tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23158672982012894452024-03-12T16:00:50.460-07:00Gay News from GreeceLGBT developments in Greece and hellenic culture in english and frenchgay super herohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18018793140513032793noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315867298201289445.post-33681776644683264412012-12-31T01:26:00.001-08:002013-01-02T07:01:45.381-08:002012 The international LGBT review<p align="justify"><br><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-0XhQjH0EjAY/UOG8EuEfkbI/AAAAAAAAQN8/T9f6cbziSBs/s1600-h/2012%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="2012" border="0" alt="2012" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-0xnPKuObaA0/UOG8F5YX4_I/AAAAAAAAQOA/IlXK0PIsZjo/2012_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="404"></a></p> <p align="justify"><strong><br>January 7</strong> After winning multiple awards for starring in the cult film <em>“Strella”,</em> Mina Orfanou becomes the first transgender actress with a regular role in a greek tv show.<br><br></p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-_cjhjfL_U1E/UOFYYtPRBMI/AAAAAAAAPrs/xbCf571AQ2Y/s1600-h/mina-orfanou.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="mina orfanou" border="0" alt="mina orfanou" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-DsjueKCDju0/UOFYZk4nRBI/AAAAAAAAPr0/k5y6ok-Y9cg/mina-orfanou_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="291" height="434"></a><strong> <p align="justify"><br>January 13</strong> The award-winning film <em>“Zenne Dancer”, </em>dealing with the subject of honor killings of homosexuals, makes its debut on the big screen in Turkey.</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-cffiGIfbG_4/UOFYbGZcdxI/AAAAAAAAPr8/h0tD-XnCAww/s1600-h/zenne-dancer1.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="zenne dancer" border="0" alt="zenne dancer" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-3qm1WxvObMY/UOFYcFhCHzI/AAAAAAAAPsE/PQnq1kBKrrg/zenne-dancer_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="305" height="434"></a></p> <p align="justify"><strong><br>January 16</strong> <em>“Society is not ready to accept openly gay professional footballers” </em>according to the captain of the german national team Philipp Lahm…</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-sLnHePwr_1Y/UOFYdYHYY9I/AAAAAAAAPsM/xP2ANaGeIcU/s1600-h/philip-lahm1.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="philip lahm" border="0" alt="philip lahm" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-WymA9Re2Gao/UOFYeSATYyI/AAAAAAAAPsQ/3UPzJkhbhr8/philip-lahm_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="434" height="296"></a></p> <p align="justify"><strong><br>January 17</strong> A bill that would have banned incitement to hatred based on race, religion and sexual orientation will not be debated in the greek parliament after all, due to the objections of right-wing parties supporting the coalition government…</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-GIKwcVvqtzk/UOFYfv_6gjI/AAAAAAAAPsc/gPKEuOf7nfs/s1600-h/parliament11.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="parliament1" border="0" alt="parliament1" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-RZUR6qcGnjA/UOFYju1iRPI/AAAAAAAAPsk/abKRMhOCCK8/parliament1_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="434" height="326"></a></p><strong> <p align="justify"><br>January 19</strong> Sex and the City’s Cynthia Nixon causes a controversy in the U.S. when she claims that “<em>for me, being gay is a choice</em>”.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Vw2xPDPW978/UOFYk5WL88I/AAAAAAAAPso/DZL0Jk1HnfE/s1600-h/cynthia-nixon1.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="cynthia-nixon" border="0" alt="cynthia-nixon" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Tfu4Z4XJUJQ/UOFYlgkgXzI/AAAAAAAAPs0/CG2GFg3RLIg/cynthia-nixon_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="291" height="434"></a></p> <p align="justify"><br><strong>January 23</strong> “<em>I am against awards because they diminish human dignity.” </em>Emblematic poet of the gay sub-culture in his native Thessaloniki, Dinos Christianopoulos refuses the highest literary honour awarded to him by the greek Ministry of Culture.</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-QQasuvtaGjg/UOFYmnb6TfI/AAAAAAAAPs4/7EXWn-LWMvA/s1600-h/christianopoulos1.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="christianopoulos" border="0" alt="christianopoulos" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-91aB4AJBgYI/UOFYnid-i8I/AAAAAAAAPtE/DtWhArkr5C4/christianopoulos_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="434" height="326"></a></p> <p align="justify"><br><strong>January 29</strong> Two more men are arrested for the crime of homosexuality in turkish-occupied northern Cyprus…<br><br><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ftwT6DbMY_I/UOFYooWz-rI/AAAAAAAAPtM/Vl6rDM1N70M/s1600-h/gay-arrest.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="gay arrest" border="0" alt="gay arrest" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-D8kvEjq0pC4/UOFYpnB6YNI/AAAAAAAAPtU/SE6Re19l3R8/gay-arrest_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="384" height="324"></a></p> <p align="justify"><br><strong>February 5</strong> Openly gay former minister for the Environment Pekka Haavisto loses in the second round of Finland’s presidential election.</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Nt_8uNpIkLE/UOFYqnz7rkI/AAAAAAAAPtY/q1vtW8g34A0/s1600-h/pekka-haavisto-and-boyfriend1.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="pekka haavisto and boyfriend" border="0" alt="pekka haavisto and boyfriend" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-BqWpFHm85t4/UOFYrtXKdjI/AAAAAAAAPtk/4qQhru1O7Z4/pekka-haavisto-and-boyfriend_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="271" height="404"></a><strong><br></strong><br><strong>February 10</strong> An english court sentences three islamists to prison terms ranging from 15 months to two years for handing out leaflets asking for gays to be put to death. </p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-JxJnjylFgB0/UOFYsyMaB0I/AAAAAAAAPto/yPQCP1rcsgI/s1600-h/uk-convicted-islamists.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="uk convicted islamists" border="0" alt="uk convicted islamists" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Ntb6_o3AbtQ/UOFYuLlRTfI/AAAAAAAAPt0/XOjKbp2l-Q4/uk-convicted-islamists_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="434" height="258"></a></p> <p align="justify"><strong><br>February 19</strong> <em>“Parada”,</em> a comedy that broke box-office records in the Balkans, about a group of gays that enlist petty criminals and former warriors in order to protect Belgrade’s Gay Pride from neonazi thugs, wins three awards in the Berlin Film Festival.</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ajJB7Fg3DnI/UOFYvANofAI/AAAAAAAAPt4/wxjgR3nXjNo/s1600-h/parada25.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="parada2" border="0" alt="parada2" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-SPwrjGURWWo/UOFYwHbitSI/AAAAAAAAPuE/XSVjFDrn99M/parada2_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="270" height="384"></a></p> <p align="justify"><br><strong>February 26</strong> Christopher Plummer wins the Academy award for Best Supporting Actor for the role of an elderly father who comes out of the closet in <em>“The Beginners”.</em></p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-tqErxR0kya4/UOFYw67bo6I/AAAAAAAAPuM/aM2w3SlHbPQ/s1600-h/christopher-plummer.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="christopher-plummer" border="0" alt="christopher-plummer" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-_k1NNt-auLA/UOFYyA7KtqI/AAAAAAAAPuU/ViLjSAqcDls/christopher-plummer_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="434" height="318"></a></p> <p align="justify"><br><strong>February 29</strong> In Russia, the city of St Petersburg bans any public manifestation or discussion of homosexuality, provoking an international outcry.</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-1AQUIqvceQU/UOFYzDH8deI/AAAAAAAAPuY/P1iNZsAf5ek/s1600-h/censor-gay1.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="censor gay" border="0" alt="censor gay" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-JKJW2bZvT8I/UOFY0GRgqlI/AAAAAAAAPuk/ivcSS9U9cCY/censor-gay_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="354" height="310"></a></p> <p align="justify"><br><strong>March 3</strong> Hollywood luminaries like Brad Pitt and George Clooney star in a benefit production inspired from California’s same-sex marriage court saga.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-pLPSyC19PzE/UOFY0yIP2qI/AAAAAAAAPus/Q-70ib8hLV8/s1600-h/brad_pitt_and_george_clooney11.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="brad_pitt_and_george_clooney" border="0" alt="brad_pitt_and_george_clooney" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-RLIa92R6oTY/UOFY14pNN_I/AAAAAAAAPuw/_Gb_FRWPmRY/brad_pitt_and_george_clooney_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="434" height="284"></a></p> <p align="justify"><br><strong>March 5</strong> The mayor of Tilos island Tasos Aliferis dies at the age of 61. He was the only elected official to perform same-sex marriages in Greece.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-LJ9glPO5NlY/UOFY38WW0vI/AAAAAAAAPu8/BrH09gqbsXs/s1600-h/aliferis21.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="aliferis2" border="0" alt="aliferis2" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-7hzuMdEQ6cU/UOFY4oKoPoI/AAAAAAAAPvE/UytXJJdHjfE/aliferis2_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="434" height="328"></a></p><strong> <p align="justify"><br>March 16</strong> In an open letter to the press, Omar Sharif junior -grandson of the Hollywood legend- reveals that he is gay and asks the egyptian government to respect the rights of gays and lesbians in his home country.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-BUNc_Rq4b1o/UOFY50vjhdI/AAAAAAAAPvI/jTzy4WgdnT8/s1600-h/omar-sharif-jr71.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="omar sharif jr7" border="0" alt="omar sharif jr7" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-akeFjcHLUcA/UOFY66k2LTI/AAAAAAAAPvU/6SLphDt7SmU/omar-sharif-jr7_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="367" height="404"></a></p> <p align="justify"><br><strong>March 19</strong> Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, president of Liberia and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, says she has no intention of changing laws that ban gay sex in her homeland.</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-vo5lqNGiJHY/UOFY7xCONVI/AAAAAAAAPvc/A6FicTRMzMo/s1600-h/ellen-johnson-sirleaf-inauguration.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="ellen johnson-sirleaf inauguration" border="0" alt="ellen johnson-sirleaf inauguration" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-YXTdO1PTjPY/UOFY85-z7zI/AAAAAAAAPvg/R_jEVsUybuc/ellen-johnson-sirleaf-inauguration_t.jpg?imgmax=800" width="434" height="280"></a></p> <p align="justify"><strong><br></strong><strong>March 27</strong> Celebrated lesbian poet and essayist Adrienne Rich dies in California at the age of 82.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-f4ktgeEaFGo/UOFY95SOy6I/AAAAAAAAPvo/bvLZFMtD04w/s1600-h/adrienne-rich1.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="adrienne rich" border="0" alt="adrienne rich" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-fyi8JZfKT7w/UOFY-4h17wI/AAAAAAAAPv0/GjV-kx_N9ZQ/adrienne-rich_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="339" height="404"></a></p> <p align="justify"><br><strong>April 4</strong> Chile passes a law banning discrimination against gays and lesbians after members of a neonazi gang brutally murder a 24-year-old gay man, in a crime that shocked the nation.</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-atYntYx_8EQ/UOFZALd1rII/AAAAAAAAPv4/X_PkAiiX8Sg/s1600-h/daniel-zamudio-muerte11_thumb5.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="daniel-zamudio-muerte11_thumb" border="0" alt="daniel-zamudio-muerte11_thumb" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-FskqAEM7a-8/UOFZA2r3zXI/AAAAAAAAPwA/0VpcxxxXrhc/daniel-zamudio-muerte11_thumb_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="444" height="306"></a></p> <p align="justify"><strong><br>April 10</strong> The “Miss Universe” beauty pageant decides to let transgender participants compete after the outcry provoked by the exclusion of canadian Jenna Talackova.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-f40rSpDpVmE/UOFZCCmmWxI/AAAAAAAAPwM/-E8DfN-lgLg/s1600-h/jenna-talackova14.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="jenna talackova1" border="0" alt="jenna talackova1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-CRnzEG-TAEE/UOFZDYfKu9I/AAAAAAAAPwU/J9Sv8f61Yxc/jenna-talackova1_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="310" height="454"></a></p> <p align="justify"><strong><br>April 25 </strong>Leading psychiatrist Robert Spitzer apologises to the gay community for a 2001 study which claimed that homosexuality can be “cured”, based on false evidence.</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ltxYkmRtc-0/UOFZEXwRMMI/AAAAAAAAPwY/DzjxU-4OlDE/s1600-h/gay-not-gay_thumb5.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="gay-not-gay_thumb" border="0" alt="gay-not-gay_thumb" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-R0ojmo3vN4g/UOFZFTf1vZI/AAAAAAAAPwk/4lNW5SrQIUA/gay-not-gay_thumb_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="367" height="384"></a></p> <p align="justify"><strong><br>May 9</strong> Six months ahead of the presidential election, U.S. president Barack Obama comes out in support of same-sex marriage.</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-fmfU6-iyHbw/UOFZGas6O1I/AAAAAAAAPws/ciijfthQMQA/s1600-h/gay-white-house-new-yorker-magazine_%25255B1%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="gay-white-house-new-yorker-magazine_" border="0" alt="gay-white-house-new-yorker-magazine_" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-0hL7qVwn0ZQ/UOFZHqvNmVI/AAAAAAAAPw0/F91jd72zny8/gay-white-house-new-yorker-magazine_.jpg?imgmax=800" width="327" height="444"></a></p> <p align="justify"><br><strong>May 17 </strong>Albania’s first LGBT Pride parade is canceled following threats from islamic organisations and government officials…<br><br><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-rMABymvtITs/UOFZIfP8MAI/AAAAAAAAPw8/VVZQiRpn7u4/s1600-h/gay-pride-georgia_thumb2.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="gay-pride-georgia_thumb" border="0" alt="gay-pride-georgia_thumb" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-io6r_4bgWrQ/UOFZJQBWs9I/AAAAAAAAPxA/2SqpRiDwIJQ/gay-pride-georgia_thumb_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="444" height="318"></a></p> <p align="justify"><br><strong>May 20 </strong>Far-right thuggery also leads to the cancelation of the first planned LGBT Pride in the capital of Ukraine…</p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-dJ5YpJvFzyc/UOFZKGYPqmI/AAAAAAAAPxM/Zz2TQEJO3Ic/s1600-h/ukraine-pride_thumb12.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="ukraine-pride_thumb1" border="0" alt="ukraine-pride_thumb1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-XN6pDp3f-0w/UOFZLdjlO7I/AAAAAAAAPxU/LSKat6pFrWw/ukraine-pride_thumb1_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="424" height="344"></a> <p align="justify"><strong><br>May 30</strong> Madeline Miller wins the literary Orange prize for her book <em>“The Song of Achilles”</em> that recounts an epic love affair through the voice of Achilles’ lover Patroclus.<br><br><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-izgqGaIxOBM/UOFZMGNlb6I/AAAAAAAAPxc/KifBgpHSG4Y/s1600-h/madeline-miller_thumb3.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="madeline-miller_thumb" border="0" alt="madeline-miller_thumb" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-DxuSjlwfXWk/UOFZNKlar0I/AAAAAAAAPxg/DFpUMco9bTI/madeline-miller_thumb_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="293" height="410"></a></p><strong> <p align="justify"><br>June 7</strong> Denmark becomes the eleventh country in the world to recognize same-sex marriage – both civil and religious.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ds4dYPBHS3Y/UOFZN5sb-SI/AAAAAAAAPxs/IqjstdSdIaQ/s1600-h/gay-marriage6_thumb2.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="gay-marriage6_thumb" border="0" alt="gay-marriage6_thumb" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-M4EnB8aQTHc/UOFZOyCI1VI/AAAAAAAAPxw/cV-msQpuXzI/gay-marriage6_thumb_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="297" height="444"></a></p> <p align="justify"><br><strong>June 9 </strong>For the first time, Athens mayor George Kaminis shows up at the Athens Pride festivities just before the annual parade.<br><br><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-H8ssBM5Gvi0/UOFZP_be_zI/AAAAAAAAPx4/djYOcM0APfw/s1600-h/athenspride3_thumb12.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="athenspride3_thumb1" border="0" alt="athenspride3_thumb1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ReA0r0UO9NU/UOFZRDXiPQI/AAAAAAAAPyE/nCTSABvowhM/athenspride3_thumb1_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="444" height="312"></a></p> <p align="justify"><strong><br>June 14</strong> Italy counts five vicious homophobic attacks in a single week in the run-up to Rome’s annual Pride. <br><br><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-GeKrQGAQRxE/UOFZSHdfqUI/AAAAAAAAPyI/Md8rZ0KEPes/s1600-h/gay-violence9_thumb22.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="gay-violence9_thumb2" border="0" alt="gay-violence9_thumb2" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-L8vLt-caaFo/UOFZTD0mw7I/AAAAAAAAPyQ/doh6BKfrr7g/gay-violence9_thumb2_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="322" height="404"></a></p> <p align="justify"><br><strong>June 23</strong> Thessaloniki, Greece’s second biggest city, celebrates Pride for the first time. Mayor Yannis Boutaris opens the festivities, with the city’s landmark White Tower lighting up in rainbow colors.<br><br><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Bq7kNYLfGOs/UOFZT3gcVDI/AAAAAAAAPyY/GSJZqA6eSxo/s1600-h/thessaloniki-pride8_thumb12.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="thessaloniki-pride8_thumb1" border="0" alt="thessaloniki-pride8_thumb1" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-DOF_uGbDnn0/UOFZVFuNwnI/AAAAAAAAPyk/Br2VlX4vnV0/thessaloniki-pride8_thumb1_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="444" height="306"></a></p> <p align="justify"><br><strong>June 27</strong> Marvel Comics celebrate their first gay nuptials as super hero Northstar marries his boyfriend Kyle in the 51st issue of <em>Astonishing X-Men</em>.<br><br></p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-sF8B5EapVik/UOFZV0Tbx5I/AAAAAAAAPyo/PvlXIvVEI-s/s1600-h/gay-wedding---marvel_thumb2.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="gay-wedding---marvel_thumb" border="0" alt="gay-wedding---marvel_thumb" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-gvhxr1Az1_w/UOFZW5shS6I/AAAAAAAAPy0/hS4BRpsMJJ8/gay-wedding---marvel_thumb_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="287" height="434"></a> <p align="justify"><strong><br>July 2</strong> CNN’s celebrated war correspondent Anderson Cooper talks about being gay for the first time.<br><br><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ybtcAwxDTys/UOFZX5Zg95I/AAAAAAAAPy8/fNHamatgx-I/s1600-h/anderson-cooper3_thumb2.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="anderson-cooper3_thumb" border="0" alt="anderson-cooper3_thumb" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-YBNaeOKF-7g/UOFZZFIAUyI/AAAAAAAAPzA/gdaiVSVoC9c/anderson-cooper3_thumb_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="302" height="384"></a><br><strong><br>July 3</strong> In his maiden speech to the National Assembly, France’s new prime-minister Jean-Marc Ayrault announces that marriage and adoption will be extended to same-sex couples by mid-2013.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-N30IHazxAjA/UOFZZ6rfMcI/AAAAAAAAPzM/kpmakBOCMeU/s1600-h/gay-france1_thumb32.png"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="gay-france1_thumb3" border="0" alt="gay-france1_thumb3" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Zv8KPEgtDow/UOFZa5H41iI/AAAAAAAAPzQ/FKXwhNd6oSQ/gay-france1_thumb3_thumb.png?imgmax=800" width="374" height="232"></a></p> <p align="justify"><br><strong>July 17</strong> The Boy Scouts of America decide to continue their ban on gay and lesbian members following a two-year internal review…</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Y0pM0b2ztII/UOFZb3JtBwI/AAAAAAAAPzY/L9a5fGp2egw/s1600-h/boy-scouts_thumb12.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="boy-scouts_thumb1" border="0" alt="boy-scouts_thumb1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-UdbC1YHPiZw/UOFZczwjN5I/AAAAAAAAPzg/0OtLNtsDWWE/boy-scouts_thumb1_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="334" height="404"></a></p> <p align="justify"><br><strong>July 20 </strong>The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) slams italian player Antonio Cassano with a €15.000 fine for his homophobic statements.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-3C7lfbcpNJU/UOFZdseew9I/AAAAAAAAPzs/bbnPUNEXarg/s1600-h/cassano2_thumb22.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="cassano2_thumb2" border="0" alt="cassano2_thumb2" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-0DCuxnRuGVg/UOFZex_xn0I/AAAAAAAAPzw/5_Tk03Es6rI/cassano2_thumb2_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" height="337"></a></p> <p align="justify"><br><strong>July 23</strong> Sally Ride, the first american woman in space, dies at the age of 61. It is revealed that she shared her life with a woman for the last 27 years.<br><br><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-i2tDfHn2pGc/UOFZftb4QXI/AAAAAAAAPz4/HcoLxA91SIc/s1600-h/sally-ride_thumb2.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="sally-ride_thumb" border="0" alt="sally-ride_thumb" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-mPz100Tbpxg/UOFZgfxidII/AAAAAAAAP0A/u3mUwVdZ67A/sally-ride_thumb_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="444" height="334"></a></p><strong> <p align="justify"><br>July 25 </strong>France makes discrimination against transgender individuals a punishable offence. <br><br></p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-x-sSAe4-WWo/UOFZhfqsOAI/AAAAAAAAP0M/ZW8xzdvdU9s/s1600-h/trans5_thumb2.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="trans5_thumb" border="0" alt="trans5_thumb" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-L_WnkhswHvE/UOFZiv4UlZI/AAAAAAAAP0U/kSPbD3GXh-o/trans5_thumb_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="354" height="354"></a> <p align="justify"><strong><br>July 28 </strong>36 men are arrested in a movie theatre in Lebanon during the screening of a gay porn film. The police submits them to anal exams in order to “determine” whether they are gay…<br><br><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-oct-szKsBWY/UOFZkObEHKI/AAAAAAAAP0c/OZOWJ1EQ7lg/s1600-h/BendOver_thumb12.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="BendOver_thumb1" border="0" alt="BendOver_thumb1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-7qzw52EvuAw/UOFZlARnklI/AAAAAAAAP0g/cfpmFRfx2qU/BendOver_thumb1_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="434" height="339"></a></p><strong> <p align="justify"><br>July 31</strong> One of America’s greatest writers and essayists, Gore Vidal dies at the age of 86.<br><br><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-YmwBNTKOlqs/UOFZl9TdsRI/AAAAAAAAP0o/texJdvvzn1k/s1600-h/gore-vidal1_thumb52.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="gore-vidal1_thumb5" border="0" alt="gore-vidal1_thumb5" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Bj7fpAV6mSY/UOFZm___o9I/AAAAAAAAP0w/RD4IC2FnoSk/gore-vidal1_thumb5_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="329" height="414"></a></p> <p align="justify"><br><strong>August 5 </strong>The vietnamese ride bicycles for their first-ever Gay Pride parade.<br><br><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-axEkEbKYWc8/UOFZn-9Mf_I/AAAAAAAAP08/OYO2Ncvo_UU/s1600-h/vietnam-gay-pride_thumb22.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="vietnam-gay-pride_thumb2" border="0" alt="vietnam-gay-pride_thumb2" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-_c6tLXc7ZaM/UOFZo_LU2kI/AAAAAAAAP1E/fywFn9rqKbU/vietnam-gay-pride_thumb2_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="454" height="306"></a></p> <p align="justify"><br><strong>August 31</strong> The <em>Hürriyet</em> newspaper reports on Turkey’s latest “honor killing”: a 17-year old boy suspected of homosexuality was allegedly murdered by his family in the southeastern part of the country.