TV shows six weeks ago because he disapproved of its content. He described the financial support for social projects, including LGBTIQ* films, as “money wasted”. Now a federal judge declared the financial freeze null and void.
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Chinese social media platform bans homosexual content
The Chinese social media and video platform TikTok seems to be a prime example of censorship. TikTok had already recently been criticized for censoring the protest in Hong Kong and thus creating a distorted picture of opinion. It has now become known that the company is also blocking content that shows, advertises or promotes homosexuality.
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Refugees need more information about sexual diversity
German sex educators and integration commissioners on Thursday called for increased sexual education measures for fugitives. At the conference on “Sexual Diversity and Flight”, one of the topics discussed was how to overcome existing prejudices.
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How LGBT-friendly is Europe?
The European Commission’s Eurobarometer survey looks at the discrimination and social acceptance of LGBTI people throughout the European Union. The survey was carried out in May 2019 and the evaluation has now been published. How tolerant is Europe and what have been the developments since the last survey in 2015? Spartacus has selected the most relevant figures for you:
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