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Added on: 09/21/2024

Greece’s bet on queer tourism

09/20/2024

Greece is welcoming queer tourists with open arms, marketing itself as a summer hotspot and wedding destination. The government even signed a contract with a specialized travel…

Global News

Added on: 04/18/2024

Travel warning issued for LGBTQ+ tourists in Greece. Where in Europe is safest for queer people?

04/17/2024

Following a travel warning issued for LGBTQ+ tourists in Greece, these are the European countries that are most welcoming to queer people. When same-sex marriage was legalised…

Global News

Added on: 03/11/2024

Thousands Rally After Shocking Attack on Trans Couple Rattles Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, Greek LGBTQ Community Defiant: ‘We Are Not Afraid’

03/10/2024

UPDATED: A crowd that swelled into the thousands took to the streets of Thessaloniki Sunday night, one day after a shocking attack on a transgender couple rocked Greece’s…

Global News

Added on: 03/09/2024

‘Love wins’ say Greek lesbian couple as they wed at last

03/08/2024

A calendar reminder shone up on Danai Deligeorges’ phone on Thursday evening: “Wedding”, the message said. She turned, smiling, to her partner Alexia Beziki. “Are you ready?”…

Global News

Added on: 02/26/2024

Church-state tension looms over gay marriage

02/25/2024

More tension looms between Church and state over the bill for same-sex civil marriage and adoption by such couples which Parliament recently passed, after Greek Archbishop Ieronymos…

Global News

Added on: 02/16/2024

Greece legalises same sex marriage in landmark change

02/15/2024

Greece’s parliament approved a bill allowing same-sex civil marriage on Thursday, a landmark victory for supporters of LGBT rights that was greeted with cheers by onlookers in…

Global News

Added on: 02/13/2024

No Longer Invisible, Greek Same-sex Couples Await Landmark Law

02/12/2024

For as long as he can remember, 16-year-old Yannis Belia has had a “second mother” invisible in the eyes of Greek family law. That’s about to change…

Global News

Added on: 02/01/2024

Sierra Leonean Trans Activist Finds ‘Home’ On The Island of Lesvos

01/31/2024

It all started with a broken heart. Roxy* kept her queerness to herself as she was growing up in Freetown Sierra Leone. Her mother – a pastor…

Global News

Added on: 01/15/2024

Greeks divided on same-sex marriage: 50.4% are negative, 46.7% are positive

01/14/2024

Greeks appear divided regarding the institutionalisation of marriage for same-sex couples, as shown in a poll by Opinion Poll for The Toc as 50.4% appear negative or rather…

Global News

Added on: 01/13/2024

Greece to legalize same-sex marriage after opposition agrees to support it

1/12/2024

Greece’s government is slated to legalize same-sex marriage and adoption after the country’s left-wing political party withdrew its opposition. Stefanos Kasselakis, the out gay leader of Syriza,…

Global News

Added on: 01/12/2024

Greece to legalise same-sex marriage, adoption

01/11/2024

Greece will legalise marriage and adoption by same-sex couples, the prime minister said on Wednesday (10 January), but gave no timeframe on the sensitive issue in the…

Global News

Added on: 01/06/2024

Ecumenical Patriarchy Denies Ban of Archbishop Who Baptised Gay Couple’s Children

01/05/2024

Monasteries on Mount Athos, an important Orthodox Christian spiritual centre for centuries, have denied that the Archbishop Elpidophoros of America’s visit to the monestaries was canceled because…

Global News

Added on: 12/30/2023

Greece will legalise same-sex marriage, despite church opposition

12/29/2023

The Greek government is pushing ahead with its same-sex marriage legislation, despite opposition from the church. In July, the prime minister of Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, promised to…

Global News

Added on: 10/11/2023

Syriza’s gay leader plans surrogacy baby

10/10/2023

Stefanos Kasselakis, 35, caused a stir recently when he was elected as leader of Syriza, becoming Greece’s first openly gay political leader. He has since caused further…

Global News

Added on: 10/08/2023

Greece’s gay Syriza leader says he told of plans to become parent to ‘stir’ debate