<br><br><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-0ZhPunAPcTc/UOFZp4aXJJI/AAAAAAAAP1I/6S09DAePQ3M/s1600-h/murder-victim_thumb2.jpg"><em><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="murder-victim_thumb" border="0" alt="murder-victim_thumb" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Rqp4cA8_-ws/UOFZqikUq7I/AAAAAAAAP1U/PJxyIgE7Cn4/murder-victim_thumb_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="434" height="339"></em></a></p><em> <p align="justify"><br></em><strong>September 6 </strong>Greece is ranked among the top-ten destinations most likely to be visited by gay travelers in 2013 in OutNow Consultancy’s annual international LGBT tourism survey.<br><br></p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-rpof0niDnho/UOFZr5cTaMI/AAAAAAAAP1c/f101EMWc8uM/s1600-h/gay-mykonos_thumb2.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="gay-mykonos_thumb" border="0" alt="gay-mykonos_thumb" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-suaIeeog6pA/UOFZs_9bv_I/AAAAAAAAP1k/plN4IStFii4/gay-mykonos_thumb_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="434" height="326"></a> <p align="justify"><strong><br>September 13 </strong> <em>“We have to send a clear message, that in this country there is nothing for you to be afraid of”:</em> Chancellor Angela Merkel comments on the reluctance of gay players to come out because of homophobia in Germany’s football leagues.</p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-tq2IP2hzZ4U/UOFZt77hUYI/AAAAAAAAP1s/YXUub0SbPcI/s1600-h/angela-merkel_thumb2.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="angela-merkel_thumb" border="0" alt="angela-merkel_thumb" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-qWt6k-zJjVU/UOFZu5pn4zI/AAAAAAAAP10/CL7rpPNOs4I/angela-merkel_thumb_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="444" height="325"></a> <p align="justify"><strong><br>September 25</strong> In his maiden speech to the UN General Assembly, french president François Hollande lists the campaign to de-criminalise homosexuality around the world as one of the top priorities of french diplomacy.</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-whUEKJtYIf0/UOFZv1ZWNfI/AAAAAAAAP14/abWVm7cisYQ/s1600-h/francois-hollande1_thumb2.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="francois-hollande1_thumb" border="0" alt="francois-hollande1_thumb" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-rKq9Tzi5zzI/UOFZxPaxkCI/AAAAAAAAP2E/a1fvqNE0tDw/francois-hollande1_thumb_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="318" height="434"></a><br><br><strong>September 26 </strong>Shipping magnate Cecil Chao offers 500 million Hong Kong dollars to any man that could convince his lesbian daughter to marry him – despite the fact that she is already married to a woman…</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-XtmdZ7Y1r0o/UOLFm2LPhgI/AAAAAAAAQP0/wcl20sU06rI/s1600-h/Gigi%252520Chao%252520and%252520wife%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="Gigi Chao and wife" border="0" alt="Gigi Chao and wife" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-pD6F9bzgksU/UOLFn6pAHHI/AAAAAAAAQP4/OOgvOgnk7Qo/Gigi%252520Chao%252520and%252520wife_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="444" height="334"></a></p> <p align="justify"><strong>September 29 </strong>California becomes the first U.S. state to ban “conversion therapies” targeted at gay adolescents. Therapists participating in such programs will have their license revoked.<br><br><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-3W5W7EC2Faw/UOFZyaJetdI/AAAAAAAAP2I/bnMLdWyXcbc/s1600-h/gay-conversion-therapy1_thumb2.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="gay-conversion-therapy1_thumb" border="0" alt="gay-conversion-therapy1_thumb" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-2gFF-Q8VYS8/UOFZzhHVQrI/AAAAAAAAP2Q/pOOPldLTS68/gay-conversion-therapy1_thumb_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="434" height="318"></a></p> <p align="justify"><br><strong>October 11 </strong>20 masked thugs storm a gay bar in Moscow and proceed to beat up the people inside. Three of the victims are hospitalised after the attack.<br><br><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-VLjfBbjO8SE/UOFZ0cgDK_I/AAAAAAAAP2Y/mn4iTACM35k/s1600-h/masked-men-moscow_thumb2.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="masked-men-moscow_thumb" border="0" alt="masked-men-moscow_thumb" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-lh_D7-apKcA/UOFZ1NfQsZI/AAAAAAAAP2g/x24dtQLg0Oo/masked-men-moscow_thumb_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="444" height="334"></a></p><strong> <p align="justify"><br>October 12 </strong>35 people are arrested as religious zealots and members of the neonazi “Golden Dawn” group protest the staging of <em>“Corpus Christi”</em> in Athens. Terrence MacNally’s theatre play depicts Jesus and his disciples as gay men living in modern-day Texas.</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-HJONlpL9iho/UOFZ2OLudrI/AAAAAAAAP2o/qEE8fhe4bCw/s1600-h/corpus-christi-greece_thumb22.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="corpus-christi-greece_thumb2" border="0" alt="corpus-christi-greece_thumb2" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-vs0kLlh8WNY/UOFZ3QgtoRI/AAAAAAAAP20/1e-xwPsJOZI/corpus-christi-greece_thumb2_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="434" height="348"></a></p> <p align="justify"><br><strong>October 15 </strong> Greek public television provokes a public outcry after censoring a gay kiss in the british period drama <em>“Downton Abbey”.<br></em><br><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-u4F2ynarepw/UOFZ4aIHcNI/AAAAAAAAP28/I6IgCulX9aQ/s1600-h/downton-abbey-gay-kiss_thumb2.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="downton-abbey-gay-kiss_thumb" border="0" alt="downton-abbey-gay-kiss_thumb" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-JVAotJ6PHyQ/UOFZ5ks44ZI/AAAAAAAAP3A/GVWkSI47nZc/downton-abbey-gay-kiss_thumb_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="444" height="314"></a></p> <p align="justify"><br><strong>November 6</strong> Re-election of Barack Obama – For the first time, voters in three U.S. states approve same-sex marriage in a referendum and an out lesbian is elected in the U.S. Senate.<br> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Xj3S5wkVLDw/UOFZ6byRJLI/AAAAAAAAP3I/gw6Voh1bHYk/s1600-h/obama7_thumb2.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="obama7_thumb" border="0" alt="obama7_thumb" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-QfQB91lLXaY/UOFZ7X5vLkI/AAAAAAAAP3Q/RSgBzC28lVM/obama7_thumb_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="444" height="325"></a></p> <p align="justify"><br><strong>November 6</strong> Same–sex marriages, legal in Spain since 2005, do not violate Spain’s constitution according to the country’s highest court.<br><br><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-PWngSuIQzF4/UOFZ8Phj7-I/AAAAAAAAP3c/Og44GzNTKTQ/s1600-h/gay-marriage-spain_thumb22.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="gay-marriage-spain_thumb2" border="0" alt="gay-marriage-spain_thumb2" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-HqJiT35fcrA/UOFZ9ahCg7I/AAAAAAAAP3g/Du_lWNzbXP0/gay-marriage-spain_thumb2_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="444" height="309"></a></p> <p align="justify"><br><strong>November 7 </strong>French aviation magnate, senator and publisher Serge Dassault reacts to the same-sex marriage bill presented by the french government by claiming that <em>“homosexuality led to the decline of the ancient greeks”.</em><br><em><br></em><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-rg7TcY6Megg/UOFZ-RPxC6I/AAAAAAAAP3o/i5o2syRj7s0/s1600-h/serge-dassault_thumb2.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="serge-dassault_thumb" border="0" alt="serge-dassault_thumb" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-dkJaG2un6lc/UOFZ_jh2ycI/AAAAAAAAP3w/GROfbcShqd0/serge-dassault_thumb_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="444" height="297"></a></p> <p align="justify"><strong><br>November 23 </strong>The president of Italy condemns homophobia in a written statement, after a 15-year-old subjected to homophobic abuse through the social media takes his own life.<br><br><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-5CyHSlvg3Kc/UOFaAhmgAhI/AAAAAAAAP34/ZiAkeu5YHgY/s1600-h/gay-suicide-march-rome_thumb2.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="gay-suicide-march-rome_thumb" border="0" alt="gay-suicide-march-rome_thumb" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-wIW-Gjr6W58/UOFaB-xAtlI/AAAAAAAAP4A/nlXOaSw1ObE/gay-suicide-march-rome_thumb_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="434" height="319"></a> <br><br><strong>November 30</strong> The first gay-friendly mosque on european soil opens its doors in Paris.</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-VGxVvPqduvw/UOFaCyS1PVI/AAAAAAAAP4I/paomVMhtQg4/s1600-h/gay-muslim3_thumb2.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="gay-muslim3_thumb" border="0" alt="gay-muslim3_thumb" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-BgathYRp1oc/UOFaD_ehB_I/AAAAAAAAP4Q/C7qOvG8uo3Q/gay-muslim3_thumb_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="298" height="384"></a><br><strong><br>December 11</strong> The UK government’s intention to ban the Church of England from performing same-sex marriages becomes the cause of controversy. The minister for Equality reveals that a parliamentary vote on the same-sex marriage bill will take place by late 2013.<br><br><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-GJ8-uzqw5xo/UOFaEyZIjzI/AAAAAAAAP4Y/YCVhFMCJwbA/s1600-h/westminster-london_thumb2.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="westminster-london_thumb" border="0" alt="westminster-london_thumb" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-DbXXBUsqMiw/UOFaF-rV7CI/AAAAAAAAP4g/imvT3LQEldg/westminster-london_thumb_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="454" height="301"></a></p> <p align="justify"><br><strong>December 11</strong> Cambodia’s prime-minister defends gays and lesbians from a rather buddhist viewpoint: <em>“We can not discriminate against people who were destined to become homosexuals”.</em><br><br><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-tliiPaOvMnA/UOFaGtuKdVI/AAAAAAAAP4o/18W4lDqmQBQ/s1600-h/angkor-wat-cambodia_thumb22.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="angkor-wat-cambodia_thumb2" border="0" alt="angkor-wat-cambodia_thumb2" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-A_zr1N8Cwb0/UOFaHvfUZhI/AAAAAAAAP40/fvtfTtZnqBk/angkor-wat-cambodia_thumb2_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="444" height="293"></a></p> <p align="justify"><br><strong>December 13</strong> Pope Benedict XVI provokes an outcry by giving his blessing to the speaker of Uganda’s parliament, who is the main proponent of a bill that would impose the death penalty on homosexuals…</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-JVko6UCXYxQ/UOLQ1DZqXkI/AAAAAAAAQSI/mjArToB6DbA/s1600-h/the%252520pope%252520with%252520Rebecca%252520Kadaga%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="the pope with Rebecca Kadaga" border="0" alt="the pope with Rebecca Kadaga" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-GCcGZ1ZEcmA/UOLQ2F6yT4I/AAAAAAAAQSM/dlwaIbEZzvE/the%252520pope%252520with%252520Rebecca%252520Kadaga_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="444" height="310"></a></p> <p align="justify"><strong><br>December 13 </strong>Actress April Ashley -among the first people in Britain to undergo a sex-change operation- is honored by Queen Elizabeth for her activism on behalf of the transgender community.<br><br><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-qUhVsmKkmOo/UOFaIl0mA3I/AAAAAAAAP48/utgvPvXMTIc/s1600-h/april-ashley_thumb12.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="april-ashley_thumb1" border="0" alt="april-ashley_thumb1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-lLi2P_ikXvU/UOFaJuLVbZI/AAAAAAAAP5E/Y47eBxFpAqk/april-ashley_thumb1_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="322" height="404"></a></p> <p align="justify"><strong><br>December 16 </strong>Thousands of people -among them the city’s openly gay mayor Bertrand Delanoë- take to the streets of Paris in favour of same-sex marriage and parenthood. The demonstrations come as a responce to the large rallies of same-sex marriage opponents a month earlier.<br><br><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-GgC2i4UsSRI/UOFaKsvyimI/AAAAAAAAP5I/kqWzpqbujwA/s1600-h/manif-pro-mariage-paris5_thumb22.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="manif-pro-mariage-paris5_thumb2" border="0" alt="manif-pro-mariage-paris5_thumb2" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-aHudwdbPfQk/UOFaLlfK_GI/AAAAAAAAP5U/juPoduUyGtw/manif-pro-mariage-paris5_thumb2_thum.jpg?imgmax=800" width="454" height="304"></a></p> <p align="justify"><br><strong>December 18 </strong>Well-endowed gay men are less likely to practice safer sex because of difficulties in finding condoms that fit, according to a study among New York City’s gay population.<br><br><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-gHjx9a5n6zo/UOFaMvWHlYI/AAAAAAAAP5c/MY_yRrIwJe4/s1600-h/gay-bulge2_thumb22.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="gay-bulge2_thumb2" border="0" alt="gay-bulge2_thumb2" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-dwL5bBulIYY/UOFaNiLdc1I/AAAAAAAAP5g/uw1movvZHJg/gay-bulge2_thumb2_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="316" height="444"></a></p> <p align="justify"><br>12 months, 58 events from 24 countries: France, the U.S. and the UK moved decisively towards marriage equality in 2012, while latin american nations like Uruguay and Colombia are very likely to join them in 2013. At the same time LGBTs faced escalating violence around the world in countries as diverse as Greece, Turkey, Italy, Russia, Ukraine, Lebanon and Chile…</p> gay super herohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18018793140513032793noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315867298201289445.post-27050769609753705532012-10-11T21:17:00.001-07:002012-10-15T22:43:55.664-07:00Neonazis and zealots attack a gay-themed play in Athens / Neonazis et fanatiques religieux attaquent la première de “Corpus Christi” à Athènes<p align="justify">A theatre play that caused religious controversy in the U.S. more than a decade ago, has become the target of religious zealots and neo-nazi sympathisers in the greek capital. <em>“Corpus Christi”</em> by Terrence MacNally is a homoerotic dramatisation of the story of Jesus and the Apostles set in modern-day Texas. It was condemned as “sacrilegious” by church authorities when it premiered in New York in 1998, while the New York Times linked the uproar to the murder of gay student Matthew Shepard that took place that year.</p> <p align="justify">After the Holy Synod of the greek orthodox church condemned it, and an effort to ban the play in court failed twice, a mob including ultra-religious zealots and elected deputies of the neo-nazi Golden Dawn party gathered outside the theatre, trying to derail <em>“Corpus Christi”</em>’s scheduled greek premiere on October 11. The premiere finally took place behind a riot police cordon, while the mob outside tried to vandalise the theatre hurling homophobic slogans against the actors in the play (see the video below). Directed by Lefteris Vasiliou, the eventful premiere took place in Gkazi, the locus of gay nightlife in the capital. </p> <p align="justify"><strong><u>UPDATE from the second day of the play:</u></strong> After the intervention of two government ministers and the mobilisation of a rival group of protesters that gathered outside the theatre to protect the performance on October 12, the police finally moved in to disperse the crowd of zealots using tear-gas and about 35 of them were arrested. The production went on as planned and rumors that it will be canceled have not been verified.</p> <p align="justify">Greece’s economic meltdown and sky-rocketing unemployment, the exposure of its porous borders to waves of illegal immigration as well as disillusionment with the corrupt ways of the political establishment, have fuelled the rise of the Golden Dawn party despite its professed neo-nazi sympathies, in a country that suffered from famine and murderous repression during the nazi occupation of the 1940’s. With 7% of the vote, the party elected 18 deputies in last June’s general election, leading to fears as to the future of democracy in its birthplace. Party sympathisers have been repeatedly linked to violent attacks against immigrants with charges pending against several of its deputies at the time of their election. A collusion of the far right with elements within the police has also been alleged, after electoral precincts used by members of the police force registered record support for the neo-nazi party during the last election.</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-vF9dQ5WxeGA/UHeZvVPvAlI/AAAAAAAAOUs/ioRJw22y-YA/s1600-h/corpus-christi-greece3.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="corpus christi greece" border="0" alt="corpus christi greece" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-MtqYvuGnm6A/UHeZxVcIyUI/AAAAAAAAOUw/Hf-8-Rl4dHQ/corpus-christi-greece_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="464" height="372"></a><strong><font size="2">More photos from the greek version of “Corpus Christi” </font></strong><a href="http://www.athinorama.gr/galleries/default.aspx?id=10017173&section=theatre"><strong><font size="2">here.</font></strong></a><strong><font size="2"> / Plus de photos de la préstation théâtrale </font></strong><a href="http://www.athinorama.gr/galleries/default.aspx?id=10017173&section=theatre"><strong><font size="2">ici</font></strong></a><strong><font size="2">.</font></strong></p> <p align="justify"><br><em>Une pièce de théâtre qui était la cause d’une controverse religieuse aux États-Unis il y a plus de dix ans, est devenu à nouveau la cible de fanatiques religieux et sympathisants néo-nazis, cette fois-ci dans la capitale grecque.</em> "Corpus Christi"<em> de Terrence MacNally est une dramatisation homoérotique de l'histoire de Jésus et les apôtres dans le Texas d’aujourd’hui. La pièce a été condamné comme "sacrilège" par les autorités ecclésiastiques lors de sa première à New York en 1998, tandis que le “New York Times” ont liée la controverse à l'assassinat d’ étudiant gay Matthew Shepard qui a eu lieu la même année.</em></p> <p align="justify"><em>Après le Saint Synode de l'Eglise orthodoxe grecque l’a condamné, et un effort de saisir la justice afin d’interdire la représentation théâtrale a échoué, une foule comprenant des ultra-religieux fanatiques et députés élus du parti néo-nazi Aube Dorée rassemblait devant le théâtre, dans un effort pour faire dérailler la première grecque de</em> "Corpus Christi" <em>prévue le 11 Octobre. La première a finalement eu lieu à l'intérieur d'un cordon de police anti-émeute, tandis que la foule à l'extérieur a tenté de saccager le théâtre lançant des slogans homophobes contre les acteurs (voyez la vidéo ci-dessous). Réalisé par Lefteris Vasiliou, la première mouvementée a eu lieu dans le quartier de Gkazi, épicentre de la vie nocturne homo de la capitale.</em></p> <p align="justify"><em><strong><u>MISE À JOUR</u></strong> <strong>la deuxième journée de la pièce</strong>: Après l'intervention de deux ministres du gouvernement et la mobilisation d'un groupe rival de manifestants qui se sont rassemblés devant le théâtre afin de protéger la préstation le 12 Octobre, la police a finallement dispersé la foule de fanatiques avec des gaz lacrymogènes et environ 35 d'entre eux ont été arrêtés. La production se passait comme prévu et les rumeurs selon lesquelles elle sera annulée n'ont pas été vérifiées.</em></p> <p align="justify"><em>L’effondrement économique de la Grèce avec un taux de chômage qui batte tous les records, l'exposition de ses frontières poreuses aux vagues d'immigration illégale ainsi que la désillusion avec la corruption de l' établissement politique, ont alimenté la montée de l’ Aube Dorée en dépit de ses sympathies néo-nazis déclarées, dans un pays qui a souffert de la famine et de la répression meurtrière sous l'occupation nazie des années 1940. Avec 7% des voix, le parti a élu 18 députés aux législatives de Juin, conduisant à des craintes quant à l'avenir de la démocratie dans son pays de naissance. Des sympathisants du parti sont systématiquement associés aux attaques violentes contre les immigrés et plusieurs de ses députés étaient inculpés au moment de leur élection. Une collusion de l'extrême droite avec des éléments au sein de la police est aussi fréquemment citée, après le soutien record enregistré pour le parti néo-nazi dans les bureaux de vote utilisés par les forces de police.</em></p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; width: 448px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:2068b0ba-9a7a-4d20-9092-243ece1f75f2" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent"><div id="375c51d0-bcca-4438-b552-62278e5196f9" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;"><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOxKoq2Q98c" target="_new"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-1lgWLbIZiYI/UHz0EBuwArI/AAAAAAAAOmI/BMy5b7x2pSo/videoc058b2430772%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('375c51d0-bcca-4438-b552-62278e5196f9'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = "<div><object width=\"448\" height=\"336\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/VOxKoq2Q98c?hl=en&hd=1\"><\/param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/VOxKoq2Q98c?hl=en&hd=1\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>";" alt=""></a></div></div><div style="width:448px;clear:both;font-size:.8em">A video of the violence / Images des émeutes</div></div> <p> </p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; width: 448px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:825390f3-3c8c-42aa-b8f0-23e1d7641ca9" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent"><div id="2d716670-6289-4efa-aeed-f22367521fc9" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;"><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDzptwor6ps" target="_new"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Du9otIBykvE/UHg_QFBdszI/AAAAAAAAOmQ/VHNSsN8GKnw/video7a0cc843a1e3%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('2d716670-6289-4efa-aeed-f22367521fc9'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = "<div><object width=\"448\" height=\"336\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/JDzptwor6ps?hl=en&hd=1\"><\/param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/JDzptwor6ps?hl=en&hd=1\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>";" alt=""></a></div></div><div style="width:448px;clear:both;font-size:.8em">A Golden Dawn deputy hurling homophobic abuse against the play’s actors / Un député de l’Aube Dorée lançant des insultes homophobes destinés aux acteurs de la pièce</div></div> gay super herohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18018793140513032793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315867298201289445.post-2894595533129285712012-07-01T03:27:00.002-07:002012-07-01T04:22:08.666-07:00Pride 2012 in pictures: Athens and Thessaloniki<p>The 8th Athens Pride, June 9, 2012</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-tCn1oz_3trY/T_AlIQ6hZeI/AAAAAAAAM0U/He5ARBxJbaY/s1600-h/athenspride14.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="athenspride1" border="0" alt="athenspride1" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-_yteYGxql1o/T_AlKMyGNyI/AAAAAAAAM0c/uo_ckvizUjg/athenspride1_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="464" height="349" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-OTJSXuvnZNk/T_AlMFH0SBI/AAAAAAAAM0k/o7ScgUgZw10/s1600-h/athenspride24.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="athenspride2" border="0" alt="athenspride2" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-pa3zVo_2W4g/T_AlNgxbSmI/AAAAAAAAM0s/Qw7Lt6K_oh8/athenspride2_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="464" height="349" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-KbmjlQPj8MM/T_AlPfzh1pI/AAAAAAAAM00/6ziqxuwd2Qc/s1600-h/athenspride34.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="athenspride3" border="0" alt="athenspride3" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-NdnoOQKYPuY/T_AlQtFRkSI/AAAAAAAAM08/RaIhnNaJLKY/athenspride3_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="464" height="349" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-n3hfRdN6Abo/T_AlSQCkWWI/AAAAAAAAM1E/zs_87BNPD4o/s1600-h/athenspride54.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="athenspride5" border="0" alt="athenspride5" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-fed9rtNE1jM/T_AlUpaXe5I/AAAAAAAAM1M/t4mlipbi8ew/athenspride5_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="464" height="349" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-lAJlIvCL4iw/T_AlW-ACF-I/AAAAAAAAM1U/7gJa_fho-jI/s1600-h/athenspride64.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="athenspride6" border="0" alt="athenspride6" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-FII6FMsRUoM/T_AlYvblFlI/AAAAAAAAM1g/Q6vo1Lj7EzI/athenspride6_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="464" height="349" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-1LSHP3eazmc/T_AlaFNfCLI/AAAAAAAAM1o/yMb5L2CIwRg/s1600-h/athenspride74.