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    ::    In a long-awaited hearing on overturning section 377 , a colonial-era law that criminalizes homosexuality in India , a Delhi High Court judge observed   Thursday that overturning the law faced stiff objection because "public morality" was a high priority...

Source: The Guardian , QueerBlog.it , Milano 2.0     Fabrizio Caiazza, a Milan traffic cop, won Gaydar's "Sex Factor" contest, but was disciplined by superiors for appearing in uniform photo: via QueerBlog.it A Milan traffic cop who beat out 46,000 contenders to grab the top prize...

Source: The Australian , Reuters , Islam Online SARAJEVO -- Plans to hold Bosnia's first gay festival during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan were denounced by the Muslim community on Thursday as an affront to religious feelings. "We respect freedom and tolerance, but the festival is a kind...

Source: AFP , Angelicuss TV preview Gay folks in Romania will their own online TV channel, starting October 1, AFP reports. The web-only TV channel will be dedicated to "the life and problems of the gay community," its creators said Monday. The channel, dubbed Angelicuss TV, will be launched...

Source: Deutsche Welle , Radio Netherlands , Associated Press via IHT , Irish Times , Belfast Telegraph Amsterdam Pride Canal Parade, 2008 Water guns photo by CBImages, Flickr   Flags photo by Joseph111, Flickr An estimated half-million people turned out this weekend for  Amsterdam's 13th...

Source: Belfast Telegraph , Guardian , Times (London) A leading gay rights activist has raised the temperature in the row over homosexuality by claiming there was evidence King Billy, a revered historical figure for unionists in Northern Ireland, had male lovers. Claims that the warrior monarch, portrayed...

Source: Times (London) , PinkNews , Stonewall press release Religious leaders in England are out of touch with what people in their congregations think about their fellow church members who are gay and lesbian. A report commissioned by UK LGBT advocacy group Stonewall concludes that faith leaders are...

Source: AFP , Radio Netherlands Thousands took to the streets of Athens, Rome and Warsaw for Gay Pride parades, drawing attention to the fact that many gay people in Europe still do not enjoy the same rights as heterosexuals. Marchers in Warsaw were separated from right wing demonstrators by heavy police...

Source: Deutsche Welle , New York Times , BBC News , AFP Defying threats of prosecution, the mayor of a remote Greek island performed the country’s first same-sex marriage on Tuesday. Tilos Mayor Tasos Aliferis performed the early morning civil ceremony between two men before hundreds of witnesses, including...

Source: Moscow Times , Telegraph (London) , Associated Press , AFP According to AFP, the banner briefly unfurled near the Kremlin calls for "Rights for Gays and Lesbians. Condemn the Moscow Mayor's Homophobia" photo: Moscow Times Moscow -- Gay rights activists protested in defiance of a...