GRAZ (APA) – Das erste Paar in der Steiermark ist über die “positive Stimmung” bei der Eintragung erfreut. Schauplatz Grazer Amtshaus, Schmiedgasse: Im dritten Stock, rechts ganz hinten, brüllt eine Beamtin ins Telefon, dass es auch für Wartende heraußen noch hörbar ist, ein junger Schwarzer flucht auf der Suche nach einem Raum, vermutlich dem Staatsbürgerschaftsreferat, [...]
The same-sex couples will be able to formalise their relationships from 1 January 2010 The final vote was 64 against the bill, and 110 in favour, reports the Associated Press. “We are living in the 21st century and I’m very glad this step is being taken today,” said Justice Minister Claudia Bandion-Ortner on Friday. While [...]
A Russian lesbian couple, Irina Fedotova, right, and Irina Shipitko kiss each other by a marriage registry office in central Moscow, May 12, 2009. AP- Russian lesbian couple was denied a marriage license by an government official. They were handed a written rejection from an official in a registry office in central Moscow. The office [...]
Galina Toktalieva for Die Wiener Nachrichten Moscow City Hall does not allow a gay parade that activists had planned, according to Russian news agencies. City Hall spokesman Sergei Tsoi said “there have never been gay parades in Moscow and there never will be” Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov has described homosexuality as “satanic” and tried to [...]
Deep in my sad thoughts, I awaked to notice an African middle-aged woman sitting at secluded bus stop bench and talking to herself. There was nobody around. Apparently woman was delirious and argued with voices in her head. Perhaps, her problems were imaginary, but her fierce emotions, her rage were quite real. If she spoke [...]
These are one of the most popular kea-words in realm of Austrian internet: Jörg Haider Schwul. Wien (OTS) – Zur aktuellen blau-braun-orange-rosa Schlammschlacht und neuerlich aufgeflammten Debatte darüber, ob Jörg Haider schwul ist, ruft die Homosexuelle Initiative (HOSI) Wien das Outing Haiders durch Jochen Herdickerhoff auf ihre Website-Abteilung http://www.hosiwien.at/haiderouting. Dort finden sich viele interessante Beiträge [...]