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="athenspride7" border="0" alt="athenspride7" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-wNmqRg8EXX8/T_AlbWKcAjI/AAAAAAAAM1w/LkQaGZkGESg/athenspride7_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="464" height="349" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-nu9SMdX5wGU/T_AldNwOHMI/AAAAAAAAM14/q08V56q_sqg/s1600-h/athenspride104.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="athenspride10" border="0" alt="athenspride10" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ABXjwO0hk5w/T_Alem77JyI/AAAAAAAAM2A/Z9oZj43QiWE/athenspride10_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="464" height="349" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-5ZRI5-eBXPU/T_AlgDmTPsI/AAAAAAAAM2I/p6xDJP-giQA/s1600-h/athenspride154.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="athenspride15" border="0" alt="athenspride15" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-EfIGMO_F_s0/T_AliBqmjnI/AAAAAAAAM2Q/WLBKvq4-_yY/athenspride15_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="464" height="349" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Q0RnJdmkmKI/T_AljwK_SpI/AAAAAAAAM2Y/vkWvcQqMzp0/s1600-h/athenspride164.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="athenspride16" border="0" alt="athenspride16" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-SrHZoawc7LQ/T_AllTGofXI/AAAAAAAAM2g/QovakGiIUPk/athenspride16_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="464" height="349" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-xk6Xu0eFqZQ/T_Alm8fceLI/AAAAAAAAM2o/SSXxHt8yrX0/s1600-h/athenspride204.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="athenspride20" border="0" alt="athenspride20" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-IK1fd9GtQx8/T_AloACrS1I/AAAAAAAAM2w/D3MPP4gJr90/athenspride20_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="349" height="464" /></a></p> <p><br />The 1st Thessaloniki Pride, June 23, 2012</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-O-OguE6TruU/T_AlpRsfmBI/AAAAAAAAM24/7URj0Qbz-js/s1600-h/thessaloniki-pride49.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="thessaloniki pride4" border="0" alt="thessaloniki pride4" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-s-mqq62gUUo/T_Alqmi7I5I/AAAAAAAAM3A/Ap3EBKc0QZE/thessaloniki-pride4_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="464" height="309" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-DVXjQYV3C_U/T_AlsmwZXGI/AAAAAAAAM3I/xWUcnUu-RaM/s1600-h/thessaloniki-pride53.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="thessaloniki pride5" border="0" alt="thessaloniki pride5" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-QyiAB5GYlB8/T_Altn6xAhI/AAAAAAAAM3Q/e7iKaD-tqwU/thessaloniki-pride5_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="347" height="464" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-dQ5cEj6Npfw/T_AlvwGh27I/AAAAAAAAM3Y/PqdcfE8hd0c/s1600-h/thessaloniki-pride27.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="thessaloniki pride2" border="0" alt="thessaloniki pride2" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-bCaeYdHPzv4/T_AlxVdq3TI/AAAAAAAAM3g/onY93GxlkNE/thessaloniki-pride2_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="464" height="309" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-LDjgDgNJoSA/T_Alz1LE5LI/AAAAAAAAM3o/1Nfpyl0nXJI/s1600-h/athenspride118.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="athenspride11" border="0" alt="athenspride11" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-l39WCYsJbJY/T_Al025IBZI/AAAAAAAAM3s/yS2lFLbh2yY/athenspride11_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="464" height="349" /></a></p> <p>“Same feelings, same issues, same rights”<br /><em>"Mêmes émotions, mêmes problèmes, mêmes droits"</em></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-93ER_QYv3ik/T_Al2HuePGI/AAAAAAAAM34/ZGAnIZE3dcs/s1600-h/thessaloniki-pride13.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="thessaloniki pride1" border="0" alt="thessaloniki pride1" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-x46Zgcm6Jp0/T_Al3pykARI/AAAAAAAAM4A/eYjU28LKa_g/thessaloniki-pride1_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="464" height="311" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-WMAovwnhA-I/T_Al4iy76jI/AAAAAAAAM4I/swcm5tpH28E/s1600-h/thessaloniki-pride83.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="thessaloniki pride8" border="0" alt="thessaloniki pride8" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-OVr6_z-vfic/T_Al58Z7yxI/AAAAAAAAM4Q/4_5tAuWTv6w/thessaloniki-pride8_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="464" height="311" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-23mGNzF1dsM/T_Al7s7nFXI/AAAAAAAAM4Y/LQ8O0zdphbs/s1600-h/thessaloniki-pride37.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="thessaloniki pride3" border="0" alt="thessaloniki pride3" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-_uFW-XtbK6E/T_Al9B4khJI/AAAAAAAAM4g/sXEvlZw-p00/thessaloniki-pride3_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="309" height="464" /></a></p> <p align="justify">The ottoman White Tower, the city’s most famous landmark was lit up in rainbow colors for Pride.<br /><em>Le Tour Blanche, le monument ottomane le plus célèbre de la ville a été illuminé aux couleurs arc en ciel.</em></p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-NxrXnM--Isw/T_Al-V7kDyI/AAAAAAAAM4o/hvqL4LurAyQ/s1600-h/boutaris-pride3.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="boutaris pride" border="0" alt="boutaris pride" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-DESkj10PAf8/T_Al_utshiI/AAAAAAAAM4w/oruQ2hK4yto/boutaris-pride_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="464" height="307" /></a></p> <p align="justify">The mayor of Thessaloniki Yannis Boutaris launches the festivities.<br /><em>Le maire de Salonique Yannis Boutaris lance les festivités. </em></p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-EUtzqGQ3uyM/T_AmApxUnaI/AAAAAAAAM44/SDl9pslSU6Y/s1600-h/athens-pride233.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="athens pride23" border="0" alt="athens pride23" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-oq-Rnt6alGI/T_AmBw5Ti9I/AAAAAAAAM5A/kXtDN-qvt-I/athens-pride23_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="318" height="464" /></a></p> <p align="justify">Vandalism: On the margins of Athens Pride, protesters spray-paint buildings on Stadiou street with anti-sexist and anti-capitalist slogans. Over the past two years, protests over the country’s dire economic situation have often led to vandalism and violence in Stadiou.<br /><em>Sur les marges de la marche de fierté à Athènes, des manifestants peignent au pistolet des slogans anti-sexistes et anti-capitalistes sur les murs de l’avenue Stadiou. Au cours des deux dernières années, Stadiou a vu beaucoup de manifestations sur la situation économique du pays se tourner vers le vandalisme et la violence.</em></p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-OmPB-W0H_AM/T_AmErTcoqI/AAAAAAAAM5I/_diQu5sW9iY/s1600-h/vandalism14.png"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="vandalism1" border="0" alt="vandalism1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-QhwC9FrJH-Q/T_AmGgpZcdI/AAAAAAAAM5Q/JW4WYNYLh2Y/vandalism1_thumb2.png?imgmax=800" width="464" height="292" /></a></p> <p align="justify">In Thessaloniki, religious zealots vandalised Pride installations with homophobic slogans. They were openly encouraged by the city’s christian orthodox prelate, metropolitan Anthimos who has asked for the cancellation of Pride, calling it “an abominable spectacle”.<br /><em>A Salonique, des fanatiques religieux ont vandalisé les installations des associations homos avec des slogans homophobes. Ils ont été ouvertement encouragés par le prélat orthodoxe de la ville, Mgr. Anthimos qui a demandé l'annulation de la marche , la qualifiant comme "un spectacle abominable".</em></p>gay super herohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18018793140513032793noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315867298201289445.post-2676550610796757202012-04-21T06:44:00.001-07:002012-04-21T06:44:34.075-07:00Greek mayor who married same-sex couples passes away \ Maire grec qui a marié des couples de même sexe est décèdé<p align="justify"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/--mrAkKYrDaA/T5K5r7a90NI/AAAAAAAALcM/jlyKQ9GI3Hw/s1600-h/aliferis2%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="aliferis2" border="0" alt="aliferis2" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ybGSEiAeW2A/T5K5tVqhBAI/AAAAAAAALcU/9RGaROsgHAc/aliferis2_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="464" height="351"></a></p> <p align="justify">Tasos Aliferis, the mayor of Tilos island, passed away on the 5th of March in a US hospital where he was battling cancer. He was 61. Aliferis made history in 2008 when he became the first elected official in Greece to marry two same-sex couples. The marriages were later invalidated by the greek courts but Aliferis was acquitted of breach of duty.</p> <p align="justify">Aliferis was born in 1951 in the southern Peloponnese. After the military junta banned him from greek universities, he studied medicine in Italy and became active in the socialist PASOK party after the fall of the junta. In 1983 he moved to Tilos -a tiny island of 500 souls in the south-eastern Aegean, near the turkish coast- to do his rural service as a medical doctor. He immediately fell in love with the place and decided to stay. He was elected mayor in 1995 and re-elected 4 times.</p> <p align="justify">During his long tenure, Aliferis managed to double the island’s population. He banned hunting (a rare feat of bravery in rural Greece), promoted eco-friendly tourism and famously clashed with the government and shipping interests over the island’s sparse shipping connections. His record earned him numerous environmental and human-rights awards. That didn’t stop him from living in a sparse two-room flat that doubled as the island’s infirmary until the end of his life.</p> <p align="justify">Aliferis came into the national spotlight again on June 3, 2008 when he performed a civil wedding for two same-sex couples, one female and one male. To mark the occasion he declared: <em>“We want to be among those citizens who see the protection of human rights as their life’s purpose. We want to be among those people who can not be happy unless they contribute to other people’s happiness…We not only wish you well, we demand you to be happy.”</em> At his passing Greece’s LGBT community mourns one of its most eloquent defenders.</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Hu1bxkQ-9RA/T5K5uzPpt3I/AAAAAAAALcc/bCRPAcXeGEg/s1600-h/tilos%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="tilos" border="0" alt="tilos" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-I2j9SRUmebM/T5K5v8H28aI/AAAAAAAALck/fOYfqpxgQGI/tilos_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="368" height="484"></a></p> <p align="justify"><em>Tasos Aliferis, le maire de Tilos, est décédé le 5 Mars dans un hôpital américain où il luttait contre le cancer. Il avait 61 ans. Aliferis est entré dans l'histoire en 2008 quand il est devenu le premier fonctionnaire élu grec qui a marié deux couples de même sexe dans une cérémonie civile. Les mariages ont été plus tard annulés par les tribunaux grecs, mais Aliferis a été acquitté d’ abus de loi.</em></p> <p align="justify"><em>Aliferis est né en 1951 dans le sud du Péloponnèse. Après la junte militaire lui a exclu des universités grecques, il étudia la médecine en Italie et, après la chute de la junte, devient actif dans le parti socialiste PASOK . En 1983, il s'installe à Tilos – un îlot de 500 âmes dans le sud-est de la mer Egée , près de la côte turque- afin de rendre son service rural en tant que médecin. Il est immédiatement tombé amoureux de l'île et a décidé d’ y rester. Il a été élu maire en 1995 et réélu 4 fois.</em></p> <p align="justify"><em>Au cours de sa longue fonction, Aliferis réussi à doubler la population de Tilos. Il interdit la chasse (un exploit rare de bravoure dans la société rurale grecque), promu le tourisme écologique et il est devenu célèbre en conflit avec le gouvernement et les intérêts de transport maritime, protestant les rares liaisons maritimes qui relient l'île au reste de la Grèce. Ses réussites lui ont valu de nombreux prix pour la protection de l'environnement et les droits de l'homme. Cela ne l’ a pas empêché de vivre dans un clairsemée appartement de deux pièces qui a doublé en l'infirmerie de l'île jusqu'à la fin de sa vie.</em></p> <p align="justify"><em>Aliferis attirait l’attention nationale à nouveau le 3 Juin 2008, quand il a effectué un mariage civil pour deux couples de même sexe, un couple des femmes et un couple d’hommes. Pour marquer l'occasion, il a déclaré: “</em>Nous voulons être parmi les citoyens qui regardent la protection des droits de l'homme comme le but de leur vie. Nous voulons être parmi ces gens qui ne peuvent pas être heureux sauf si elles contribuent au bonheur des autres ... Nous n'avons pas seulement à vous souhaiter bonne chance, nous exigeons que vous soyez heureux.” <em>Lors de son passage la communauté LGBT de la Grèce pleure un de ses défenseurs les plus éloquents.</em></p> gay super herohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18018793140513032793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315867298201289445.post-88958959771001984602012-03-10T09:19:00.002-08:002012-03-11T04:51:29.493-07:00Gays face higher unemployment, lower wages in the greek job market \ Plus de chômage, des salaires inférieurs pour les homos au marché du travail grec<p align="justify">With the greek economy in its fifth year of recession and general unemployment above 20% for the first time in living memory, public debate still refuses to acknowledge that gay, lesbian and bisexual employees face an even more difficult situation in the job market, a phenomenon that preceded the current crisis. On the contrary: as recently as 2010, the leader of the nationalist LAOS party George Karatzaferis claimed that being gay “<em>is now a societal advantage, a sort of freemasonry”,</em> while in 2007 leftist MP Grigoris Psarianos said that gays<em> “have developed revanchist tendencies – you can’t work in the media now if you don’t take it up the ass”.</em> </p> <p align="justify">Documenting the prevalent discrimination against disadvantaged groups in the greek market is Nick Drydakis, a lecturer on Labour Economics in the University of Patras. His published papers in various international scientific journals include studies on job discrimination against women, immigrants and the Roma community. You can find a full list of his published papers <strong><a href="http://application.econ.upatras.gr/en/node/159">here.</a></strong> Using field experiments like correspondance testing of CVs implying that the applicant is gay as well as telephone polling of the labour population, Drydakis establishes that gays and lesbians are much less likely to get an interview if they reveal their orientation. They also report lower wages, less work experience and greater job dissatisfaction than heterosexuals working in the same field. </p> <p align="justify">In one of his papers researching discrimination based on sexual orientation (you can read them all <strong><a href="http://www.ilga-europe.org/home/guide/country_by_country/greece/%28view%29/resource">here</a></strong>) Drydakis has interviewed 7.400 men in the greater Athens area in 2008-2009. 4,5% of them descibed themselves as homosexuals, 0,9% as bisexuals. Drydakis found that the unemployment rate among them is signifacantly higher (17% against 10% for heterosexual men) He also establishes that, all other factors being equal, their salaries are 4-5% lower than heterosexual men in the same positions. This finding is consistent with previous studies published in France, the U.S. and Canada. The wage difference diminishes among individuals of higher education, but does not disappear completely. </p> <p align="justify">In 2005 Greece has banned discrimination based on sexual orientation in the labour market, adopting a relevant EU directive. However no serious effort has been made since to enforce this legislation.</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-w33H3CckvPU/T1uNNkMBIWI/AAAAAAAAK_U/gQ1MYPASdsI/s1600-h/gay%252520office%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="gay office" border="0" alt="gay office" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-jrtLKClPAu4/T1uNOf0aa8I/AAAAAAAAK_Y/RSD49ripq4Q/gay%252520office_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="342" height="454"></a></p> <p align="justify"><em>Alors que l'économie grecque enregistre cinq années consécutives de contraction et une chômage supérieure à 20% pour la première fois dans l'histoire récente du pays , le débat public refuse toujours de reconnaître que les employés gais, lesbiennes et bisexuels sont confrontés à une situation encore plus difficile dans le marché du travail, un phénomène qui précéde la crise actuelle. Au contraire: aussi récemment qu'en 2010, le chef du parti nationaliste LAOS George Karatzaferis a affirmé que l'homosexualité</em> "est maintenant un avantage social, une sorte de franc-maçonnerie", <em>alors qu'en 2007, le député de gauche Grigoris Psarianos dit dans une interview que les gais</em> "ont développé des tendances revanchardes - vous ne pouvez pas travailler dans les médias maintenant si vous ne le prenez pas dans le cul ".</p> <p align="justify"><em>Documentant la discrimination répandue contre les groupes défavorisés du marché grec est Nick Drydakis, enseignant sur l'économie du travail à l'Université de Patras. Ses papiers publiés dans diverses revues scientifiques internationales comprennent des études sur la discrimination au travail chez les femmes, les immigrés et la communauté Roma. Vous pouvez trouver une liste complète des articles qu’il a publiés <strong><a href="http://application.econ.upatras.gr/en/node/159">ici</a></strong>. Grâce à des expériences sur le terrain comme les “tests de correspondance” avec des CV qui impliquent que le demandeur est gai, ainsi que des sondages téléphoniques de la population active, Drydakis établit que les gais et les lesbiennes sont beaucoup moins susceptibles d'obtenir un entretien si ils ou elles révèlent leur orientation. Ils declarent également de salaires plus faibles, moins d'expérience professionnelle et plus de mécontentement que les hétéros qui travaillent dans le même domaine.</em></p> <p align="justify"><em>Dans un de ses articles sur la discrimination fondée sur l'orientation sexuelle (vous pouvez lire tous ses articles sur ce sujet en anglais <strong><a href="http://www.ilga-europe.org/home/guide/country_by_country/greece/%28view%29/resource">ici</a></strong>) Drydakis a interrogé 7.400 hommes dans la région metropolitaine d'Athènes en 2008-2009. 4,5% d'entre eux se décrivaient comme homosexuels, 0,9% comme bisexuels. Drydakis constate que le taux de chômage parmi eux est sensiblement plus élevé (17% contre 10% pour les hétérosexuels) Il établit également que, quand tous les autres facteurs sont égaux, leurs salaires sont plus bas de 4 à 5% comparés aux hétéros dans les mêmes positions. Ce résultat est cohérent avec les études au meme sujet publiées </em><a href="http://www.tetu.com/actualites/france/salaires-les-gays-gagneraient-moins-que-les-heteros-17741"><strong><em>en France</em></strong></a><em>, aux États-Unis et au Canada. La différence des salaires diminue parmi les diplômés de l’enseignement supérieur, mais ne disparaît pas complètement.</em></p> <p align="justify"><em>En 2005 avec l'adoption d'une directive de l'Union Européenne , la Grèce a interdit la discrimination fondée sur l'orientation sexuelle dans le marché du travail. Toutefois, aucun effort sérieux n'a été fait depuis pour faire appliquer cette législation.</em></p>gay super herohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18018793140513032793noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315867298201289445.post-79046875789455603122012-01-21T18:28:00.001-08:002012-01-30T13:08:09.991-08:00A bill that would ban homophobic incitement in Greece is shelved \ Un projet de loi qui interdirait l'incitation homophobe en Grèce est abandonné<p align="justify">The daily Kathimerini newspaper <strong><a href="http://news.kathimerini.gr/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_100076_17/01/2012_469425">reports</a></strong> that, in order to avoid a government crisis, plans for a parliamentary debate of a new bill that would punish “serious manifestations of racism and xenophobia” are cancelled indefinitely. The bill would have punished those "<em>who incite, provoke or promote violence or hatred against people or groups based on their race, color, religion, origins, nationality or sexual orientation”</em> with a prison term of up to three years. The current legislation that dates from 1979 only includes race, religion and nationality to its list of protected categories. So far, fifteen european countries have adopted laws that ban incitement to hatred against homosexuals.</p> <p align="justify">The bill was a project of the previous socialist government, that was replaced by a three-party coaltion last November in order to come to terms with the escalating fiscal crisis that plagues the country. The new government -led by former European Central Bank vice-president Loukas Papadimos- is supported by the socialist majority, the main conservative opposition party and the nationalist LAOS party, Its mandate is to negotiate a reduction of Greece’s debt with the country’s creditors before new elections are held in the spring. </p> <p align="justify">The bill was supposed to be debated in the full house last week, after being approved in a parliamentary committee with the support of the socialists and a smaller leftist party. Last Thursday it was revealed that the bill will be shelved indefinitely in order to avoid friction between the three coalition parties, when the conservatives seemingly objected to an amendment on relieving overcrowding in prisons. The contents of the bill were for many months the target of angry reactions from nationalist right-wing opinion in the country.</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-HTIP_GKOlAs/Txt0PwiiBQI/AAAAAAAAKoc/fsqBmdhA6GE/s1600-h/parliament1%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="parliament1" border="0" alt="parliament1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-pRv03xGw5_A/Txt0QqjfAcI/AAAAAAAAKog/zABWPtYJeMk/parliament1_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="464" height="349" /></a></p> <p align="justify"><em>Selon le quotidien grec <strong><a href="http://news.kathimerini.gr/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_100076_17/01/2012_469425">Kathimerini</a></strong>, les plans d'un débat parlementaire sur un nouveau projet de loi qui punirait “des graves manifestations de racisme et de xénophobie" sont annulés indéfiniment afin d'éviter une crise gouvernementale. Le projet de loi aurait puni ceux qui «incitent, provoquent ou encouragent la violence ou la haine contre des personnes ou des groupes en fonction de leur race, couleur, religion, origines, nationalité ou orientation sexuelle» avec une peine d'emprisonnement allant jusqu'à trois ans. La législation actuelle qui date de 1979 ne comprend que la race, la religion et la nationalité à sa liste de catégories protégées. Jusqu'à présent, une quinzaine de pays européens ont adopté des lois interdisant l'incitation à la haine contre les homosexuels.</em></p> <p align="justify"><em>La nouvelle loi était un projet du précédent gouvernement socialiste qui a été remplacé par un Coaltion de trois parties en Novembre dernière, afin d’affronter l'escalade de la crise fiscale qui frappe le pays. Le nouveau gouvernement dirigé par l'ancien vice-président de la Banque centrale européenne Loukas Papadimos- est soutenu par la majorité socialiste, le principal parti d'opposition conservateur et le parti nationaliste LAOS. Son mandat est de négocier une réduction de la dette du pays avec ses créanciers, avant de nouvelles élections qui auront lieu au printemps.</em></p> <p align="justify"><em>Le projet de loi devait être débattu à la Chambre entière la semaine dernière, après avoir été approuvée en commission parlementaire avec le soutien des socialistes et un petit parti de gauche. Jeudi dernier, il a été révélé que le débat sera abandonné indéfiniment afin d'éviter les frictions entre les trois partis de la coalition. Le projet de loi a été décrié pendant plusieurs mois par les circles nationalistes du pays.</em></p>gay super herohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18018793140513032793noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315867298201289445.post-83187089826819234832011-12-31T01:58:00.001-08:002012-01-06T02:57:33.397-08:002011 The international LGBT review<span> <p align="justify"><strong><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-NAavN5gJ11I/Tv8RA_WNKxI/AAAAAAAAKg8/3cEiIkqhn4E/s1600-h/2011%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="2011" border="0" alt="2011" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-EdW_SOBKd9c/Tv8RBobf7MI/AAAAAAAAKhA/8AgKti6WQro/2011_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="326" height="434" /></a></strong></p> <p align="justify"><strong><br />January 7</strong> Smell of scandal: It is revealed that a porn festival in Athens featuring performances of bareback gay sex, was subsidised by …the greek Centre for Disease Control! (KEELPNO)<br /></p></span><span><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-KJ9FzmgkM9g/Tv7a-oJmjWI/AAAAAAAAKEM/rbdcNPIgJ5A/s1600-h/keelpno1_thumb32.