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Critics say Hungary's new laws allow PM Orban to consolidate control

The Hungarian government is being accused of imposing a partial lockdown in order to push through controversial new measures.

Hungary

Hungary proposes draft law to ban adoption for same-sex couples

The new law would mean that only married couples can adopt children and single people can only adopt with special permission from the minister in charge of family affairs.

My Europe Series

Estonia's liberal reputation at stake in gay marriage referendum

Estonia has an international image as a liberal bastion and a start-up nation. Outside of Tallinn, the reality is very different.

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Crowds celebrate Pride in virus-free Taiwan

Tens of thousands of revellers join a gay pride rally made possible by the island's successful vanquishing of the coronavirus.

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Earth News

Meet Pattie Gonia: An environmental drag queen on a mission

"Spend more time outdoors, get out there, because it will make you realise exactly what’s worth saving.”

Earth News

Why is environmentalism more popular in LGBTQ+ communities?

We talk to four activists about how LGBTQ+ activism crosses over with climate justice and animal rights movements.

Ireland

Irish town severs twinning ties with Poland over 'LGBT-free' zone

The town of Fermoy in Ireland has terminated its twinning agreement with Nowa Dęba in Poland over "LGBT-free" zones.

Poland

Poland's culture war: LGBT people forced to turn to civil disobedience

In a political climate where anti-LGBT rhetoric is becoming ever more shrill, LGBT people and rights activists are turning to civil disobedience as their last resort to have their voice heard.

Hungary

'Leave our children alone' Hungarian PM tells publisher of LGBT book

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán took a stand against a children's book featuring homosexual characters.

The Cube

Twitter users flood #ProudBoys with images of gay pride

Twitter users flood #ProudBoys hashtag with images of gay pride, in an attempt to drown out messages associated with the far-right group.

Poland

Activists nominated for award for tracking ‘LGBT-free zones’ in Poland

Activists in Poland have been nominated for a prestigious human rights award for tracking the growth of "LGBT-free zones" in the country.

Poland

Nobel laureate refuses local honour over Poland's LGBT 'rift'

Nobel Prize-winning writer Olga Tokarczuk said that receiving it at the same time as Bishop Ignacy Dec, who has made hostile comments about the LGBT community, would highlight the "painful rift" in Poland over LGBT rights.

Earth News

‘My poems are not nice,’ Ella Duffy on the sinister side of nature

Award-winning young poet Ella Duffy talks about the brutality of nature and her new work on the UK's rarest flower.

Poland

Poland to give money to "LGBT free" towns denied EU funding

The government is to give €57,000 to Tuchow — three times that amount the so-called 'LGBT free' municipality had applied for under an EU scheme.

Poland

Dozens of celebrities voice support for Polish LGBT+ rights

An open letter signed by 75 celebrities and addressed to the EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen demands the bloc takes "immediate steps" to protect "core European values".

Poland

Polish MPs don rainbow colours in LGBT stunt at Duda's swearing-in

Duda, who was elected as Polish president for a second term last month, said during his campaign that the promotion of LGBT rights "was an ideology more harmful than communism".

Poland

EU funding withheld from six Polish towns over 'LGBT-free' zones

Commissioner for Equality, Helena Dalli, said: "EU values and fundamental rights must be respected by Member States and state authorities."

France

French MPs debate ending restrictions on gay blood donors

French MPs are debating whether to stop making some gay men wait four months before they are allowed to donate blood.

World

How Poland's divisive election is fuelling anti-LGBT 'hate speech'

Presidential hopeful Andrzej Duda said LGBT activism is an "ideology" more "destructive than communism".

Poland

Euroviews. LGBT+ civil rights hang in the balance in Poland’s knife-edge presidential election ǀ View

With polls too close to call, Poland's presidential runoff election could seal the fate of the country's LGBT+ community and their civil rights.