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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: 07/23/2022

Greece bans genital surgery on non-consenting intersex babies

7/22/22

The parliament of Greece passed a law earlier this week banning “sex-normalizing” surgeries for babies born intersex. Intersex children are born with any number of chromosomal, gonadal,…

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: 06/06/2022

Greece’s LGBTTQQIAAP Community, Youth Struggle for Acceptance

06/05/2022

ATHENS – It’s not easy being gay in Greece and it’s even tougher for gender queer children and youths during a time when many people are questioning…

Global News

Added on: 05/13/2022

Greece bans LGBTQ conversion therapy

05/12/2022

ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece on Wednesday banned conversion therapy for minors, a practice aimed at suppressing a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity and which the lesbian,…

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: 01/13/2021

INTERVIEW-Greece’s first gay minister hopes appointment helps erode homophobia

01/11/2021

LONDON, Jan 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Greece’s first openly gay minister said encountering homophobia in public life was “a given”, but hoped his appointment to the…

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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