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="keelpno1_thumb3" border="0" alt="keelpno1_thumb3" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-agBSmf-diSo/Tv7a_f2SIGI/AAAAAAAAKEU/90UXDJT-WM0/keelpno1_thumb3_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="295" height="454" /></a> </span> <p align="justify"></p> <p align="justify"></p><span><strong></strong> <p align="justify"><strong><br />January 7 </strong>Portugal is shocked by the atrocious murder and mutilation of a beloved gay TV presenter by a 20-year-old model he was dating.</p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-QEtpRouxnTI/Tv7bAVgr1cI/AAAAAAAAKEc/ixqAsGZ26MI/s1600-h/carloscastrorenatoseabra_thumb22.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="carloscastrorenatoseabra_thumb2" border="0" alt="carloscastrorenatoseabra_thumb2" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-4ukzIUiyR_8/Tv7bBuBvVdI/AAAAAAAAKEk/eUwFKIljkKE/carloscastrorenatoseabra_thumb2_thum.jpg?imgmax=800" width="434" height="325" /></a> </span> <p align="justify"></p> <p align="justify"><br /><span><strong>January 13</strong> The first museum of GLBT history on american soil opens its doors in San Francisco.</span><span></span></p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-EctyFqCGLGg/Tv7bCS5INII/AAAAAAAAKEo/jG5DmGlxlVM/s1600-h/glbtmuseum1_thumb32.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="glbtmuseum1_thumb3" border="0" alt="glbtmuseum1_thumb3" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-yG9lPTK8Gjw/Tv7bDIN99AI/AAAAAAAAKEw/ALolMhqm7Jw/glbtmuseum1_thumb3_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="434" height="316" /></a> <p align="justify"><span><br /><strong>January 18 </strong>A british court awards compensation to a gay couple that a hotel refused to accomodate.<br /><br /></span><span><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-RL76cS5dO6s/Tv7bDs7zI_I/AAAAAAAAKE4/EKOExDfX51s/s1600-h/gayhotel1_thumb42.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="gayhotel1_thumb4" border="0" alt="gayhotel1_thumb4" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-romhPYjoOQY/Tv7bEfHJlPI/AAAAAAAAKFA/UPBQaeEAZPw/gayhotel1_thumb4_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="434" height="312" /></a> </span></p> <p align="justify"><span></span></p> <p align="justify"><span><br /><strong>January 27</strong> International outcry over the savage murder of an activist in Uganda. His name was included in an outing list of 100 homosexuals published by a local newspaper under the title <em>“Hang them!”</em><br /><br /></span><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-vI7zHkHGvQk/Tv7bFHN4XgI/AAAAAAAAKFM/TSo66BVYK3E/s1600-h/hangthemuganda_thumb32.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="hangthemuganda_thumb3" border="0" alt="hangthemuganda_thumb3" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-J93Li2uTnXc/Tv7bF5XDirI/AAAAAAAAKFQ/Inalu772UeY/hangthemuganda_thumb3_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="419" height="315" /></a> </p> <p align="justify"><span><br /><strong>January 27</strong> </span><span>TV presenter Fotis Sergoulopoulos comes out in a television interview.<br /><br /></span><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Fr75oipqHTI/Tv7bGdownoI/AAAAAAAAKFc/IaXRBEb78iM/s1600-h/sergoulopoulos1_thumb42.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="sergoulopoulos1_thumb4" border="0" alt="sergoulopoulos1_thumb4" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-VPLzr5A7iMM/Tv7bHjsIusI/AAAAAAAAKFg/xmeOYGCDacc/sergoulopoulos1_thumb4_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="275" height="434" /></a> </p> <p align="justify"></p><span> <p align="justify"><strong><br />February 2 </strong>The “<em>Mona Lisa”</em> is really the portrait of a young apprentice and possible lover of Leonardo da Vinci in female drag, according to an italian art historian.</p></span> <p align="justify"><span></span><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Xc6NUYfxNAU/Tv7bIVWYkhI/AAAAAAAAKFo/6oC2xb3d7AY/s1600-h/monalisa_thumb32.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="monalisa_thumb3" border="0" alt="monalisa_thumb3" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-8T5B3e_4z7A/Tv7bI-07meI/AAAAAAAAKFw/U8i-Wt1V1JY/monalisa_thumb3_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="294" height="454" /></a><br /><br /><span><strong>February 17</strong> An anthem against homophobia and prejudice, Lady Gaga’s <em>“Born This Way”</em> becomes the 1000th number one in the history of the U.S. Billboard Hot100.</span></p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-BZRRsP7AiWg/Tv7bJpeOIbI/AAAAAAAAKF4/lJTzGhe0Sls/s1600-h/lady-gaga5_thumb2.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="lady-gaga5_thumb" border="0" alt="lady-gaga5_thumb" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-jtp7fg26xj4/Tv7bKfIwdOI/AAAAAAAAKGA/NBL419xbCh8/lady-gaga5_thumb_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="331" height="442" /></a> <p align="justify"></p><span></span> <p align="justify"><span><br /><strong>February 24 </strong>The<strong> </strong>U.S. administration will no longer defend the <em>“Defence of Marriage Act”</em> in the courts as president Obama thinks it is uncostitutional. The legislation bans federal recognition of same-sex marriages performed in any U.S. state.</span></p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-SPfvXm_42Ck/Tv7bLVpLLUI/AAAAAAAAKGI/MsScrCYHtEM/s1600-h/gayUS5_thumb42.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="gayUS5_thumb4" border="0" alt="gayUS5_thumb4" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-0osoQT8q6sk/Tv7bL1vp-hI/AAAAAAAAKGQ/Hk3TtzgnAbI/gayUS5_thumb4_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="334" height="415" /> </a> <p align="justify"><br /><span><strong>March 2 </strong>The greek-orthodox bishop of Pireaus says that homosexuality is no different from pedophilia or necrophilia…</span></p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-xAILHxXJEaI/Tv7bMyhrjxI/AAAAAAAAKGc/4hUgBwqzGaU/s1600-h/gayreligion_thumb32.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="gayreligion_thumb3" border="0" alt="gayreligion_thumb3" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ymcC0HoULS0/Tv7bN0V5x7I/AAAAAAAAKGk/1KgTOgqehRQ/gayreligion_thumb3_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="380" height="454" /></a><br /><span><br /><strong>March 9</strong> 20-year-old Anton Hysén, son of veteran swedish soccer legend Glenn Hysén, becomes Europe’s only openly gay professional footballer.<br /><br /></span><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-4bWiu0Mqe6w/Tv7bPemYLjI/AAAAAAAAKGs/yM2_uK-JjU0/s1600-h/antonhysen7_thumb22.png"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="antonhysen7_thumb2" border="0" alt="antonhysen7_thumb2" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-8sqZaxIAbMc/Tv7bQjDARXI/AAAAAAAAKG0/GZEBhwNvI-w/antonhysen7_thumb2_thumb.png?imgmax=800" width="326" height="454" /></a><br /><span><br /><strong>March 17 </strong>The director of the Bolshoi ballet Gennadi Yanin resigns after a video showing him in bed with another man is leaked on the internet…<br /></span><span><br /><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-TsPS8MN9vhw/Tv7bRT91BVI/AAAAAAAAKG4/YWq0K3acq8g/s1600-h/gennadyyaninbolshoi_thumb2.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="gennadyyaninbolshoi_thumb" border="0" alt="gennadyyaninbolshoi_thumb" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-trh6uS_ALEc/Tv7bSNFs8YI/AAAAAAAAKHA/wU24wW2bGnc/gennadyyaninbolshoi_thumb_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="303" height="424" /></a><br /></span><span><strong><br /></strong></span></p> <p align="justify"><strong>March 20 </strong>Barcelona unveils a monument dedicated to gays and lesbians persecuted around the world.<br /><br /></p><strong></strong><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ao_j241HSQQ/Tv7bTOfJDHI/AAAAAAAAKHI/4odIDlLxiv0/s1600-h/barcelonahomomonument_thumb42.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="barcelonahomomonument_thumb4" border="0" alt="barcelonahomomonument_thumb4" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-62z-UB5mR-U/Tv7bUIuqgJI/AAAAAAAAKHU/6OJN0xqf1sw/barcelonahomomonument_thumb4_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="434" height="321" /> </a> <p align="justify"><span><strong><br />March 23</strong> One of Hollywood’s most glamorous stars and the woman who founded the <em>“American Foundation for Aids Research”,</em> Elizabeth Taylor dies at the age of 79.</span></p><span><span><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-7sEJKs_roUY/Tv7bUjSMjhI/AAAAAAAAKHc/XXscYiTp_VA/s1600-h/liz-taylor_thumb12.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="liz-taylor_thumb1" border="0" alt="liz-taylor_thumb1" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-X8phg4nvb6U/Tv7baOiPilI/AAAAAAAAKHk/wFwg9d14Pk4/liz-taylor_thumb1_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="295" height="442" /> </a></span></span> <p align="justify"><span><span></span><br /><strong>March 25 </strong>A catholic priest who publicly applauded the violent attacks against gay Pride marchers in Croatia, is sentenced to three months in prison with parole.<br /><br /></span><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-KFR1QcSIdII/Tv7ba5V_yaI/AAAAAAAAKHo/S1zoOeEWL9U/s1600-h/catholic-priests1_thumb22.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="catholic-priests1_thumb2" border="0" alt="catholic-priests1_thumb2" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-aQ1eOxn-o-E/Tv7bbswbvPI/AAAAAAAAKH0/OdgkvOMaKQo/catholic-priests1_thumb2_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="454" /></a></p><span><strong></strong> <p align="justify"><strong><br />March 27</strong> India’s Mahatma Ghandi was bisexual and in love with a german architect, according to a new biography.</p><span><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-y_1hVC1xYIE/Tv7bc-jtgtI/AAAAAAAAKH8/wG0EqTSA3H8/s1600-h/gandhi_thumb2.png"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="gandhi_thumb" border="0" alt="gandhi_thumb" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-2kprQEctXoA/Tv7beOMhxHI/AAAAAAAAKIE/tACMngBIiLU/gandhi_thumb_thumb.png?imgmax=800" width="287" height="434" /> </a></span></span> <p align="justify"><span><span></span></span><br /><span><strong>April 7</strong> Archeologists in the Czech Republic discover the tomb of a neolithic man who was buried according to the burial costumes his tribe used for women.<br /><br /></span></p><span><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-cT0avpePia4/Tv7be3Vk-zI/AAAAAAAAKIM/wqCd0v6SIXc/s1600-h/neolithicburial_thumb32.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="neolithicburial_thumb3" border="0" alt="neolithicburial_thumb3" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-9O-gi1BQg_M/Tv7bflJEVAI/AAAAAAAAKIU/3RUW21MbXlE/neolithicburial_thumb3_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="374" height="307" /></a> </span><span></span> <p align="justify"><span><strong><br />April 7</strong> 3,8% of americans describe themselves as LGBT while 8% have had at least one homosexual experience in their lifetime according to research published by the University of California.<br /><br /></span><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-X_V_dxVAdKE/Tv7bgSPmH5I/AAAAAAAAKIc/-NSLYyTAm0Y/s1600-h/lgbtussurvey_thumb62.png"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="lgbtussurvey_thumb6" border="0" alt="lgbtussurvey_thumb6" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-xzYdsB-AGPA/Tv7bhayfNrI/AAAAAAAAKIk/tRfcW88g_oA/lgbtussurvey_thumb6_thumb.png?imgmax=800" width="434" height="305" /></a><br /><span><strong><br />April 13 </strong>The NBA forces Kobe Bryant to pay an $100ths fine for a homophobic slur he uttered at a referee.<br /><br /></span><span></span><span></span><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-IYbksXIVHvA/Tv7blpc9-BI/AAAAAAAAKIs/OVqDwDKztxc/s1600-h/kobebryant_thumb32.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="kobebryant_thumb3" border="0" alt="kobebryant_thumb3" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-YuwhZ4Hd_hY/Tv7bmALvmTI/AAAAAAAAKIw/nDs_aaCJ-yQ/kobebryant_thumb3_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="327" height="454" /></a></p><span><strong></strong></span> <p align="justify"><span><strong><br />April 22</strong> Hungary’s new constitution bans same-sex marriage.<br /><br /></span><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-DVV00QNWcQM/Tv7bmwH-U1I/AAAAAAAAKI4/ZR2NNDcuYqo/s1600-h/gaymarriagekaputt_thumb22.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="gaymarriagekaputt_thumb2" border="0" alt="gaymarriagekaputt_thumb2" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-py4o30sBluc/Tv7bnvRG_VI/AAAAAAAAKJA/W-BQQqjbg_w/gaymarriagekaputt_thumb2_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="434" height="321" /></a> <span></span></p><span> <p align="justify"><strong><br />April 24</strong> Another horrific crime in the dark continent: a lesbian activist is gang-raped and brutally murdered in a south-african township.<br /><br /><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-SCYXsu85GBk/Tv7boTfU-cI/AAAAAAAAKJI/zJ3Xt-Mv7tw/s1600-h/homophobia---south-african-lesbians_%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="homophobia---south-african-lesbians_" border="0" alt="homophobia---south-african-lesbians_" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-TCa_GlnJjGI/Tv7bpPWRTNI/AAAAAAAAKJU/hhrsACpfmQI/homophobia---south-african-lesbians_.jpg?imgmax=800" width="434" height="352" /></a></p></span> <p align="justify"><span><strong><br />May 5 </strong>Brazil’s Supreme Court rules that same-sex couples should enjoy the same rights as married heterosexuals.<br /><br /></span><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-jAdDlY9L_ds/Tv7bp3zKthI/AAAAAAAAKJY/pr1neJGTt8Y/s1600-h/gay-brazil13_thumb12.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="gay-brazil13_thumb1" border="0" alt="gay-brazil13_thumb1" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-kDl2XE0qhHY/Tv7bqrmq2DI/AAAAAAAAKJg/oG5rWjd43xc/gay-brazil13_thumb1_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="405" height="434" /></a><br /><br /><strong>May 5 </strong>Androgynous model Andrej Pejic is voted among the world’s 100 hottest women by the readers of british men’s magazine FHM, provoking a trans-phobic editorial by the magazine’s editors.</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-3Ox--68otDw/Tv7brSDxU6I/AAAAAAAAKJo/_CWuzRAKuwU/s1600-h/andrej-pejic1_thumb12.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="andrej-pejic1_thumb1" border="0" alt="andrej-pejic1_thumb1" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-fw6fXznGYFo/Tv7br4i10iI/AAAAAAAAKJw/8ydWdhsU11c/andrej-pejic1_thumb1_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="276" height="454" /></a></p> <p align="justify"><strong><br />May 23 </strong>The former neofascist mayor of Rome Gianni Alemanno welcomes Europride celebrations in the italian capital featuring a surprise performance by Lady Gaga.<br /><br /><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-9itQklU4PMA/Tv7bsj6shSI/AAAAAAAAKJ4/iI9a91Yhrbg/s1600-h/roma-europride_thumb2.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="roma-europride_thumb" border="0" alt="roma-europride_thumb" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-TqE6UpIdVag/Tv7btugUveI/AAAAAAAAKKE/HRlFiqMwVMo/roma-europride_thumb_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="301" height="442" /></a></p> <p align="justify"><strong><br />May 28</strong> In what has become an annual ritual for the Putin regime, gay demonstrators who try to march in Moscow are swiftly arrested by the police…</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-cfctCtJn-Gw/Tv7buSTPd8I/AAAAAAAAKKI/NPo-vm2j6ek/s1600-h/moscow-pride_thumb22.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="moscow-pride_thumb2" border="0" alt="moscow-pride_thumb2" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-cVr_tfuovGI/Tv7bvaqFHKI/AAAAAAAAKKU/J4-1dEACUTQ/moscow-pride_thumb2_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="434" height="347" /></a></p><strong></strong> <p align="justify"><strong><br />June 5 </strong>The municipality of Athens becomes one of the official sponsors of the seventh Athens Pride, but the mayor fails to show up.<br /><br /><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-kH2q4UHqRKs/Tv7bwVsOI4I/AAAAAAAAKKc/NkzGJPuD9S4/s1600-h/athens-pride2011_thumb2.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="athens-pride2011_thumb" border="0" alt="athens-pride2011_thumb" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Y1qAK-1cYTU/Tv7bxdkEHDI/AAAAAAAAKKk/Mzgd_F2d_t8/athens-pride2011_thumb_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="332" height="442" /></a></p> <p align="justify"><strong><br />June 12 </strong>It is revealed that Amina Araf, a lesbian blogger who was supposedly kidnapped by syrian authorities sparking an online campaign for her release, was in fact a fictional personality created by an american academic…<br /><br /><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-eHEkvFy27SA/Tv7bycFQ7-I/AAAAAAAAKKs/PXgQjdMS8oY/s1600-h/a-gay-girl-in-damascus_thumb22.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="a-gay-girl-in-damascus_thumb2" border="0" alt="a-gay-girl-in-damascus_thumb2" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-rZb_gsmXPOs/Tv7bzDxXG0I/AAAAAAAAKKw/fSMtJ9x2lvA/a-gay-girl-in-damascus_thumb2_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="434" height="339" /></a><br /><strong><br />June 14 </strong><em>“We don’t support them, we don’t defend them, we don’t condemn them”</em>: Greece’s deputy minister of Culture responds to a parliamentary question on whether public funds for the promotion of tourism in Athens supported LGBT festivities…<br /><br /><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-DQJz1QelEcg/Tv7bzyZ8ftI/AAAAAAAAKK4/8QbNlQi-2q8/s1600-h/go-fuck-yourself_thumb12.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="go-fuck-yourself_thumb1" border="0" alt="go-fuck-yourself_thumb1" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-b6VAB6jMnMY/Tv7b0ijpMUI/AAAAAAAAKLE/MT4hmJIEX1I/go-fuck-yourself_thumb1_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="302" height="454" /></a><br /><br /><strong>June 17</strong> At the initiative of South Africa, the majority of the U.N. Human Rights Council votes for the first time to condemn discrimination and violence against LGBTs around the world.<br /><br /><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-vRwVDAbxPSk/Tv7b1UgOwpI/AAAAAAAAKLM/XC0M9MJG-B8/s1600-h/UN-human-rights_thumb12.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="UN-human-rights_thumb1" border="0" alt="UN-human-rights_thumb1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-7XSNuJMgP8s/Tv7b2fvBi2I/AAAAAAAAKLQ/JgV8h1dldTA/UN-human-rights_thumb1_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="434" height="326" /></a> </p> <p align="justify"><strong><br />June 25 </strong>42 years after the Stonewall riots, New York becomes the sixth and largest U.S. state to recognize same-sex marriage.<br /><br /><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Tf0ivD4-vPo/Tv7b27VIOnI/AAAAAAAAKLY/rZmYE0gc0O4/s1600-h/new-york-gay-marriage_thumb22.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="new-york-gay-marriage_thumb2" border="0" alt="new-york-gay-marriage_thumb2" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-hWQPjboahM8/Tv7b35kUkLI/AAAAAAAAKLg/KSTkXv6nNmc/new-york-gay-marriage_thumb2_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="434" height="331" /></a></p><strong></strong> <p align="justify"><strong><br />July 15</strong> California becomes the first U.S. state to make teaching the historical contributions of homosexuals mandatory in the curriculum of all state schools.<br /><br /><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-CgUE2qT0kl4/Tv7b4pS0n6I/AAAAAAAAKLo/6c0GXgNyjeY/s1600-h/gay-ancient4_thumb22.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="gay-ancient4_thumb2" border="0" alt="gay-ancient4_thumb2" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-IUskzB29ijM/Tv7b5gYYd6I/AAAAAAAAKL0/-FMAghxFVgk/gay-ancient4_thumb2_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="434" height="341" /></a> <strong></strong></p><strong></strong> <p align="justify"><strong><br />July 23 </strong>A married female couple in a boat save 40 people from the bullets of a right-wing mass murderer in Norway’s Utoya island.<br /><br /><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-LdkInJCaPXE/Tv7b6pVRkmI/AAAAAAAAKL8/gNM2SNScCtc/s1600-h/norway-massacre1_thumb12.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="norway-massacre1_thumb1" border="0" alt="norway-massacre1_thumb1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-osQbjox5-kE/Tv7b7VdN1YI/AAAAAAAAKME/YxuiE0yaJ4k/norway-massacre1_thumb1_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="434" height="364" /> </a></p> <p align="justify"><strong><br /></strong><strong>July 27</strong> Once again, deputies in the italian parliament refuse to uphold a bill that would treat attacks against gays and lesbians as hate crimes.<br /><br /><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-AxunvPssEEk/Tv7b8BlYjmI/AAAAAAAAKMM/dBGFSfwEYys/s1600-h/Omofobia2_thumb22.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="Omofobia2_thumb2" border="0" alt="Omofobia2_thumb2" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-vu41Za_W0Rw/Tv7b9AEimDI/AAAAAAAAKMQ/0Nr0MN7rNmw/Omofobia2_thumb2_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="434" height="350" /></a> <strong></strong><strong></strong></p><strong></strong> <p align="justify"><strong><br />August 4 </strong>The last known “pink triangle” dies at the age of 98. Rudolf Brazda was among the 15 thousand gay men who were sent to nazi concentration camps.<br /><br /></p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-lFuoJKKxa7s/Tv7b9wB8o5I/AAAAAAAAKMY/f8dwT-JA3es/s1600-h/rudolf-brazda10_thumb12.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="rudolf-brazda10_thumb1" border="0" alt="rudolf-brazda10_thumb1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-R7mVOyf73hU/Tv7b-bNJhKI/AAAAAAAAKMg/Ygxe2kMhNv0/rudolf-brazda10_thumb1_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="354" height="354" /></a><br /><strong><br />August 23</strong> Greece is not included in the top ten list of countries preferred by gay and lesbian travellers due to the prevailing homophobia and prejudice, according to a report by a dutch consultancy firm.<br /><br /><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/--JtFmZ2wBoQ/Tv7b_Y_5JDI/AAAAAAAAKMo/Fb_83C2CCs8/s1600-h/gay-couple37_thumb2.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="gay-couple37_thumb" border="0" alt="gay-couple37_thumb" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ts8o3UxlTfI/Tv7cAEOZckI/AAAAAAAAKMw/O8f8rI8uAnA/gay-couple37_thumb_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="348" height="434" /></a></p> <p align="justify"><br /><strong>September 4 </strong>Three men are executed for the crime of homosexuality in Iran, according to an iranian dissident group.<br /><br /><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-nZwuNT7wlAA/Tv7cAiXDbcI/AAAAAAAAKM4/ldYGoZU4w3c/s1600-h/gay-execution_thumb2.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="gay-execution_thumb" border="0" alt="gay-execution_thumb" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-4UmsWc7olak/Tv7cBKIxXpI/AAAAAAAAKNE/HG5LOCbkdjg/gay-execution_thumb_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="335" height="434" /></a></p><strong></strong> <p align="justify"><strong><br />September 9</strong> During a parliamentary debate, the greek minister of Labour makes it clear that the government will not extend widowers’ pensions to same-sex couples due to fiscal considerations…<br /><br /><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-5yQ6dRgjazQ/Tv7cCXO4LWI/AAAAAAAAKNM/yyVG-SOVO74/s1600-h/gay-old-couple3.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="gay old couple" border="0" alt="gay old couple" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-2ZDcDG-Ik7I/Tv7cDCT6xeI/AAAAAAAAKNQ/AFtm-r4ABKg/gay-old-couple_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="464" height="347" /></a></p> <p align="justify"><strong><br />September 16 </strong>The UK government announces it will begin consultations to extend civil marriage to same-sex couples by 2015.<br /><br /><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Nlkx4nnw1lk/Tv7cDygYNnI/AAAAAAAAKNY/SZ8ZyYx6Joo/s1600-h/lesbian-wedding4_thumb2.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="lesbian-wedding4_thumb" border="0" alt="lesbian-wedding4_thumb" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-yHvqYINdr_8/Tv7cEhWw8-I/AAAAAAAAKNk/cLMFhJasaVs/lesbian-wedding4_thumb_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="353" height="434" /></a></p> <p align="justify"><strong><br />September 18 </strong>The openly gay mayor of Berlin Klaus Wowereit is comfortably re-elected for a third term.