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'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.

Europe Decoded

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.

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Living

‘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.

Norway

Norway will prioritise lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender refugees

Under previous guidelines, vulnerable women and children were given priority.

Montenegro

'Unspeakably tremendous': Montenegro legalises same-sex partnerships

MPs in Montenegro approved same-sex partnerships amid efforts to push forward with joining the European Union.

Turkey

Turkey defends humanitarian NGO chief over controversial LGBT tweet

Kerem Kinik said his comments on Gay Pride Day were aimed only at paedophiles. But they drew a wave of criticism.

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Hundreds take part in Taiwan Pride march

The heavy rain did not stop activists in Taiwan, the only Asian country where same-sex marriage is legal.

World News

Pride 50: LGBT+ community celebrate from home amid COVID-19 lockdown

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Pride, which was first held in New York City after the Stonewall riots.

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50 years of Pride: Spanish knitters fly a handmade giant rainbow flag

The rainbow flag is over 50 metres long and was created by 14 women in Aguilar de la Frontera over a period of two and a half months.

Poland

Euroviews. Women’s safety, protection and freedom is at stake in Poland | View

"If things continue on this path, Poland will be unrecognisable, compared with other EU countries," writes Caroline Hickson, regional director at the International Planned Parenthood Federation European Network.

World News

Father's Day: Gay couple's 'Kafkaesque' fight for EU parental leave

A gay couple working for the EU institutions wanted to claim parental leave for the birth of their twins. It led them to sue the European Parliament in the General Court of the European Union for discrimination against same-sex couples.