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Monday, August 18

Argentina Recognizes Couples

Although five cities in Argentina, including Buenos Aires, recognize civil unions, the country has just enacted its first nationwide recognition. (AP) Argentina on Monday announced its first nationwide gay-rights measure: granting same-sex couples the right to claim their deceased partners’ pensions...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Box Turtle Bulletin on 08-18-2008
Saturday, July 05

Budapest Pride Disrupted By Right Wing Extremists

According to Agence France-Presse: Forty-five people were taken into custody and 10 others were injured in clashes between police and homophobes during a gay rights march in the Hungarian capital Saturday, reports said. About 450 people took part in the march in central Budapest when extremists began...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Box Turtle Bulletin on 07-05-2008
Sunday, June 29

Indian Pride

Gay pride made its presence known in Calcutta, Bangalore and New Delhi today (AP). While small groups have marched in the eastern city of Calcutta in recent years, Sunday’s events were the first gay pride parades in Bangalore and New Delhi. Several hundred people turned out at each of the three...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Box Turtle Bulletin on 06-29-2008
Saturday, June 28

Anti-Gay Violence in Europe

This weekend is the pride celebration for several cities in Europe. And while pride events are a celebration of rights acheived, they did not all go off without a hitch. At the first pride parade in Brno, Czech Republic At least 20 persons were hit by tear gas used by anti-gay activists about 20 minutes...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Box Turtle Bulletin on 06-28-2008
Friday, June 27

Anti-Gay Violence On The Rise In Hungary

Pink News is reporting that a gay bar in Budapest was fire-bombed last night after its address appeared on a hate group’s website. It’s unclear how heavily the bar, called Action, was damaged. Gay rights groups have voiced concerns about extreme right-wing violence. They accuse a hate group...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Box Turtle Bulletin on 06-27-2008
Friday, June 20

Tasmanian Introduces Marriage Bill

In the Australian state of Tasmania, Green Party member Nick Mckim will introduce a bill to legalize gay marriage. “This is about tolerance and it’s about respect and those are values that I believe most Tasmanians would share and if we’re fair dinkum about removing discrimination in...

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Thursday, June 19

Lithuania Passes Non-Discrimination Bill

Well knock me down with a feather. Some good news out of the Baltic States. Pink News is reporting Discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation has been included in a new Law on Equal Treatment passed by the Lithuanian parliament. The new bill “requires equal treatment in the provision of...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Box Turtle Bulletin on 06-19-2008
Wednesday, June 18

Paul Cameron: A Fool In Moscow

Monday we warned that Paul Cameron was to speak yesterday before the sociology faculty of Moscow State University. Now we have a report of what he told that audience. Not surprisingly, it’s the same claptrap he’s been peddling here in the U.S. In this glowing account of his talk (they describe...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Box Turtle Bulletin on 06-18-2008
Tuesday, June 17

Norway’s Upper House Approves Same-Sex Marriage

The vote was 23-17, and it follows last week’s historic vote in the lower hose of Parliament. The new law will take effect on January 1, 2009.

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Box Turtle Bulletin on 06-17-2008
Wednesday, June 11

Norway Becomes Sixth Nation to Provide Marriage Equality

According to GayMormonBoy, who happens to read Norwegian, same-sex marriage has now passed the Parliament in Norway. They join Netherlands - 2001 Belgium - 2003 Canada - 2005 Spain - 2005 South Africa - 2006 UPDATE Pink News is confirming the news with an article in English

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Box Turtle Bulletin on 06-11-2008

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