<br /><br /><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-hKLrwuoTrXE/Tv7cFXHchnI/AAAAAAAAKNo/aqjqo-AeUCs/s1600-h/klaus-wowereit1_thumb22.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="klaus-wowereit1_thumb2" border="0" alt="klaus-wowereit1_thumb2" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-vTGSpFB7OYI/Tv7cGU-aCoI/AAAAAAAAKNw/OLRJAEw3hTs/klaus-wowereit1_thumb2_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="434" height="350" /></a></p> <p align="justify"><br /><strong>September 19 </strong>Cher’s transgender son Chaz Bono makes his debut in the american version of <em>Dancing with the stars.</em></p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-xetSAgwOZCw/Tv7cG7knQJI/AAAAAAAAKN4/-QfH2Ra6wT0/s1600-h/Chaz-Bono-Dancing-With-the-Stars_thu.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="Chaz-Bono-Dancing-With-the-Stars_thu" border="0" alt="Chaz-Bono-Dancing-With-the-Stars_thu" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-wUvIbEQLmBc/Tv7cH6NDdSI/AAAAAAAAKOE/k3AKD-Iz0RE/Chaz-Bono-Dancing-With-the-Stars_thu%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="454" height="342" /></a></p> <p align="justify"><strong><br />September 23</strong> The mass outing of parliamentarians on a foreign internet site provokes a controversy in Italy.<br /><br /><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-JpHMT0upCJA/Tv7cI2a0zSI/AAAAAAAAKOI/mrhluF10t9U/s1600-h/listaouting_thumb22.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="listaouting_thumb2" border="0" alt="listaouting_thumb2" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-hCvxk9AC0r8/Tv7cJW498WI/AAAAAAAAKOQ/8jpHBiIoQro/listaouting_thumb2_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="434" height="330" /></a><strong> </strong></p><strong></strong> <p align="justify"><strong><br />October 3 </strong>The European Commission condemns the serbian government’s decision to ban the Belgrade Pride in order to avoid a repetition of last year’s attacks by right-wing extremists.</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-SnbPdDs3zBQ/Tv7cKCrgTwI/AAAAAAAAKOY/S6rTBeNJli0/s1600-h/fascist_thumb2.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="fascist_thumb" border="0" alt="fascist_thumb" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-qd7JUsJWo_A/Tv7cLE1WixI/AAAAAAAAKOg/iNlnRfKFGIk/fascist_thumb_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="291" height="434" /></a><br /><br /><strong>October 9 </strong>57-year-old Anna Grodzka becomes Poland’s first transgender MP.</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Eaho2NlNCJc/Tv7cLqGqLcI/AAAAAAAAKOo/k2Th0dCpE0c/s1600-h/anna-grodzka_thumb32.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="anna-grodzka_thumb3" border="0" alt="anna-grodzka_thumb3" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-7V2gfIMWiBg/Tv7cMhkEAzI/AAAAAAAAKO0/g1FbuFPwEAM/anna-grodzka_thumb3_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="454" height="331" /></a></p> <p align="justify"><br /><strong>October 16 </strong>Honduran authorities decide to ban under-15s from a Ricky Martin concert, citing the latin star’s homosexuality as a possible “bad influence” on the young…<br /><br /><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Gt2w1WvQ22c/Tv7cN5vIsyI/AAAAAAAAKO4/fjhGyvRk-IQ/s1600-h/ricky-martin-concert1_thumb12.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="ricky-martin-concert1_thumb1" border="0" alt="ricky-martin-concert1_thumb1" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-IoCcV2tSn0c/Tv7cPVLrAOI/AAAAAAAAKPE/dMdLhWdEmr0/ricky-martin-concert1_thumb1_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="454" height="315" /></a></p> <p align="justify"><strong><br />October 17 </strong>A couple of lesbian inmates go on hunger strike after greek prison authorities decide to put them in different wards in order to “punish” them…<br /><br /><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-aS-XwyU1D34/Tv7cP2xuF-I/AAAAAAAAKPI/wRzH_yOQLmc/s1600-h/woman-prisoner_thumb32.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="woman-prisoner_thumb3" border="0" alt="woman-prisoner_thumb3" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-CGmvYzCdri8/Tv7cQr4jAdI/AAAAAAAAKPQ/IkHw-b1PGYk/woman-prisoner_thumb3_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="434" height="321" /></a><br /><strong><br />October 30 </strong>A court in Poland allows a far-right party to register a homophobic graphic as their official symbol…<br /><br /><strong><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-BUmgRgZMjaQ/Tv7cRfG9sLI/AAAAAAAAKPc/WTmXM7IhDIc/s1600-h/homophobic-symbol5_thumb12.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="homophobic-symbol5_thumb1" border="0" alt="homophobic-symbol5_thumb1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-D196KaooW-c/Tv7cS6unitI/AAAAAAAAKPk/dxFR4ihBUKs/homophobic-symbol5_thumb1_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="454" height="342" /></a></strong></p> <p align="justify"><strong><br />October 31 </strong>British prime-minister David Cameron threatens to withhold UK aid from countries that violate the rights of LGBT individuals.<br /><br /><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-6Y5BXepatY0/Tv7cTz7N0wI/AAAAAAAAKPs/jGOJ5hwNIIQ/s1600-h/UKaid_thumb42.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="UKaid_thumb4" border="0" alt="UKaid_thumb4" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/--77kC0XEQ48/Tv7cXLlGDFI/AAAAAAAAKP0/m6rh4xUVNoE/UKaid_thumb4_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="454" height="364" /></a></p><strong></strong> <p align="justify"><strong><br />November 1 </strong>Audiences in Athens are treated to a retrospective of legendary american photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.</p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Sv5P_t393hg/Tv7cXpPV-cI/AAAAAAAAKP4/9TOnhp-PDFU/s1600-h/mapplethorpe1_thumb22.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="mapplethorpe1_thumb2" border="0" alt="mapplethorpe1_thumb2" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-XhUklON6eO4/Tv7cYaH9vgI/AAAAAAAAKQA/fYlCQKSSB4M/mapplethorpe1_thumb2_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="384" height="384" /></a> <p align="justify"><strong><br />November 3 </strong>A serbian politician is convicted for inciting hatred against gays and lesbians. He called homosexuality<em> “a disease”.</em><br /><br /><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-B1-LX57x8rU/Tv7cY8RsV9I/AAAAAAAAKQM/jxJXaxBY0P0/s1600-h/serbian-flag_thumb42.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="serbian-flag_thumb4" border="0" alt="serbian-flag_thumb4" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-W_ONEJDXVL4/Tv7caaPXrKI/AAAAAAAAKQU/yocaBcvHENM/serbian-flag_thumb4_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="454" height="309" /></a></p> <p align="justify"><strong><br />November 16 </strong>Clothing manufacturer Benetton removes an ad portraying a kiss between the pope and an egyptian imam after the Vatican complains.<br /><br /><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Y_tjopIixUc/Tv7cbe0UNJI/AAAAAAAAKQc/pVA475jY76c/s1600-h/benedict-el-tayeb_thumb22.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="benedict-el-tayeb_thumb2" border="0" alt="benedict-el-tayeb_thumb2" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ALNSRPVUCP0/Tv7ccP4XbHI/AAAAAAAAKQg/QMG0WIdn_HQ/benedict-el-tayeb_thumb2_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="454" height="335" /></a><br /><strong></strong></p> <p align="justify"><strong>November 17</strong> A greek-cypriot former minister who was arrested for breaking the law that bans gay sex in turkish-occupied northern Cyprus does not appear in court. He had been released on bail.</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-1K6ZNUlLVjk/Tv7cc06y5TI/AAAAAAAAKQo/BIYKQbWQPPw/s1600-h/divided-cyprus3.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="divided cyprus" border="0" alt="divided cyprus" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-p0mIKnEnvOs/Tv7cdS2jWNI/AAAAAAAAKQw/q-Yi06dKs1w/divided-cyprus_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="464" height="314" /></a></p><strong></strong> <p align="justify"><strong><br />November 21</strong> Fifteen hijras or “eunuchs” are killed during a fire in India. They had gathered to celebrate a traditional religious festival.</p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-FBxigegcrm0/Tv7ceT6HItI/AAAAAAAAKQ8/NwdkrmWESIY/s1600-h/hijra_thumb22.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="hijra_thumb2" border="0" alt="hijra_thumb2" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-fz32c5dKTvY/Tv7cfQraBZI/AAAAAAAAKRA/34DzsinBjCE/hijra_thumb2_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="454" height="331" /></a> <p align="justify"><br /><strong>November 23 </strong>In Cameroon, three men are sentenced to five years in prison for having gay sex.<br /><br /></p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-a8cyCu0yOSU/Tv7cgAm_xrI/AAAAAAAAKRI/WD6LMzTJAO4/s1600-h/gay-africans3_thumb22.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="gay-africans3_thumb2" border="0" alt="gay-africans3_thumb2" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-H0W_LlwCHZQ/Tv7cg67HLOI/AAAAAAAAKRQ/zR4i1-d4BkU/gay-africans3_thumb2_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="295" height="478" /> </a> <p align="justify"><br /><strong>December 1</strong> <em>“The Christmas Tango”, </em>the movie version of a celebrated greek novel recounting the suggestively homoerotic story of a soldier who teaches his captain to dance, becomes the surprise box-office hit of the holidays.</p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-n_QRJRIjS_g/Tv7chSZ20ZI/AAAAAAAAKRY/J8VL5Y5fp1U/s1600-h/christmas-tango_thumb12.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="christmas-tango_thumb1" border="0" alt="christmas-tango_thumb1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-OjO73uNV1U4/Tv7cibGkf4I/AAAAAAAAKRk/A85o2-OYyEo/christmas-tango_thumb1_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="315" height="454" /></a> <p align="justify"><strong><br />December 6 </strong>Belgium’s 60-year-old Elio di Rupo is sworn-in as prime-minister of Belgium. He becomes the first openly gay man to hold that post anywhere in the world.</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-QToCAMVnw0U/Tv7cjcmMf8I/AAAAAAAAKRo/2tgG0wZh5TM/s1600-h/elio-di-rupo1_thumb32.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="elio-di-rupo1_thumb3" border="0" alt="elio-di-rupo1_thumb3" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-19j9VDo3nJE/Tv7cj0Sl_CI/AAAAAAAAKRw/GgcxLx7_IG8/elio-di-rupo1_thumb3_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="454" height="342" /></a><br /><strong><br />December 6 </strong>During a historic speech to the UN, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton launches a new diplomatic drive regarding LGBT rights around the world, calling them <em>“one of the remaining human rights challenges of our time.”<br /></em><br /><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-daiGrU80rSg/Tv7ckhdfnvI/AAAAAAAAKR4/3svppdVuAvM/s1600-h/hillary-clinton_thumb12.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="hillary-clinton_thumb1" border="0" alt="hillary-clinton_thumb1" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-0TKtqSGBRmA/Tv7clNyjrII/AAAAAAAAKSA/n6RNTQ4Vn6U/hillary-clinton_thumb1_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="291" height="434" /></a></p><strong></strong> <p align="justify"><strong><br />December 16 </strong>The health statistics of gay men have greatly improved in the states that have recognized same-sex marriage according to a report published in the american Journal of Public Health.</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-By5Vp-LdNJ0/Tv7cm9ift-I/AAAAAAAAKSM/zDSVjWvdG2g/s1600-h/gay-doctor_thumb12.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="gay-doctor_thumb1" border="0" alt="gay-doctor_thumb1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-PJvbUxN1vmE/Tv7cni0wSSI/AAAAAAAAKSU/m86LMcWn574/gay-doctor_thumb1_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="454" /></a></p> <p align="justify"><strong><br />December 26</strong> Former spanish prime-minister José Zapatero calls the passing of legislation recognizing same-sex marriage <em>“his proudest achievement”.</em></p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-DJ7d8Z4gFXA/Tv7coTcoi1I/AAAAAAAAKSc/_7flfe6FvQA/s1600-h/zapatero5.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="zapatero" border="0" alt="zapatero" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-cLb5N0yXCVo/Tv7cpyOX8dI/AAAAAAAAKSk/NDypGZSb9Wk/zapatero_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" height="392" /></a></p> <p align="justify"><br />12 months, 58 events from 27 different countries. It was the year that the UK and US governments took global initiatives regarding the respect of LGBT rtights around the world, while the European Union’s human rights advocacy was paralysed by the euro crisis. For LGBTs in Greece it was the year they had to fend for themselves amid the economic meltdown, receiving indifference and cynicism instead of solidarity from both officials and the public.</p> <p align="justify">I hope that 2012 will be the year that the darkness surrounding public life in this country will start to recede. I wish you all a very happy, optimistic and productive new year!<br /></p> <p><span><em>translated to english from the <strong><a href="http://gayrightsgreece.blogspot.com/2011/12/2011_31.html">gay super hero</a></strong> blog</em></span></p>gay super herohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18018793140513032793noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315867298201289445.post-28848842176183064082011-10-25T11:28:00.001-07:002011-12-19T03:45:49.612-08:00Greek-cypriot politician charged with sodomy in turkish-occupied Cyprus \ Un politicien grec-chypriote poursuivi pour sodomie dans la zone occupée de l'île<p align="justify">A 65-year old man who has served as Cyprus’ minister of the Treasury for three years and is a former member of the board of the World Bank, was arrested and charged with “sex acts against nature” by authorities in turkish-occupied northern Cyprus. The northern part of the island was invaded and occupied by turkish forces in 1974 and declared its “independence” in 1983, recognised by no-one other than Turkey. The island’s legitimate government views the occupied northern part as an “impostor state” and does not recognise the jurisdiction of its courts. <p align="justify">The 65-year-old was arrested in a private home in occupied Nicosia together with two other males: the house’s 29-year-old owner and a 17-year old teenager. They were all charged for “sex acts against nature”. Two days later turkish-cypriot police arrested two teenage boys, aged 14 and 16 respectively, and charged them as well, claiming that they confessed to sexual relations with the older men. All three teenagers claim their confessions were extracted by force. A doctor testified at the trial that he found no evidence that sex had taken place between the former minister and the teenagers, but there were signs of police brutality on the detainees. The 65-year-old was released on bail and the trial will continue November 17. <p align="justify"><strong><u>UPDATE:</u></strong> The accused former minister skipped a November 17 court appearance, forgoing €47,000 bail money. Less than a month later he was <strong><a href="http://www.care2.com/causes/northern-cyprus-to-decriminalize-homosexuality.html">appointed</a></strong> chairman of Marfin Popular Bank, the island’s second-biggest lender.</p> <p align="justify"><br>Cypriot media report that before he became minister, the accused politician faced similar charges in the occupied north that were quietly dropped. This raises many questions on the political motivation of the trial as well as the possibility of blackmail. </p> <p align="justify">The law that bans “sex acts against nature” in northern Cyprus dates from british colonial times and was revoked in the free part of the island in 1998. Since all homosexual relations are illegal in the occupied part, there is no law against the sexual abuse of minors. Indeed, in this case the minors are charged with a sexual crime as well. The age of consent for heterosexual sex in northern Cyprus is 16. <p align="justify">In the past, turkish-cypriot politicians have claimed that the law is no longer enforced. However only last July, two men were arrested and charged under it, after the neighbors complained about their lovemaking. Outside the courthouse, turkish-cypriot organisations protested against the legislation, while cypriot deputies in the European Parliament have raised the issue with European Union authorities.</p> <p align="justify"><strong><a href="http://www.cyprus-mail.com/michalis-sarris/sarris-had-not-sexual-contact-17-year-old-court-hears/20111019#comments">[via]</a></strong></p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-1qC42UfFCgY/Tqb_wUiXp3I/AAAAAAAAJWw/75uz4odhDgY/s1600-h/gay%252520arrest%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="gay arrest" border="0" alt="gay arrest" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Fzn0OLPV6mo/Tqb_xDwL-QI/AAAAAAAAJW0/2TI6C1GbJzI/gay%252520arrest_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" height="341"></a></p> <p align="justify"><em>Un homme de 65 ans qui a servi comme ministre du Trésor en Chypre pendant trois ans et est un ancien cadre de la Banque Mondiale, a été arrêté et inculpé d’ ”actes sexuels contre nature” par les autorités turques qui occupent le nord du pays. La partie nord de l'île a été envahie et occupée par les forces turques en 1974 et a déclaré son “indépendance”, reconnue par la Turquie seule, en 1983. Le gouvernement légitime de Chypre traite la partie occupée du Nord comme un “état imposteur" et ne reconnaît pas la compétence de ses tribunaux.</em> <p align="justify"><em>Le politicien a été arrêté dans une maison privée de Nicosie occupée avec deux autres hommes: le propriétaire de la maison agé de 29 ans et un adolescent de 17 ans. Ils ont tous été inculpés d’ "actes sexuels contre nature”. Deux jours plus tard la police chypriote turque a arrêté deux autres adolescents, âgés de 14 et 16 ans respectivement. Selon la police, les adolescents ont avoué les rapports sexuels avec les hommes plus âgés. De leur part, les adolescents insistent que leurs aveux ont été extorqués par la force. Un médecin a témoigné lors du procès qu'il n'a trouvé aucune preuve des rapports sexuels entre l'ancien ministre et les adolescents, mais il y avait des signes de brutalité policière sur les détenus. Le politicien grec-chypriote a été libéré sous caution et le procès se poursuivra le 17 Novembre.</em></p> <p align="justify"><em><strong><u>Dépêches d'actualité</u><u>:</u></strong> <font style="font-weight: normal">Le ex-ministre accusé a sauté une apparence au tribunal le 17 Novembre, renonçant à l'argent sous caution € 47.000. Moins d'un mois plus tard, il a été nommé </font></em><a href="http://www.care2.com/causes/northern-cyprus-to-decriminalize-homosexuality.html"><em>président</em></a><font style="font-weight: normal"><em><font style="font-weight: bold"> </font>de Marfin Popular Bank, deuxième plus grand prêteur de l'île.</em></font></p> <p align="justify"><em>Selon des médias chypriotes, avant de devenir ministre, le politicien inculpé a fait face à des accusations similaires dans le nord occupé qui étaient discrètement abandonnées. Cela soulève de nombreuses questions sur la motivation politique du procès ainsi que la possibilité de chantage.<br><br>La loi qui interdit les “actes sexuels contre nature” dans le nord de Chypre remonte à l'époque coloniale britannique et a été révoquée dans la partie libre de l'île en 1998. Comme toutes les relations homosexuelles sont illégales dans la partie occupée, il n'existe aucune loi contre les abus sexuels sur mineurs. En effet, dans ce cas, les mineurs sont accusés eux aussi d'un crime sexuel. L'âge de consentement pour les rapports hétérosexuels dans le nord de Chypre est 16 ans.</em></p> <p align="justify"><em>Dans le passé, des politiciens chypriotes turcs ont affirmé que la loi n'est plus appliquée. Cependant en Juillet dernier, deux hommes ont été arrêtés et inculpés en vertu de la loi, après ses voisins se plaignaient de leurs ébats amoureux. En dehors du palais de justice, des organisations chypriotes turques ont protesté contre la loi, tandis que des députés chypriotes au Parlement Européen ont soulevé la question avec les autorités de l'Union Européenne.</em></p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.cyprus-mail.com/michalis-sarris/sarris-had-not-sexual-contact-17-year-old-court-hears/20111019#comments">[via]</a></strong> gay super herohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18018793140513032793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315867298201289445.post-40200723649276620632011-10-18T22:30:00.001-07:002011-10-18T22:30:15.626-07:00Lesbian couple on hunger strike after greek prison separates them / Couple lesbien séparé dans une prison grecque en grève de faim<p align="justify"><br>Greek daily <a href="http://www.enet.gr/?i=news.el.ellada&id=318704"><strong>Eleftherotipia</strong></a> reports that two inmates in a women’s correction facility outside Thebes have begun a hunger strike after prison authorities decided to separate them by keeping them in different wards. The two women who have been together for three years, wrote to the Justice Ministry alleging discrimination suffered because of their relationship and claiming they have already tried to commit suicide.</p> <p align="justify">One of the women, who serves life in prison for murder and has already been jailed for 13 years, says she realizes that failing to return on time after a 48-hour leave of absence was wrong, but the extra punishment on her personal life is unbearable: “ After being a model prisoner for so long and accepting the punishment prescibed by law, I’ve been deprived of my personal life for the past 8 months. Before the incident we lived and worked in the same ward, now we’re kept apart. I dare to divulge my sexual nature and ask for our rights to be recognised. We have a loving and supportive relationship and we dream to be together like any other couple, to be married even. Anybody can make a mistake and pay for it. But they also have the right to a second chance. ”</p> <p align="justify">Their lawyer says that, according to the Prison Code, no prisoner may be obstructed in freely developing their personalities. She believes family members should not be separated while in jail and prison authorities should provide the necessary arrangements. This should include same-sex couples: “ The european convention on human rights bans discrimination. It also calls for respect on people’s privacy and family life. The law is on their side. ” </p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-j1Osu4GsVds/Tp5gZLH0PNI/AAAAAAAAJQM/oBKOJ_oC74A/s1600-h/woman-prisoner4.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="woman prisoner" border="0" alt="woman prisoner" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Sj0fJM9XH6k/Tp5gZvEUyKI/AAAAAAAAJQU/PTkMNKnVPZQ/woman-prisoner_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="454" height="351"></a></p> <p align="justify"><em>Selon le quotidien grec <strong><a href="http://www.enet.gr/?i=news.el.ellada&id=318704">Eleftherotipia</a>,</strong> deux détenues dans un établissement de correction des femmes en dehors de Thèbes ont entamé une grève de la faim après les autorités pénitentiaires ont décidé de les séparer en les gardant dans des ailes différentes. Les deux femmes qui sont ensemble pendant trois ans, ont écrit au ministère de la Justice protestant la discrimination subis en raison de leur relation et affirmant qu'elles ont déjà tenté de se suicider.</em></p> <p align="justify"><em>Une des femmes, qui sert la prison à perpétuité<strong> </strong>pour meurtre et est déjà emprisonnée pendant 13 ans, explique qu'elle se rend compte qu’elle a commis une erreur grave quand elle n’est pas retourneé à l'heure après un congé de 48 heures d'absence, mais la punition supplémentaire sur sa vie personnelle est insupportable: ” Après avoir été une prisonnière modèle depuis si longtemps et en acceptant la punition imposée par la loi, les huit derniers mois j'ai été privé davantage de ma vie personnelle. Avant l'incident, nous avons vécu et travaillé dans le même aile, maintenant, nous sommes tenus à l'écart. J’ ose divulguer ma nature sexuelle et demander que nos droits soient reconnus. Nous avons une relation d'amour et de soutien et nous rêvons d'être ensemble comme n'importe quel autre couple, se marier même. N'importe qui peut faire une erreur et payer pour cela. Mais ils ont aussi le droit à une seconde chance. "</em></p> <p align="justify"><em>Leur avocat affirme que, selon le Code pénitentiaire, aucun prisonnier peut être obstrué dans le libre développement de leur personnalité. Elle croit que membres de la même famille ne doivent pas être séparés alors que dans la prison et les autorités pénitentiaires devraient fournir les arrangements nécessaires. Cela devrait inclure les couples du même sexe: “ La Convention européenne sur les droits de l’homme interdit la discrimination. Elle appelle également au respect de la vie privée et de la vie familiale. La loi est de leur côté. "</em></p> gay super herohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18018793140513032793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315867298201289445.post-1923952847558964992011-10-08T05:02:00.001-07:002011-10-08T05:33:59.711-07:00Beauty of the greek male / La beauté du mec grec: Modus Vivendi<p align="justify"><br>Modus Vivendi is a designer underwear company that was founded in 1989 and is an active exporter of greek fashions. Like many outward-looking greek companies, it started its business life in Thessaloniki. In their homoeroticism, Modus Vivendi ad campaigns are often inspired from classical greek art, from <a href="http://gaynewsfromgreece.blogspot.com/2011/06/homoerotic-art-in-ancient-greece.html"><strong>Antiquity</strong></a> to the works of <a href="http://gaynewsfromgreece.blogspot.com/2011/06/greek-homoerotic-art-yiannis-tsarouchis.html"><strong>Yannis Tsarouchis</strong></a>.