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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: 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: 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...

Source: Deutsche Welle , New York Times , TopNews.in A memorial dedicated to gay men and lesbians persecuted and killed under the Nazis will be inaugurated on May 27, the Lesbian and Gay Federation in Germany said. Germany’s culture minister, Bernd Neumann, and Berlin’s mayor, Klaus Wowereit, who is...

Source: CNN , The Independent , BBC News , UK Gay News LONDON -- After a year-long battle, Britain has granted asylum to Mehdi Kazemi, a gay Iranian student who faced deportation from the United Kingdom and feared execution in Iran for being homosexual, officials confirmed Tuesday. "We keep cases...

Source: Press Association , The Age Plans to run a hotel out of a former home of the von Trapp family immortalized in the The Sound of Music have triggered fierce resistance from neighbors who fear tourists will cause traffic problems and nuisance. The 125-year-old villa is perched on the outskirts of...

Source: Reuters , Agenzia Italia ROME -- Italy's new minister for equal opportunities has angered rights groups by refusing to back a "Gay Pride" march because, she says, gays no longer suffer discrimination in Italy. Mara Carfagna said in comments published on Monday she would not back...