10/07/2023

Greece’s first openly gay political party leader says he was deliberately trying to “stir stagnant waters” and tackle the taboo subject of same-sex couples having children when…

Global News

Added on: 09/27/2023

Stefanos Kasselakis wants to become Greece’s first openly LGBTQ+ prime minister

09/26/2023

Greek-American entrepreneur Stefanos Kasselakis has become the leader of Greece’s opposition left-wing party – and has his sights set on becoming the country’s first openly LGBTQ+ prime…

Global News

Added on: 07/11/2023

Greece Prime Minister promises to legalize same-sex marriage

07/09/2023

The Prime Minister of Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, recently vowed to legalize same-sex marriage during an interview with Bloomberg. “Same-sex marriage will happen at some point and it’s…

Global News

Added on: 05/04/2023

Greece Bans Convicted Neo-Nazi and His Party From May 21 Election

05/03/2023

Greece’s Supreme Court has barred a convicted neo-Nazi from competing in upcoming national elections. But despite that decision, the court has allowed another extreme-right, nationalist party to…

Global News

Added on: 07/12/2022

First Greek Orthodox Baptism for Child of Gay Couple in Greece

07/11/2022

Evanggelos Bousis and Peter Dundas, both of Greek descent, became the first gay couple to hold a Greek Orthodox Baptism for their children in Greece on Saturday….

Global News

Added on: 06/17/2022

European LGBT Cops Won’t Wear Uniforms in Athens Pride Parade

06/16/2022

ATHENS – They won’t be wearing their uniforms but members of the European LGBT Police Association, after meeting in the Greek capital, said they will take part…

Global News

Added on: 05/04/2022

Greece: Letting police officers involved in brutal death of LGBTI activist off the hook sends chilling sign of impunity.

05/03/2022

Reacting to today’s decision by the Athens Mixed Jury Court acquitting four police officers of involvement in the death of LGBTI activist Zak Kostopoulos, Glykeria Arapi, Director…

World Voices

Added on: 11/30/2021

Tomas Diafas — Thessaloniki Queer Arts Festival, Greece

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Can you start by telling me a bit more about the Thessaloniki Queer Arts Festival? What led to its foundation back in 2018? The festival’s creation was…

Global News

Added on: 01/05/2021

Greece Just Appointed Its First Out Gay Cabinet Minister

01/04/2021

The center-right government of Greece announced the country’s first out minister on Monday. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis appointed Nicholas Yatromanolakis as the new deputy minister of culture….

Global News

Added on: 12/22/2020

Greek LGBTQ+ rights: ‘It was a lynching. No other way to describe it’

12/20/2020

Days after his death in the heart of Athens, the image of Zak Kostopoulos began to appear across the city centre, on buildings and nondescript office blocks,…

Global News

Added on: 10/03/2020

When politicians use hate speech, political violence increases

10/02/2020

Politicians deepen existing divides when they use inflammatory language, such as hate speech, and this makes their societies more likely to experience political violence and terrorism. That’s…

Global News

Added on: 08/19/2019

Greek bishop convicted of hate speech steps down

08/19/2019

A controversial Greek Orthodox bishop who was convicted of inciting violence against homosexuals has announced his resignation after four decades at the post. “Today is my last…

Global News

Added on: 06/16/2019

Legalising homosexuality: Germany did it 25 years ago – what about other European countries?

06/14/2019

This week Germany celebrated legalising homosexuality twenty-five years ago. Until June 11, 1994, it was still considered a crime in Germany even though since 1969 homosexuals were…

Global News

Added on: 05/05/2019

LGBTI rights in the Balkans: A perpetual struggle

05/03/2019

Romanian Adrian Coman and his American-born partner Clai Hamilton had two major reasons to celebrate when they tied the knot last June. One of course, was their…

Global News

Added on: 02/02/2019

Greek bishop who told followers to spit on gays guilty of inciting hatred.

01/29/2019

A Greek bishop has been given a seven-month suspended jail sentence for inciting homophobic hatred and abusing ecclesiastical office. Bishop Amvrosios of Kalavryta, whose name is Athanassios…

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Added on: 01/20/2018

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