</p> <p align="justify"><em>Modus Vivendi est une entreprise de sous-vêtements éponymes qui a été fondée en 1989 et un exportateur actif des modes grecques. Comme beaucoup d’ entreprises grecques orientées vers le marché international, Modus Vivendi a commencé ses affaires à Salonique. Dans leur homoérotisme, les campagnes publicitaires de Modus Vivendi sont souvent inspirées de l'art grec classique, de </em><a href="http://gaynewsfromgreece.blogspot.com/2011/06/homoerotic-art-in-ancient-greece.html"><strong><em>l'Antiquité</em></strong></a><em> aux oeuvres de <strong><a href="http://gaynewsfromgreece.blogspot.com/2011/06/greek-homoerotic-art-yiannis-tsarouchis.html">Yannis Tsarouchis</a></strong>.<br><br></em><font size="2">[click on the images to magnify<em> – cliquez sur les images pour magnifier]</em></font></p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-TCZzF_Nv66c/TpA7gxzwXYI/AAAAAAAAJMU/QGRA75vuNT4/s1600-h/zeus%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="zeus" border="0" alt="zeus" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-lZPUsYdK_KE/TpA7h484MUI/AAAAAAAAJMY/F29cQWTHq6s/zeus_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="344" height="484"></a></p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-AoFbYOJfRew/TpA7im873-I/AAAAAAAAJMc/3zBGKOjYhqo/s1600-h/atlas%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; 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This according to the official schoolbook on ancient greek literature handed out to greek students in the first three years of high-school. A translation of the excerpt in english:</p> <p align="justify">“Since the Athenians could not understand the emancipated nature of her poetry, they attributed to Sapfo passionate love affairs with other poets as well as with her female students. <strong>However these calumnies do not seem to correspond with the truth.</strong> If they were, the people of Lesbos would not ask Sapfo to compose songs performed during legal weddings, nor would they attribute high honors to her poetry.”</p> <p align="justify">Sapfo lived on the island of Lesbos in the 6th century BC. The lyrical poems describing her passionate feelings for her lady friends won her so much acclaim in Antiquity that she was called “the tenth Muse”. Women in Lesbos were much more socially liberated than in conservative Athens.</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Hm9EckoXovc/Toc48ggQcpI/AAAAAAAAJK0/jb3iBdP_ZkA/s1600-h/sapfo%252520and%252520friends%252520-%252520francis%252520jones%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="sapfo and friends - francis jones" border="0" alt="sapfo and friends - francis jones" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-PUHA03aAOb0/Toc49RM7uMI/AAAAAAAAJK4/5A5fUOttHeU/sapfo%252520and%252520friends%252520-%252520francis%252520jones_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="464" height="381"></a></p> <p align="justify"><em>Le lesbianisme pretendu de Sapfo n’était qu’ une “calomnie” fabriquée par les Athéniens qui ne pourraient pas comprendre la nature émancipée de sa poésie. Ceci selon le livre scolaire officiel sur la littérature grecque ancienne distribué aux étudiants de <i>collège<strong> </strong></i>grecs. Une traduction de l'extrait en français : </em></p> <p align="justify"><em>“Puisque les Athéniens ne pourraient pas comprendre la nature émancipée de sa poésie, ils ont attribué à Sapfo des aventures amoureuses passionnées avec d'autres poètes aussi bien qu'avec ses étudiantes. <strong>Cependant ces calomnies ne semblent pas correspondre à la vérité</strong>. Si elles étaient, les gens de Lesbos ne demanderaient pas à Sapfo de composer des chansons exécutées pendant des mariages légaux, et ils n’ attribueraient pas des honneurs élevés à sa poésie.”</em></p> <p align="justify"><em>Sapfo a vécu sur l'île de Lesbos au 6ème siècle A.J.C. Les poémes lyriques décrivant ses sentiments passionnés pour ses amies l'ont gagnée une telle acclamation dans l'antiquité qu'elle s'est appelée “la dixième Muse”. Les femmes de Lesbos étaient beaucoup plus libérées dans leur vie sociale que les femmes dans le milieu plus conservateur d’ Athènes.</em></p> <p align="justify">[Translation from the <strong><a href="http://gaynewsingreek.blogspot.com/2011/09/blog-post_27.html">Apenanti Pezodromio</a></strong> blog]</p> <p align="justify"> </p> <p align="justify"><strong>Sapfo’s Hymn to Aphrodite</strong></p> <dd>Iridescent-throned Aphrodite, deathless <dt> <dd>Child of Zeus, wile-weaver, I now implore you, <dt> <dd>Don't--I beg you, Lady--with pains and torments <dt> <dd>Crush down my spirit, <dd> <dt> <dd>But before if ever you've heard my pleadings <dt> <dd>Then return, as once when you left your father's <dt> <dd>Golden house; you yoked to your shining car your <dt> <dd>Wing-whirring sparrows; <dd> <dt> <dd>Skimming down the paths of the sky's bright ether <dt> <dd>On they brought you over the earth's black bosom, <dt> <dd>Swiftly--then you stood with a sudden brilliance, <dt> <dd>Goddess, before me; <dd> <dt> <dd>Deathless face alight with your smile, you asked me <dt> <dd>What I suffered, who was my cause of anguish, <dt> <dd>What would ease the pain of my frantic mind, and <dt> <dd>Why had I called you to my side: <dd> <dd><em>« </em>And whom should Persuasion summon <dt> <dd>Here, to soothe the sting of your passion this time? <dt> <dd>Who is now abusing you, Sapfo? Who is <dt> <dd>Treating you cruelly? <dt> <dd>Now she runs away, but she'll soon pursue you; <dt> <dd>Gifts she now rejects--soon enough she'll give them; <dt> <dd>Now she doesn't love you, but soon her heart will <dt> <dd>Burn, though unwilling. » <p>Come to me once more, and abate my torment; <br>Take the bitter care from my mind, and give me <br>All I long for; Lady, in all my battles <br>Fight as my comrade. </p> <dd> <dd>[English translation by Elizabeth Vandiver] <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ygiu7GCVXeo/Toc4_cf1BzI/AAAAAAAAJK8/EM5q0FS34OE/s1600-h/sapfo%252520attic%252520vase%252520435%252520BC%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="sapfo attic vase 435 BC" border="0" alt="sapfo attic vase 435 BC" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-pCsFOMaJpnw/Toc4_8IXUNI/AAAAAAAAJLA/tKIWkV9iZkk/sapfo%252520attic%252520vase%252520435%252520BC_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" height="412"></a></p> <p><strong><em>Ode à Aphrodite</em></strong> <p><em>Toi dont le trône est d'arc-en-ciel,<br>immortelle Aphrodita,<br>fille de Zeus, tisseuse de ruses,<br>je te supplie de ne point dompter mon âme,<br>ô Vénérable, par les angoisses et les détresses.</em> <p><em>Mais viens, si jamais, et plus d'une fois,<br>entendant ma voix, tu l'as écoutée, et,<br>quittant la maison de ton père, tu es venue,<br>ayant attelé ton char d'or.</em> <p><em>Et c'était de beaux passereaux rapides<br>qui te conduisaient.<br>Autour de la terre sombre<br>ils battaient des ailes,<br>descendus du ciel à travers l'éther.</em> <p><em>Ils arrivèrent aussitôt, et toi,<br>ô Bienheureuse, ayant souri de ton visage immortel,<br>tu me demandas ce qui m'était advenu,<br>et quelle faveur j'implorais,<br>et ce que je désirais le plus dans mon âme insensée.</em> <p><em>« Quelle Persuasion veux-tu donc attirer vers ton amour ? <br>Qui te traite injustement, Psappha ?<br><br>Car celle qui te fuit promptement<br>te poursuivra, celle qui refuse tes présents<br>t'en offrira, celle qui ne t'aime pas<br>t'aimera promptement et même malgré elle. »</em></p> <p><em>Viens vers moi encore maintenant,<br>et délivre-moi des cruels soucis, <br>et tout ce que mon coeur veut accomplir, <br>accomplis-le, et sois Toi-Même mon alliée.</em> <p><em>[Traduction française par Renée Vivien]</em> </dd> gay super herohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18018793140513032793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315867298201289445.post-51716090124520153342011-09-13T11:46:00.000-07:002011-09-13T12:13:46.474-07:00Pensions for same-sex partners are “too costly” for Greece’s government / Les pensions pour les partenaires du même sexe sont “trop coûteuses” pour le gouvernement grec<div style="text-align: justify;">Despite recent leaks to its friendly press that a legal recognition of same-sex couples is “imminent", the greek government has once again signaled its misgivings during a parliamentary debate.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Responding to a question from a deputy of the nationalist LAOS party about the cost of an eventual inclusion of same-sex couples in the widower’s pension scheme, Labour Minister George Koutroumanos has responded that “the government has no intention to modify the existing social security and pensions regime in order to accommodate same-sex couples”. He added that “the topic has already been discussed on the european level and the majority of countries decided that the cost would be too great” without giving any further details on the alleged EU “discussions”.</div><p align="justify">Two years after its election, Greece’s socialist government has still not proceeded on its pre-election pledge to include same-sex couples in a civil-partnership bill. Despite its record-low popularity due to explosive unemployment, aggressive benefit-cutting and tax hikes to avert what many see as a near certain bankruptcy, the government has proceeded with other controversial measures such as the recognition of greek citizenship to second-generation immigrants, the liberalization of drug laws and granting permission for the building of a mosque in Athens.</p><p align="justify">In 2008 the European Court of Justice ruled that a german citizen in a civil partnership with a deceased man had the right to inherit his pension as a widower.<br /><br /><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZZxb2in0imw/Tm-o0xpAPLI/AAAAAAAAJGk/omXXpC0TB9Y/s400/gay%2Bold%2Bcouple.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651921682005245106" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px; " /></p><div><em>En dépit des fuites récentes à la presse selon lesquelles une reconnaisance légale des couples du même sexe est “imminente”, le gouvernement grec a signalé de nouveau ses hésitations pendant un débat parlementaire.</em></div><p align="justify"><em>En répondant à une question d'un député du parti nationaliste LAOS sur le coût à long terme d'une inclusion des couples du même sexe dans le régime des pensions de réversion, le ministre de travail George Koutroumanos a répondu que “le gouvernement n'a aucune intention de modifier le régime existant de sécurité sociale et de pensions afin de satisfaire les couples du même sexe”. Il a ajouté que “le sujet a été déjà discuté sur le niveau européen et la majorité de pays a décidé que le coût serait trop grand” sans fournir aucune autre détail sur les “discussions” prétendues.<br /></em><em><br />Deux ans après son élection, le gouvernement socialiste grec n'a toujours pas procédé sur son engagement pré-électoral de reconnaître les couples du même sexe dans le cadre d’ un projet de PACS à la grecque. En meme temps que sa popularité est à son plus bas en raison du chômage explosif, de la diminution des allocations sociales et des nouvelles impositions afin d’ éviter ce que beaucoup voient comme une certaine faillite, le gouvernement a procédé à d'autres mesures controversées telles que l’ attribution de la citoyenneté grecque aux immigrés de seconde génération, la libéralisation des lois sur le drogue et une permission accordée pour le bâtiment d'une mosquée à Athènes.<br /></em><em><br />En 2008 la Cour Européenne de la Justice a decidé qu'un citoyen allemand qui avait signé un PACS avec un homme décédé, a le droit d'hériter sa pension en tant que veuf. </em></p>gay super herohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18018793140513032793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315867298201289445.post-15282061495115377432011-09-09T08:00:00.001-07:002011-11-28T10:31:52.583-08:00Discrimination “drives gay tourists away from Greece” / Les touristes homos ne préfèrent pas la Grèce “en raison de la discrimination”<p><span><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-5zqqybRqzOw/Tmop8j_vufI/AAAAAAAAJFU/PzBcvU-hsrM/s1600-h/gayvacation16%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="gayvacation16" border="0" alt="gayvacation16" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-74wR5u5FC4M/Tmop9R9PaQI/AAAAAAAAJFY/vhU1M4TUEQg/gayvacation16_thumb%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="484" height="370"></a></span></p> <p align="justify"><span>“Debt-ravaged </span><span>Greece</span><span>’s biggest industry is missing income from a group of visitors that spends more than $140 billion a year.</span> </p> <p align="justify"><span>Gay and lesbian tourists, who for decades flocked to the islands of Mykonos and Lesbos, have removed Greece from their list of top destinations because of discrimination, according to surveys by Amsterdam-based OutNow Consulting.</span> </p> <p align="justify"><span>…“Rights do not cost much in terms of finances, but they do a lot to promote the countries that adopt them,” said Martin Christensen, co-chairman of </span><span>ILGA-Europe</span><span>, a Brussels-based rights group. “If Greece opens marriage to same-sex couples, the international media will for once give the country good press that would boost morale and can increase revenue.”</span> </p> <p align="justify"><span>Tourism accounts for one in five jobs and about 16 percent of the </span><span>Greek economy</span><span>, which the European Commission forecasts will shrink 3.8 percent this year after a 4.4 percent contraction in 2010. Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos said on Aug. 3 that spending by vacationers will be a main driver of Greece’s return to prosperity.</span> </p> <p align="justify"><span>…Greece failed to make the list of the top 10 countries where gay travelers were interested in taking a holiday in the next three years, according to the survey. Athens didn’t appear among the top 20 city destinations.”</span> </p> <p align="justify"><span>[ <span>via</span> <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-22/greek-bias-against-gays-compounds-tourism-gap.html">Bloomberg.com</a> ]<br></span></p> <p align="justify"><span><em>« La plus grande industrie de la Grèce perd le revenu d'un groupe de visiteurs qui dépense plus de $140 milliards par année. Les touristes gais et lesbiennes, qui pendant des décennies se sont assemblés aux îles de Mykonos et Lesbos, ont enlevé la Grèce de leur liste de destinations préférées en raison de la discrimination, selon l’ enquête de la consultation </em></span><span><em>néerlandais</em></span><span><em>e OutNow. </em></span></p> <p align="justify"><span><em>… “Les droits ne coûtent pas beaucoup en termes de finances, mais ils font beaucoup pour favoriser les pays qui les adoptent,” maintient Martin Christensen, co-président de l'ILGA-Europe, un groupe européen de droites LGBT. “Si la Grèce ouvre le mariage aux couples du même sexe, les médias internationaux donneront pour une fois au pays la bonne presse qui amplifierait le moral et peut augmenter le revenu.” </em></span></p> <p align="justify"><span><em>Le tourisme représente un emploi sur cinq et environ 16% de l’économie grecque que, selon les prévisions de la Commission Européenne, va se contracter 3,8% cette année après une baisse de 4,4% en 2010. Selon le ministre des finances Evangelos Venizelos, le revenu touristique sera un moyen principal pour retourner la Grèce à la prospérité. </em></span></p> <p align="justify"><span><em>… La Grèce n'a pas fait la liste des 10 pays principales que les voyageurs homos prevoient à visiter les trois années à venir, toujours selon l'enquête . En plus, Athènes ne figure pas parmi les 20 destinations urbaines favoris par les homos. »</em></span> </p> <p align="justify"><span></span></p> gay super herohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18018793140513032793noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315867298201289445.post-28551123072777700962011-07-26T09:04:00.001-07:002011-07-29T09:53:34.325-07:00Michael Cacoyannis, legendary greek film-maker (1922–2011) Michel Cacoyannis, réalisateur légendaire grec<p align="justify">Michael Cacoyannis, the legendary greek film-maker of “Stella” and “Zorba the Greek”, died yesterday in an Athens hospital at the age of 89. Cacoyannis was born in Cyprus in 1922 and started his career working for the BBC greek service during World War II and as an actor on the London stage<br><br><em>Michel Cacoyannis, réalisateur légendaire de “Stella” et “Zorba le Grec”, est mort hier dans un hôpital d'Athènes à l'âge de 89. Cacoyannis était né en Chypre en 1922 et a commencé sa carrière dans le service grec de BBC pendant la deuxième guerre mondiale et en tant qu'acteur sur la scène londonienne.</em></p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-BeK7AvyzmaQ/Ti7lfxXhrCI/AAAAAAAAI7g/ZpaG4MI0Yf4/s1600-h/kakoyiannis2%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="kakoyiannis2" border="0" alt="kakoyiannis2" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-o6Rk7LvVOlQ/Ti7lgU0nxVI/AAAAAAAAI7k/l_H3Gb4CETE/kakoyiannis2_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="286" height="404"></a></p> <p align="justify">Moving on to film direction in 1953, Cacoyannis brought greek cinema to a worldwide audience and launched the international film careers of three legendary greek actresses: in “Stella” (1955) Melina Merkouri is a defiant cabaret singer who refuses to follow the convention of security through marriage and prefers to die in the hands of her paramour instead. In the film, Cacoyannis finds the pulse of greek pathos and tragedy beating beneath the grimy but charming façade of working-class neighborhoods in postwar Athens. His films immortalize the greek capital as it was in the immediate postwar years, before being engulfed by concrete in the development rush of the 1960s.<br><br><em>Passant à la direction des films en 1953, Cacoyannis a attiré l'attention du public étranger en lançant les carrières internationales de trois actrices grecques légendaires : dans “Stella” (1955) Melina Merkouri joue une chanteuse de cabaret rebelle qui refuse de suivre la convention de la sécurité par le mariage et préfère mourir dans les bras de son paramour. Dans le film, Cacoyiannis trouve le pouls de pathos et tragédie grecque sous la façade crasseuse mais pittoresque des quartiers populaires athéniens d'après-guerre. Ses films immortalisent la capitale grecque dans les années d'après-guerre immédiates, avant d'être engloutie par le béton dans le développement rapide des années 60.</em></p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; width: 448px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:a17a25ba-6d92-4647-b4ea-b104067b176b" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent"><div id="05ac1c75-a499-4d54-8b7a-7432f380a7a3" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;"><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTMpsnTVRAk&feature=related" target="_new"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Sqobla1JOfg/TjLlg5qlaSI/AAAAAAAAI-c/UZz1E1chnkw/video2e749aad1aaf%25255B9%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('05ac1c75-a499-4d54-8b7a-7432f380a7a3'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = "<div><object width=\"448\" height=\"336\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/bTMpsnTVRAk?hl=en&hd=1\"><\/param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/bTMpsnTVRAk?hl=en&hd=1\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>";" alt=""></a></div></div></div> <p align="justify">Cacoyannis also familiarized international audiences with the talent of stage prodigy Elli Lambeti (star of a “Windfall in Athens” and “A Girl in Black”). Irene Pappas starred in three Cacoyannis films inspired by Euripides: “The Trojan Women” (also starring Katherine Hepburn), “Elektra” and “Iphigenia” (both nominated for Best Foreign Film at the Academy Awards).<br><br><em>Cacoyannis a également familiarisé le public international avec la vedette du théâtre grec Elli Lambeti dans les films “Aubaine à Athènes” et “Une fille <font style="font-weight: normal">vêtue en noir”. Irene Pappas s'est tenue le premier rôle en trois films de Cacoyannis inspirés par Euripide : “Les Troyennes” (avec Katherine Hepburn), “Électre” et “Iphigénie” (tous les deux nommés pour l’ Oscar du meilleur film étranger)</font></em></p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-kdRO3UhXfIM/Ti7lh1ou1UI/AAAAAAAAI7s/rKCT8aymbPQ/s1600-h/elli%252520lambeti%25255B9%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="elli lambeti" border="0" alt="elli lambeti" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-OCuHC2Sez78/Ti7liShQxYI/AAAAAAAAI7w/lO4rBrO79gE/elli%252520lambeti_thumb%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="374" height="285"></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-rtoAKguKCAo/Ti7li1GTKTI/AAAAAAAAI70/Z1-B9uJ39aY/s1600-h/irene%252520pappas%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="irene pappas" border="0" alt="irene pappas" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-PBG8CMMLqRo/Ti7ljqhDt2I/AAAAAAAAI74/zmsTuNYEXLk/irene%252520pappas_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="284" height="354"></a> <strong><em><font size="2">Elli Lambeti – Irene Pappas</font></em></strong></p> <p align="justify">Outside Greece, Cacoyannis is probably more famous for his adaptation of Nikos Kazantzakis’ “Zorba the Greek” (1964) starring Pappas and Anthony Quinn with music by Mikis Theodorakis. The film was nominated for three Academy awards and became forever associated with the tourist industry boom of the 1960s.<br><br><em>En dehors de la Grèce, Cacoyannis est probablement plus célèbre pour son adaptation de “Zorba le Grec”, le roman de Nikos Kazantzakis (1964) avec Pappas et Anthony Quinn dans les premières roles, la musique composée par Mikis Theodorakis. Le film a été nommé pour trois Oscars et est lié pour toujours à l’explosion touristique des années 60.</em></p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; width: 448px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:6dc7102b-55ca-449b-a7a3-71e188690cf0" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent"><div id="96b001ff-d169-48b5-ab37-699ecc514c04" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;"><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeNsr_nQEfE" target="_new"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-pMS5aEObQ2U/Ti7lkdFWuPI/AAAAAAAAI-g/6c-L_SkHgIg/videoc8b5474e9018%25255B9%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('96b001ff-d169-48b5-ab37-699ecc514c04'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = "<div><object width=\"448\" height=\"336\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/jeNsr_nQEfE?hl=en&hd=1\"><\/param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/jeNsr_nQEfE?hl=en&hd=1\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>";" alt=""></a></div></div></div> <p align="justify">In his later years, Cacoyannis supervised the nighttime lighting of the Acropolis monuments ahead of the Athens Olympics in 2004 and founded the Cacoyannis Foundation in central Athens, dedicated to showcasing the works of younger artists. As to the subject of his own sexuality these were his comments: “I lived a good life even though I never started a family. I loved people and they loved me even more outside the conventional boundaries imposed by current morality. But most of all I was in love with my work.”<br><br><em>En ses années postérieures, Cacoyannis a dirigé l'éclairage de nuit des monuments d'Acropole en avant des Jeux Olympiques d'Athènes en 2004 et a fondé la “Fondation Cacoyannis” à Athènes central, consacrée à présenter l’ œuvre des artistes plus jeunes. Quant au sujet de sa propre sexualité, il a commenté ainsi : «J'ai vécu une bonne vie quoique je n'aie jamais commencé une famille. J'ai aimé des personnes et elles m'ont aimé bien plus, au delà des frontières conventionnelles imposées par la moralité courante. Mais surtout j'étais amoureux de mon travail.»</em></p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-zQQWLfVCWbM/Ti7lkzZx3_I/AAAAAAAAI8A/5cT2HtTgCOo/s1600-h/yeros%252520-%252520cavafy%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="yeros - cavafy" border="0" alt="yeros - cavafy" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-zjNH8H_DvQE/Ti7llkxKLFI/AAAAAAAAI8E/WEuUg-jt5WQ/yeros%252520-%252520cavafy_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="434" height="332"></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-QVj9uYt969c/Ti7lmKgELsI/AAAAAAAAI8I/04NWL2G0gjE/s1600-h/yeros%252520-%252520shades%252520of%252520love%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="yeros - shades of love" border="0" alt="yeros - shades of love" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-XvInfl_-kTg/Ti7lm9UMCNI/AAAAAAAAI8M/eU58zZGMmak/yeros%252520-%252520shades%252520of%252520love_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="314" height="404"></a><em><strong><font size="1">In December 2010, the Cacoyannis Foundation hosted an exhibition of greek-american photographer Dimitris Yeros. The pictures are inspired by the poetry of C.P. Cavafy. / En décembre 2010, la Fondation Cacoyannis a accueilli une exposition du photographe grec-américain Dimitris Yeros. Les images sont inspirées par la poésie de C.P. Cavafy.</font></strong></em></p> <p align="justify"><font size="2">For english-speakers: Read more about Cacoyannis’ life and work<strong> <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/music-obituaries/8660771/Michael-Cacoyannis.html">here</a></strong></font></p> gay super herohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18018793140513032793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315867298201289445.post-79937106647422592912011-06-21T07:43:00.001-07:002011-06-21T08:46:40.967-07:00The greek government “does not defend or support” LGBT events / Le gouvernement grec “ne défend pas, ne soutient pas” les événements LGBT<p align="justify"><br>A few days after Pride celebrations were carried out without incident in Athens, the greek government once again made a point of underlining its indifference towards LGBT citizens.<br><br>The occasion was a parliamentary question initiated by a deputy of the nationalist LAOS party who wanted to know whether the government spent any public funds in subsidizing the Pride festival as part of the “Athens Every Week” program to promote tourism in the capital. Speaking for the government, the deputy minister for Culture George Nikitiadis denied any money from the public purse had been spent for this purpose and added <em>“we neither defend, nor support, nor condemn this kind of activities”.<br></em><br>The current socialist government took over in October 2009 and has since been mired in intricate negotiations and growing public discontent over the debt crisis and the IMF-EU rescue packages. While in opposition, the socialists had proposed a civil-partnership bill that included same-sex couples. Nothing has come of it in the last two years, while another proposed bill that would make incitement to hatred against homosexuals a punishable offence also appears frozen.<br><br>For the first time this year, the municipality of Athens decided to be one of Pride’s official sponsors. However the newly-installed mayor –also linked to the ruling party- has denied as well that any municipal funds had been directed to Pride organizers, insisting that his support was <em>“merely symbolic”.</em> The mayor did not attend Pride celebrations himself, despite his earlier pledges to do so.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-SHGhXvyWRAY/TgCuJS5kqpI/AAAAAAAAI0Y/iq7qhr-qlRA/s1600-h/gay%252520greece%25255B3%25255D.gif"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="gay greece" border="0" alt="gay greece" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-uYuM3eSTH1w/TgCuJxgFkbI/AAAAAAAAI0c/Iqwjksxybyg/gay%252520greece_thumb%25255B1%25255D.gif?imgmax=800" width="434" height="291"></a></p> <p align="justify"><em>Quelques jours après que la Marche des fiertés a eu lieu sans incident à Athènes, le gouvernement grec a souligné de nouveau son indifférence vers les citoyens LGBT.</em></p> <p align="justify"><em>L'occasion était une question parlementaire lancée par un député du parti nati</em><em>onaliste LAOS qui a voulu savoir si le gouvernement a dépensé des fonds publics en subventionnant les festivités dans le cadre du programme «Athènes chaque semaine» qui essait de promouvoir le tourisme dans la capitale. Parlant pour le gouvernement, le Secrétaire d'État pour la culture George Nikitiadis a nié que des fonds publics ont été dépensé à cette fin et a ajouté «nous ne défendons pas, nous ne soutenons pas, nous ne condamnons pas ce genre d'activité.» </em></p> <p align="justify"><em>Le gouvernement socialiste actuel a pris pouvoir en octobre 2009 et a depuis été entrainé dans le mécontentement public et des négociations douloureuses avec le FMI et l'UE sur la crise de dette. Tandis que dans l'opposition, les socialistes avaient proposé un PACS qui incluait les couples du même sexe. Rien n' y est venu en deux dernières années, alors qu'un autre projet de loi qui ferait l' incitation à la haine contre les homosexuels une offense punissable semble également gelé.</em></p> <p align="justify"><em>Pour la première fois cette année, la municipalité d'Athènes a décidé d'être l'un des "sponsors" officiels de la Marche des fiertés athènniene. Toutefois le nouveau maire - également lié au parti socialiste- a nié à son tour que des fonds municipaux avaient été dirigés vers les festivités, insistant sur le fait que son appui n' était que "symbolique". Le maire n'a pas assisté à la Marche lui-même, en dépit des ses engagements antérieures pour faire ainsi. </em></p> <p>See the video in greek <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ouLhwI54oY&feature=player_embedded"><strong>here</strong></a> / <em>Le vidéo en grec <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ouLhwI54oY&feature=player_embedded"><strong>ici.</strong></a></em> gay super herohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18018793140513032793noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315867298201289445.post-5181370742783776402011-06-08T21:42:00.001-07:002011-10-08T08:23:55.690-07:00Greek homoerotic art: Yiannis Tsarouchis<p align="justify"><br />Yiannis Tsarouchis was born in Pireaus in 1910 and died in Athens in 1989. He is considered one of Greece’s most gifted 20th century artists. Even though he experimented in different styles, ranging from byzantine hagiography to modernism, he was mainly influenced by the few surviving examples of ancient painting, like the murals of Pompeii. This style gave his work a monumental, timeless quality that many see as quintessentially hellenic. Even though he lived in an era when homosexuality was the ultimate taboo, his work is permeated with a homoeroticism that can literally take the viewer’s breath away. A grand retrospective of his work ran at the new Benaki Museum in Athens from December 2009 to March 2010. </p> <p align="justify"><em>Yiannis Tsarouchis était né</em> <em> à Pirée en 1910 et mort à Athènes en 1989. Il est considéré comme un des artistes grecs les plus doués du 20ème siècle. Quoiqu'il ait expérimenté dans des styles différents, s'étendant de l’hagiographie byzantine au modernisme, il a été principalement influencé par le peu d’ exemples survivants de la peinture antique, comme les murales de Pompéi. Ce style a donné à son travail une qualité monumentale et intemporelle que beaucoup voient comme fondamentalement hellénique. Quoiqu'il ait vécu dans une ère où l'homosexualité était le tabou ultime, son travail est imprégné avec un homoérotisme qui peut littéralement couper le souffle. Une grande rétrospective de son oeuvre a <em>été presenté </em></em><em>au nouveau Musée Benaki d’ Athènes de décembre 2009 à mars 2010.</em> </p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-hUIlJ2X9GWU/Te_jymMbWnI/AAAAAAAAIgg/kQ4hceWJmI0/s1600-h/tsarouchisgreekgayart001%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="tsarouchisgreekgayart001" border="0" alt="tsarouchisgreekgayart001" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-WhxR3H8P9uo/Te_kNV06UfI/AAAAAAAAIg8/BnT3TlsyVAs/tsarouchisgreekgayart001_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="242" height="558" /></a></p> <p align="justify">Nude youth with oleander and bandaged arm/ <em>Jeune homme nu avec l'oléandre et le bras bandé</em> (1940)<br /><br /><br /></p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-NYo3axuH2FM/Te_kO7vchSI/AAAAAAAAIhA/qjp_K4YOW6A/s1600-h/tsarouchisgreekgayart002%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="tsarouchisgreekgayart002" border="0" alt="tsarouchisgreekgayart002" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-mG1UrPX9YW0/Te_kSJdGrlI/AAAAAAAAIhE/xKpPKWnQt-M/tsarouchisgreekgayart002_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="434" height="300" /></a></p> <p align="justify">The arrest of three communists/<em> L'arrestation de trois communistes</em> (1944)</p> <p align="justify"><br /><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-nVjXoeCVfF0/Te_kTZHtlgI/AAAAAAAAIhI/EfUlFzr35AY/s1600-h/tsarouchisgreekgayart003%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="tsarouchisgreekgayart003" border="0" alt="tsarouchisgreekgayart003" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ai0rb5a0HX0/Te_kWzxlHFI/AAAAAAAAIhM/V6gw9kV1aT8/tsarouchisgreekgayart003_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="358" height="484" /></a></p> <p align="justify">Portrait of a youth in white shirt / <em>Portrait d'un jeune homme portant une chemise blanche</em> (1948)</p> <p align="justify"><br /><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-hniTCP30u5g/Te_lQYOWGpI/AAAAAAAAIho/xGiERoj9Yvg/s1600-h/tsarouchisgreekgayart0144.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="tsarouchisgreekgayart014" border="0" alt="tsarouchisgreekgayart014" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-P0dO0jfhwWM/Te_lsq_EO3I/AAAAAAAAIhs/T52pWMiwdh8/tsarouchisgreekgayart014_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="227" height="558" /></a></p> <p align="justify">Eros with long white socks and two-coloured shoes/ <em>Eros avec de longues chaussettes blanches et chaussures en deux couleurs</em> (1957)<br /><br /><br /></p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-x1p1Q-efyIw/Te_lv5q5vVI/AAAAAAAAIhw/dEo1LSDn-js/s1600-h/tsarouchisgreekgayart0043.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="tsarouchisgreekgayart004" border="0" alt="tsarouchisgreekgayart004" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-a9HyOJu6WkI/Te_1kRps6AI/AAAAAAAAIiA/5uiXxPOpxzs/tsarouchisgreekgayart004_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="434" height="371" /></a></p> <p align="justify">Sailor sitting with lying nude youth/ <em>Marin s'asseyant avec un jeune homme nu étendu (1948)</em></p> <p><br /><br /><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-fcJrsilFEus/TfBPHYSAagI/AAAAAAAAIjc/84hVRoJP8-8/s1600-h/tsarouchisgreekgayart0063.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="tsarouchisgreekgayart006" border="0" alt="tsarouchisgreekgayart006" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ebggXfGF1WE/TfBPIF7HmQI/AAAAAAAAIjg/vKHKn3RwRso/tsarouchisgreekgayart006_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="324" height="484" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-6JVnmJiAJlE/TfBPI98Hx0I/AAAAAAAAIjk/BUhOHE6vmZw/s1600-h/tsarouchisgreekgayart0053.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="tsarouchisgreekgayart005" border="0" alt="tsarouchisgreekgayart005" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-NOZprFkc92w/TfBPJsBQHYI/AAAAAAAAIjo/OUXJKVMB_Hw/tsarouchisgreekgayart005_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="332" height="484" /></a><br />The forgotten guard (right and left panel) / <em>La garde oubliée (panneau droit et gauche) </em>1956<br /></p> <p><br /><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-XUX-Ifu6ECc/TfBPKdRLCSI/AAAAAAAAIjs/YXm8ePOKslU/s1600-h/tsarouchisgreekgayart0073.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="tsarouchisgreekgayart007" border="0" alt="tsarouchisgreekgayart007" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-tslAk5aa6nk/TfBPLARq7pI/AAAAAAAAIjw/sfywenQ5OO8/tsarouchisgreekgayart007_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="356" height="484" /></a></p> <p align="justify">A military policeman arrests the Spirit / <em>Un policier militaire arrête l'Esprit</em> (1965)<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-giJ4ivqXwD0/TfBPL02uS9I/AAAAAAAAIj0/VhJaQ6t7wnM/s1600-h/tsarouchisgreekgayart0084.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="tsarouchisgreekgayart008" border="0" alt="tsarouchisgreekgayart008" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-X22PGAsSq4o/TfBPMmwfUhI/AAAAAAAAIj4/vaqzMhuv-OA/tsarouchisgreekgayart008_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="203" height="488" /></a></p> <p align="justify">Youth disguised as Eros with english chair / <em>Jeune homme déguisé comme Eros avec une chaise anglaise</em> (1965)<br /><br /><br /></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-4PJB9SPKs5I/TfBPNQcX2GI/AAAAAAAAIj8/fS1KY4rdhLU/s1600-h/tsarouchisgreekgayart0093.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="tsarouchisgreekgayart009" border="0" alt="tsarouchisgreekgayart009" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-FszrmmHppXg/TfBPOBmghCI/AAAAAAAAIkA/84NU5eFsG0A/tsarouchisgreekgayart009_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="360" height="484" /></a></p> <p>The vision of David / <em>La vision de David</em> (1965)</p> <p><br /><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-2451zjDM9eo/TfBPO9EKwQI/AAAAAAAAIkE/st4imUyrUc8/s1600-h/tsarouchisgreekgayart0113.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="tsarouchisgreekgayart011" border="0" alt="tsarouchisgreekgayart011" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Bt7HrIt17Gw/TfBPQQuP2_I/AAAAAAAAIkI/M4WruiLBo_k/tsarouchisgreekgayart011_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="284" height="484" /></a></p> <p>The Four Seasons (detail) / <em>Les Quatre Saisons (détail)<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-PGx4iQtQwio/TfBPRrn4VFI/AAAAAAAAIkM/po-JIGRj3vY/s1600-h/tsarouchisgreekgayart0123.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="tsarouchisgreekgayart012" border="0" alt="tsarouchisgreekgayart012" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/--GykxjRV0Wc/TfBPSWbBAPI/AAAAAAAAIkQ/YO4cSs5ztD0/tsarouchisgreekgayart012_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="434" height="294" /></a></em></p> <p>Saint Sebastian (1970)</p> <p><br /><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-lVfNXxYBWEU/TfBPTK_OyCI/AAAAAAAAIkU/XuhDzZBIFsI/s1600-h/tsarouchisgreekgayart0133.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="tsarouchisgreekgayart013" border="0" alt="tsarouchisgreekgayart013" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-UqLRfajopes/TfBPT0eQb3I/AAAAAAAAIkY/eIWkWCKFvJk/tsarouchisgreekgayart013_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="349" height="454" /></a></p> <p>A sailor in pink background/ <em>Un marin à l'arrière-plan rose</em> (1980)</p>gay super herohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18018793140513032793noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315867298201289445.post-88965070943474473172011-06-08T21:41:00.001-07:002011-06-10T14:55:31.023-07:00Homoerotic art in ancient Greece<p align="justify">The Benaki Museum in central Athens presented an exhibition on the erotic representations in ancient greek art from December 2009 to April 2010. The exhibition was called “Eros” and it was divided in nine sections – as many as the Muses. One of the sections was dedicated to artistic representations of homoerotic love. In their scholarship, the museum’s curators chose the traditional approach of reducing ancient greek homosexuality to the simple concept of “pederasty”, i.e. the relationships between young adult men and teenagers. However the exhibits themselves present a much more varied picture of ancient greek homosexuality.</p> <p align="justify"><em>Le musée Benaki d’ Athènes a présenté une exposition sur les représentations érotiques dans l'art grec ancien de décembre 2009 à avril 2010. L'exposition s'est appelée « Eros » et elle a été divisée dans neuf sections – autant que les Muses. Une des sections a été consacrée aux représentations artistiques de l'amour homoérotique. Dans leur présentation, les experts du musée ont choisi l'approche traditionnelle de réduire l'homosexualité grecque ancienne au concept simple de « pédérastie<strong> </strong>», c.-à-d. les rapports entre des jeunes hommes adultes et des adolescents. Cependant les objets exposés eux-mêmes présentent une image beaucoup plus diverse de l'homosexualité grecque ancienne.<br></em><br></p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-iE-Rm77MRYI/TfBOqjqijvI/AAAAAAAAIiM/Rx0LnmdTGgI/s1600-h/ancientgreekgay0053.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="ancientgreekgay005" border="0" alt="ancientgreekgay005" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-CSEGdIRmtLc/TfBOr0SeJgI/AAAAAAAAIiQ/L7GFhBvi5mM/ancientgreekgay005_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="434" height="453"></a> A bearded man with an erection tries to approach a younger man. A 6th century BC vase from Attica that was found in Cyprus. /<em> Un homme barbu avec une<span style="color: #333333"> </span></em><a href="http://www.wordreference.com/fren/érection"><span style="color: #333333"><em>érection</em></span></a><em> essaye d'approcher un plus jeune homme. Un vase du 6ème siècle avant J.C. d'Attique qui a été trouvé en Chypre.<br><br><br><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Q631OeyBKj4/TfBOtXiQcHI/AAAAAAAAIiU/iZtyodUJ9HU/s1600-h/ancientgreekgay0023.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="ancientgreekgay002" border="0" alt="ancientgreekgay002" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-GgKTxZ2GGSY/TfBOuNdsxmI/AAAAAAAAIiY/rJBxGpxbT7c/ancientgreekgay002_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" height="326"></a></em>A youth with the first sign of sideburns on his face offers a hare as an erotic gift to a younger boy. A 5th century BC vase from Attica that was found in Italy / <em>Un jeune homme avec le premier signe des favoris sur son visage offre un lièvre comme cadeau érotique à un garçon plus jeune . Un vase du 5ème siècle d'Attique qui a été trouvé en Italie.<br><br></em><br> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-05cEGYlGPT4/TfBOvP8lARI/AAAAAAAAIic/HShfzOYdrwU/s1600-h/ancientgreekgay0084.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="ancientgreekgay008" border="0" alt="ancientgreekgay008" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-9RtEoy_9ah0/TfBOv2SL_mI/AAAAAAAAIig/t4csILb0zvY/ancientgreekgay008_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="362" height="484"></a>A bearded man offers a hare as an erotic gift to an ephebe. A 5th century BC vase from Attica that was found in central Greece / <em>Un homme barbu offre un lièvre comme cadeau érotique à un éphèbe. Un vase du 5ème siècle d'Attique qui a été trouvé en Grèce centrale .<br><br><br><br><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-JvmuHK1zffY/TfBOwmZzRTI/AAAAAAAAIik/yZ-6M0TKO9g/s1600-h/ancientgreekgay0043.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="ancientgreekgay004" border="0" alt="ancientgreekgay004" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-uSJu_DZ3nWs/TfBOxdqFU8I/AAAAAAAAIio/Ca6L_aIZiK4/ancientgreekgay004_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="328" height="484"></a></em>Two young beardless men make love wrapped in a blanket. A 6th century vase from Attica<em> / Deux jeunes hommes sans barbe font l'amour enveloppés dans une couverture. Un vase du 6ème siècle d'Attique.<br><br><br><br><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-AcegHPmBqhM/TfBOyBin8lI/AAAAAAAAIis/xPYH3QU1gbg/s1600-h/ancientgreekgay0093.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="ancientgreekgay009" border="0" alt="ancientgreekgay009" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-pP88wBWOAXE/TfBOy-_7mvI/AAAAAAAAIiw/jWqfWN18ytE/ancientgreekgay009_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="294" height="484"></a></em>Zeus kidnaps Ganymede. A 5th century vase of unknown origins. / <em>Zeus enlève Ganymède. Un vase du 5ème siècle d'origines inconnues.<br><br><br><br></em><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-EfSFLTQfH9A/TfBOzg5kwQI/AAAAAAAAIi0/ATKIXCY6xtE/s1600-h/ancientgreekgay0063.jpg"><em><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="ancientgreekgay006" border="0" alt="ancientgreekgay006" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-TnjeeJKQYkw/TfBO0e3c4XI/AAAAAAAAIi4/1JDWqr1XTo8/ancientgreekgay006_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="380" height="484"></em></a>An beardless youth tries to seduce an even younger boy by offering him a pouch. A 5th century vase from Attica. / <em>Un jeune homme sans barbe essaye de séduire un garçon encore plus jeune en lui offrant une poche. Un vase du 5ème siècle d'Attique.<br><br><br><br><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-18gVMey1vQQ/TfBO1dVPUQI/AAAAAAAAIi8/IAkZo0tWlNg/s1600-h/ancientgreekgay0013.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="ancientgreekgay001" border="0" alt="ancientgreekgay001" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-1xuLYDbrBBI/TfBO2Lr0zXI/AAAAAAAAIjA/ta2vHcqYjyI/ancientgreekgay001_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="334" height="484"></a></em>Dionysus castrates a Satyr. The inscription “Leagros kalos” (“Leagros the beautiful”) shows that this vase was probably an erotic gift from an admirer to a boy called Leagros.<em> / Dionysus châtre un Satyre. Le signe «Leagros kalos» (“Leagros le beau") prouve que ce vase était probablement un cadeau érotique d'un admirateur à un garçon appelé Leagros.</em><br></p> <p align="justify"><em></em></p><br> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-zdZDdYi4UiY/TfBO3PerfKI/AAAAAAAAIjE/4yM2-l0Spss/s1600-h/ancientgreekgay0033.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="ancientgreekgay003" border="0" alt="ancientgreekgay003" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-_lfmHg925GA/TfBO30w2F-I/AAAAAAAAIjI/cvX5jYUJgDs/ancientgreekgay003_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="326" height="484"></a>A rare represantation of two men indulging in anal intercourse. From a 6th century vase found on the island of Thasos<em>. / Un represantation rare de deux hommes se livrant aux rapports anaux. D’ un vase du 6ème siècle qui a été trouvé sur l'île de Thasos.<br><br><br><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-8yTr1UJpgtc/TfBO4rVb4EI/AAAAAAAAIjM/DvFyXN36kRA/s1600-h/ancientgreekgphallus0017.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="ancientgreekgphallus001" border="0" alt="ancientgreekgphallus001" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-FuLNExlD0DM/TfBO5PP-TTI/AAAAAAAAIjQ/X2nK2ipuZYY/ancientgreekgphallus001_thumb5.jpg?imgmax=800" width="453" height="269"></a></em>Two phalluses from a 1st century BC relief found in Delos. The inscription reads “One for me and one for you”. It probably decorated the entrance of a house. / <em>Deux phalli en relief du 1er siècle avant J.C. qui ont été trouvés a Delos. On peut lire l’inscription « Une pour moi et une pour vous ». Ils ont probablement decoré l'entrée d'une maison.<br><br></em></p><br> <p align="justify"><em><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-jBH15DweCJo/TfBO6LojJEI/AAAAAAAAIjU/aL3OIcja3Gc/s1600-h/ancientgreeklesbian0013.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="ancientgreeklesbian001" border="0" alt="ancientgreeklesbian001" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-M4qJyvfInro/TfBO66wGerI/AAAAAAAAIjY/pnhVOd_9_cs/ancientgreeklesbian001_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="400" height="484"></a></em>The beauty routine of two prostitutes from a 5th century Attica vase. Many scholars reject the theory that this is a lesbian scene. / <em>La routine de beauté de deux prostituées d'un vase d’ Attique daté du 5ème siècle . Beaucoup d’ experts rejettent la théorie qu’ il s’agit d' une scène lesbienne.</em></p><br> <p align="justify"></p> gay super herohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18018793140513032793noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315867298201289445.post-71971579619165188542011-06-05T10:38:00.001-07:002011-06-08T06:57:30.592-07:00Athens Pride June 4, 2011<p> <br />(click on the images to magnify) <br /></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-8NgBEEb88mA/Teu-zK_ifkI/AAAAAAAAIdw/HFwudzPKeFA/s1600-h/pride11-3%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="pride11-3" border="0" alt="pride11-3" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-0BTiksUgYPQ/Teu-z-NAl9I/AAAAAAAAId0/fld_jK_K2ls/pride11-3_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="414" height="312" /></a></p> <p align="justify"> <br />The marchers outside the old House of Parliament on Stadiou Avenue. Overlooking them is the statue of War of Independence hero Kolokotronis. / <em>Les marcheurs en dehors de la vieille Chambre du Parlement sur l'avenue de Stadiou. La statue du héros de la Guerre de l’ Indépendance Kolokotronis domine. <br /> <br /> <br /></em><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-lGR8SU6g358/Teu-0xsOo4I/AAAAAAAAId4/Idzec8oTj-w/s1600-h/pride11-4%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="pride11-4" border="0" alt="pride11-4" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-yOa6mnNZiKE/Teu-1aYIyPI/AAAAAAAAId8/G3OCjlmrwuw/pride11-4_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="414" height="312" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-RpZl-WSvAfc/Teu-4JHXTLI/AAAAAAAAIeA/im1jmGCZGgo/s1600-h/pride11-1%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="pride11-1" border="0" alt="pride11-1" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-WgBQ-uf5KgA/Teu-4hZVcrI/AAAAAAAAIeE/Uh5bpWrFORQ/pride11-1_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="414" height="311" /></a></p> <p align="justify"> <br />More than 7 thousand marchers head to Syntagma square, in front of the House of Parliament. Earlier a police car on Stadiou avenue unsuccesfully tried to stop the progression of the march towards Syntagma. For 11 days the square has been the epicenter of large rallies protesting IMF measures imposed on the country after the debt crisis erupted last year. / <em>Plus de 7 mille personnes marchent vers Place Syntagma devant la Chambre du Parlement. Plus tôt une voiture de police a essayé sans succès d'arrêter la progression de la marche vers Syntagma. Pendant 11 jours la place est l'épicentre de grands rassemblements protestant les mesures de FMI imposées au pays après la crise de dette a éclaté l'année dernière. <br /></em></p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-daWid_NLLck/Teu-58O3KkI/AAAAAAAAIeM/IybOVtjHfDc/s1600-h/pride11-5%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="pride11-5" border="0" alt="pride11-5" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-3J9M0LgAzYM/Teu-6gpdqTI/AAAAAAAAIeQ/Eas0pMG8yiw/pride11-5_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="414" height="312" /></a></p> <p align="justify"> <br />Despite police fears, no negative reactions or booing against the marchers were reported from the crowds of protesters occupying Syntagma square. Unlike foreign tourists in nearby hotels however, they failed to show any enthousiasm for Pride either. Mostly they sat silently by the side of the road waiting for the march to pass./ <em>Malgré les craintes de la police, aucune réaction négative ou huées contre la Marche n'ont été rapportées des foules des protestataires occupant la place de Syntagma. Mais contrairement aux touristes étrangers dans les hotels voisins, ils n’ont pas montré le moindre enthousiasme non plus. La plupart du temps ils se sont assises silencieusement par le côté de la route attendant que la marche passe. <br /></em></p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-C4NPkJs7yWg/Teu-7uXl9tI/AAAAAAAAIeU/ggMQf0B1gnQ/s1600-h/pride11-6%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="pride11-6" border="0" alt="pride11-6" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-F7atX47X0sE/Teu-8Ei4IrI/AAAAAAAAIec/AbhRR_87OBA/pride11-6_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="414" height="312" /></a></p> <p align="justify"> <br />A Pride float in front of two of Athens’ neoclassical landmarks: the Athens University and the Academy of Arts and Sciences. / <em>Un char devant deux monuments néoclassiques athéniens: l'Université d'Athènes et l'Académie des arts et des sciences. <br /></em></p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-cJvxBSD9qbY/Teu-9GJlr4I/AAAAAAAAIeg/K6wxQK4VISo/s1600-h/pride11-8%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="pride11-8" border="0" alt="pride11-8" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-31Rk6yn7hpk/Teu-9khmGmI/AAAAAAAAIek/_COQb9nM6uY/pride11-8_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="414" height="312" /></a></p> <p align="justify"> <br />Ibrahim was the partner of 26-year-old student Ahmet Yildiz, who was murdered by his family in Istanbul three years ago because he was gay. He reminds us that “honour killings” against homosexuals remain a painful reality in neighboring Turkey. / <em>Ibrahim était le partenaire de l'étudiant Ahmet Yildiz, qui a été assassiné par sa famille à Istanbul il y a trois ans parce qu'il était gai. Il nous rappelle que les “crimes d'honneur” contre les homosexuels demeurent une réalité douloureuse en Turquie. <br /> <br /> <br /></em><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-9CZIA84Rknk/Teu--ZJMgVI/AAAAAAAAIeo/ZjQ5zhsbLAI/s1600-h/pride11-2%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="pride11-2" border="0" alt="pride11-2" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-YVGiXILTxbQ/Teu--6DtQwI/AAAAAAAAIes/9vdj52pWMSI/pride11-2_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="414" height="336" /></a></p> <p> <br />“Pink Singers” a gay and lesbian choir from London / <em>“Pink Singers” un choeur LGBT venu de Londres. <br /> <br /></em> <br /><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-BD8_WAy1tyI/Tezs4ghF2JI/AAAAAAAAIfI/NeZsmdEsOJw/s1600-h/pride11-9%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="pride11-9" border="0" alt="pride11-9" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-3AMh_zk2wWw/Tezs5ZefoMI/AAAAAAAAIfM/SMhR3GMJlrI/pride11-9_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="414" height="312" /></a></p> <p align="justify"> <br />A drag-show from the girls at “Koukles”, an athenian hang-out popular with transexuals and their friends. / <em>Un drag-show presenté par les filles de “Koukles”, un bar athénien très populaire chez les transexuels et leurs amis. <br /> <br /></em></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-14WGGzFCahY/Teu-_1-zdTI/AAAAAAAAIew/rDVKIREZ6i0/s1600-h/pride11-13%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="pride11-13" border="0" alt="pride11-13" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-LWXd-3MKpU8/Teu_ASZYuLI/AAAAAAAAIe0/ZT2j2dxeZNA/pride11-13_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="414" height="312" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Mj5w2FBPuJ4/Teu_BNQUMPI/AAAAAAAAIe4/lLv1b9DN5jY/s1600-h/pride11-14%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="pride11-14" border="0" alt="pride11-14" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-PYzybckuBtI/Teu_Bs1CxzI/AAAAAAAAIe8/Em19Y3BRQ3s/pride11-14_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="414" height="312" /></a></p> <p align="justify"> <br />Pride balloons hanging from the Monument of National Reconciliation in central Athens. / <em>Des ballons Pride pendent du Monument de la Réconciliation Nationale au centre de la ville. <br /> <br /></em><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ALC7L1cxfgg/Teu_CflF0KI/AAAAAAAAIfA/50e4rZoVE1w/s1600-h/pride11-11%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="pride11-11" border="0" alt="pride11-11" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ZkWJ5H_HSd0/Teu_C1lCLRI/AAAAAAAAIfE/94f4y92FP2U/pride11-11_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="342" height="454" /></a></p>gay super herohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18018793140513032793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315867298201289445.post-32796156785038908692010-12-31T11:02:00.000-08:002011-06-13T14:16:02.811-07:002010: Gay and lesbian review<p align="justify"><br><font face="Arial"><strong>8 January</strong> Portugal becomes the eighth country in the world to recognize same-sex marriage – but that doesn’t include adoption rights for same-sex couples. </p></font><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-tIeMBSnpNc8/TfZe5NkrA8I/AAAAAAAAIoI/gRB6ADr6YSQ/s1600-h/gaywedding72.png"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; 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A few days later, the country’s prime-minister marries her female partner.<br><br></font><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-0XXbE-ZnIp4/TfZiAdCWanI/AAAAAAAAIrc/6gMwaIEPy_o/s1600-h/icelandlesbiancouple4.jpg"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="iceland lesbian couple" border="0" alt="iceland lesbian couple" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-J5QuKPzig1Q/TfZiBR-qKiI/AAAAAAAAIrg/sg1Xn2AKgxE/icelandlesbiancouple_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" height="331"></font></a><font face="Arial"> </font></p> <p align="justify"><font face="Arial"><strong>15 June</strong> Authorities in Cyprus start a campaign against homophobia.</font></p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ayUTzrbHVPc/TfZiDP4PKyI/AAAAAAAAIrk/dd_fBeK3K0Y/s1600-h/cyprusantihomophobiacampaign2.jpg"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; 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display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="bullying2" border="0" alt="bullying2" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ukDcL8j8_E8/TfZjViZopsI/AAAAAAAAIuE/mmSNM3-ZlA0/bullying2_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="301" height="424"> </font></p> <p><font face="Arial"></font></p> <p align="justify"><font face="Arial"><strong>10 October</strong> Violent clashes between the police and far-right extremists during Pride celebrations in Belgrade, Serbia. <br><br></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="belgrade pride" border="0" alt="belgrade pride" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-EHsqO0-z8NQ/TfZjWKZUvnI/AAAAAAAAIuI/XbytvMNyA-0/belgradepride_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="434" height="291"> <br></font><font face="Arial"><strong>21 October</strong> The European Court of Human Rights imposes a fine on the russian government for banning gay pride demonstrations in Moscow.</font> <br><br><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-j4QxNfYhKNY/TfZjXCIY5RI/AAAAAAAAIuM/dmkpA6gy-VA/s1600-h/moscow-gay-pride%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; 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The pontiff responds that homosexuality is <em>“contrary to the will of God”.</em></font></p> <p><em><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-jKCIJuDXB1c/TfZj1Ht3uVI/AAAAAAAAIuk/vav8BxNIfJw/s1600-h/barcelonagaykissin5.jpg"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="barcelona gay kiss-in" border="0" alt="barcelona gay kiss-in" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-D9YnrYyTARc/TfZj193R4_I/AAAAAAAAIuo/AP7zTdTNR14/barcelonagaykissin_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="434" height="311"></font></a></em></p> <p align="justify"><font face="Arial"><strong>12 November</strong> Bollywood’s first gay romance hits the big screen in India.<br><br></font><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-E3d4clG8TMU/TfZj3kKhFzI/AAAAAAAAIus/eCYEsApofrM/s1600-h/dunnoy5.jpg"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; 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display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="Baby_boy" border="0" alt="Baby_boy" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-3R_EkH5M4b0/TfZ5cJQCeYI/AAAAAAAAIwc/_WntBNm_PLM/Baby_boy_thumb5.jpg?imgmax=800" width="434" height="316"></a> </font></p> <p align="justify"><font face="Arial"><br>12 months, 60 events in 32 countries. In 2010, four countries that became victims of economic hardship (Argentina, Portugal, Iceland and Ireland) moved towards equality for same-sex couples, realising that the crisis can be overcome only by putting an end to exclusions. Will Greece learn their lesson? We will know the answer in 2011…</font> <p align="justify"><font face="Arial"></font></p><font face="Arial"> </font> <p><font face="Arial"></font></p> gay super herohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18018793140513032793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315867298201289445.post-55957866075367329942009-12-30T07:58:00.000-08:002011-06-13T09:01:00.610-07:00A gay look-back on the ‘00s (from the greek perspective)<p align="justify">The 70’s were the decade of liberation. The ‘80s were scarred by the ravages of AIDS. During the ‘90s everybody wanted to turn into a designer-clad gym bunny. But what would a gay Rip van Winkle have missed if he fell asleep in the year 2000 and woke up yesterday? A look-back on everything we will remember -and some things we’d rather forget- from the first decade of the 21st century. <br><br></p> <p align="justify"></p> <p align="justify"><strong><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3">Queer as Folk</font></span></strong></p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-7Kpnjw2tw1c/TfYzsae8GvI/AAAAAAAAImA/vFeD68qx6rI/s1600-h/queerasfolk5.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="queer as folk" border="0" alt="queer as folk" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-C-snfhN7VUw/TfYztpth0vI/AAAAAAAAImE/q_VPpqijrd8/queerasfolk_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="324" height="454"></a> Not just another TV show, but a pink revolution on the small screen. The lives of five gay friends and a lesbian couple compressed in five seasons where nothing was beyond the pale: from Hiv, drugs and homophobic violence to parent-children relationships, sex, love and family. A whole generation of greek viewers had to stay up until 3am -the slot where greek networks had scheduled the series- to catch the show or had to programme the VCR instead – don’t forget that before we had even heard of downloads and DVDs we still had to rely on the VCR… <br><br></p> <p align="justify"></p> <p align="justify"><strong><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3">Gkazi</font></span></strong></p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-FrtGEJqDZFo/TfYzuQn6jNI/AAAAAAAAImI/yOVcGfTx2p0/s1600-h/gkazi15.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="gkazi1" border="0" alt="gkazi1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-NZMZqraZ--w/TfYzvCNCCWI/AAAAAAAAImM/13_rYnzJ8sI/gkazi1_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="305" height="454"></a> The charms of a run-down neighborhood that we had to spruce up just in time for the 2004 Olympics turned the former gasworks area to the south of the Acropolis from Gkazi to “Gay-zi”. A few yeas later any hope that Athens would turn into a magnet for the international gay crowds now seem utopically far-fetched. With the suburban crowds storming the brand new metro station, gay nightlife in the greek capital looks almost as predictable as its straight counterpart: small, overcrowded venues, limited music policy, an area that turned from party capital to a weekend chore. Only the saunas seem to thrive… <br><br></p> <p align="justify"></p> <p align="justify"><strong><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3">Internet cruising</font></span></strong></p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-07clY3L5VSE/TfYzvyQRZ6I/AAAAAAAAImQ/pDhulqnB-Tw/s1600-h/gaydar5.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="gaydar" border="0" alt="gaydar" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Zz_R43VbrWo/TfYzw3sgb4I/AAAAAAAAImU/hdDBSnD0ino/gaydar_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="357" height="454"></a> When a south-african couple launched Gaydar in August 1999, even they couldn’t imagine what was about to follow. Why would anyone freeze in the park or wait endless hours at the bar when you could find <em>“what you want, when you want it”</em> with just a click on the lap-top screen? Body stats and headless photos with or without underwear in front of the bathroom mirror became a pre-requisite and terms like <em>“looking for real”</em> and <em>“top, bottom, vers”</em> relegated traditional gay slang to the wasteland of TV comedy shows and gossip rags. Internet cruising familiarised homos with the world-wide web as nothing ever could and helped them take over everything from blogs and Twitter to YouTube and Facebook…. <br><br></p> <p align="justify"></p> <p align="justify"><strong><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3">Marriage and having a family</font></span></strong></p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-e45d3N2bdbY/TfYzxj46QdI/AAAAAAAAImY/ew0bqrkXbAE/s1600-h/gaywedding5.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="gaywedding" border="0" alt="gaywedding" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-5c5wY33R54o/TfYzyQiVjoI/AAAAAAAAImc/u6L3Rj0fzq8/gaywedding_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="303" height="454"></a> The Netherlands sent the ball rolling back in 2001 when they became the first country in the world to recognize same-sex marriage. Since then seven more nations, five U.S. states and the mayor of Tilos island have all followed in their lead. Marriage equality became a hot-button political issue in developed nations and an excuse to persecute homosexuals in under-developed ones. Let’s hope that in ten-years’ time all this will be a distant memory and everybody will be able to enjoy equal rights. Because time flies and the patience of second-class citizens is also running out fast. <br><br></p> <p align="justify"></p> <p align="justify"><strong><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3">Brokeback Mountain</font></span></strong></p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-tTDcNDH3zMg/TfYzzJgTRuI/AAAAAAAAImg/qCRPANforww/s1600-h/brokebackmountain9.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="brokeback mountain" border="0" alt="brokeback mountain" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-MuC5wEIs1k0/TfYzz4YeMyI/AAAAAAAAImk/U8ypR3QOLAM/brokebackmountain_thumb7.jpg?imgmax=800" width="384" height="338"></a> It took a taiwanese director to turn a 50-page novel about the forbidden love between two cow-boys into the biggest gay movie romance of all time. Ang Lee’s film may not have won the Academy award for Best Movie but it became the most successful gay-themed film of all time and made the word <em>“Brokeback”</em> a by-word for closeted Hollywood professionals. It gave the prematurely lost Heath Ledger his opportunity to shine on the big screen and to all of us moments –like the one with the two shirts, one carefully tucked inside the other- that we will never forget in decades to come… <br><br></p> <p align="justify"></p> <p align="justify"><strong><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3">Dimitris Papaioannou</font></span></strong> <br><br><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-dGAlC5icYlw/TfYz2OLKahI/AAAAAAAAImo/nw_F8tGaohk/s1600-h/2004openingceremony3.png"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="2004 opening ceremony" border="0" alt="2004 opening ceremony" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-sLUWk4vdBmQ/TfYz3gNai8I/AAAAAAAAIms/HX2op1QGdgQ/2004openingceremony_thumb3.png?imgmax=800" width="384" height="308"></a> The man responsible for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2004 Athens Olympics is among the very rare out gay artists living and working in Greece and the only one who acquired the status of a national icon. It still remains to be seen whether he can manage the difficult transition from “avant-garde creator” to “national asset”. But in a bleak era where the optimism of 2004 seems like a far-away memory, his vision, awareness and sensibility now seem more urgent than ever. <br><br></p> <p align="justify"></p> <p align="justify"><strong><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3">Athens Pride</font></span></strong> </p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ZCSL-P5ugWs/TfYz4tuKQrI/AAAAAAAAImw/X46I9tynSNE/s1600-h/athenspride15.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="athens pride1" border="0" alt="athens pride1" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-B0yUyj4JYsk/TfYz5jFh9PI/AAAAAAAAIm0/8_CTFgaXBso/athenspride1_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="384" height="329"></a> What started as a timid demonstration of a few hundred people back in 2005 has since turned into an annual institution that attracts thousands to the streets of Athens for one Saturday every June. What still eludes the Athens Pride however is turning into more than an once-a-year celebration and helping to spawn an efficient civil-rights movement all year round. Finding imitators in other greek cities or even in Cyprus would also help… <br><br></p> <p align="justify"></p> <p align="justify"><strong><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3">Metrosexuals</font></span></strong></p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-zXWvVzD-7X0/TfYz6n9k6PI/AAAAAAAAIm4/US2CMOWfPRM/s1600-h/dieuxdustade5.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="dieux du stade" border="0" alt="dieux du stade" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-79WybpNC-QE/TfYz7af27YI/AAAAAAAAIm8/fMTZN8GIuF0/dieuxdustade_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="354" height="414"></a> A term that was coined back in 2002 to describe men who take care of themselves and spend on their physical appearance without necessarily being gay. Metrosexuals became every marketing manager’s dream and created a fledging industry for young, athletic celebrities who could exploit their narcissism and cash in on avid gay consumers along the way. Celebrities like David Beckham, Christiano Ronaldo as well as the french Dieux du Stade rugby players who were endlessly imitated by other teams ever since posing for their first naked calendar in 2001. <br><br></p> <p align="justify"><font size="3"></font></p> <p align="justify"><strong><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3">Eurovision’s rising up from the dead</font></span></strong></p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-I7UI0h_D4-Q/TfYz8IBYcaI/AAAAAAAAInA/RiHAn8LBOZE/s1600-h/helenapaparizou5.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="helena paparizou" border="0" alt="helena paparizou" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-LGWEnSTPPXU/TfYz9DB5rrI/AAAAAAAAInE/q2mpPy_gRwM/helenapaparizou_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="366" height="345"></a> The mass entry of young nations eager for victory, the abolition of the “mother tongue” rule and the participation of the audience through telephone voting breathed new life into a song contest that during the previous decade was slowly getting choked from an overdose of irish ballads. At a time where TV screens are awash with talent shows, the “gay Champions’ League” has managed to retain its primal camp appeal and turn into a gigantic affair reminiscent of american award shows. For the greek audience one victory (in 2005) as well as a succession of top-10 finishes have turned the contest into the most-watched TV programme year after year. <br><br></p> <p align="justify"></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-size: 100%"><strong><font size="3">Sex and the City</font></strong></span></p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-PszxYtIS7zs/TfYz9tR_YwI/AAAAAAAAInI/8LhUqbnsZNA/s1600-h/sexandthecity8.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="sex and the city" border="0" alt="sex and the city" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-7McITYkjNg0/TfYz-arVHII/AAAAAAAAInM/yc52-xvrpBM/sexandthecity_thumb6.jpg?imgmax=800" width="354" height="344"></a> Men, shoes and cosmopolitan cocktails. In other words the most successful american show and the biggest Gay Icons of the decade. Four big-city ladies who could have very well been gay men (that way perhaps the show would have made more sense). Except that if they were men we wouldn’t get the chance to gawk at all those designer outfits… <br><br></p> <p align="justify"></p> <p align="justify"><strong><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3">François Sagat</font></span></strong></p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-0Zn-kysI4BI/TfYz_TeTIUI/AAAAAAAAInQ/ZtzkWxWbJrg/s1600-h/francoissagat36.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="francois sagat3" border="0" alt="francois sagat3" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-rStqmvgGIms/TfY0At7ps1I/AAAAAAAAInU/it3CZRnf8vU/francoissagat3_thumb4.jpg?imgmax=800" width="354" height="362"></a> The decade’s ultimate gay sex-symbol: just like Joe D’Alessandro in the ‘70s, Jeff Stryker in the ‘80s and the Bel-Ami boys in the ‘90s, François became the decade’s hottest star in porn and a source of inspiration for gay artists from Pierre & Gilles to Bruce La Bruce. No matter what your type is, this frenchman has it all and that’s the secret of his appeal: boyish man and manly boy, hairy hunk and submissive toy, a wild tatooed skull crowning over dreamy eyes and dazzling smile… <br><br></p> <p align="justify"></p> <p align="justify"><strong><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3">Bareback</font></span></strong></p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-vDd40aqhXo8/TfY0BQ60khI/AAAAAAAAInY/Ix5d14pbj9g/s1600-h/bareback6.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="bareback" border="0" alt="bareback" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-s6ooQXm1Z1c/TfY0CKYJ0BI/AAAAAAAAInc/5mT5PEP6YzY/bareback_thumb4.jpg?imgmax=800" width="281" height="454"></a> In a decade when thanks to new drug cocktails nobody died of Aids anymore, the message of safe sex was lost on a younger generation. Campaigns of information became more and more rare. Party drugs that turn off sexual inhibitions became all the rage in gay clubs. In “amateur” porn-sites all over the internet bareback went from forbidden to banal. And the number of new infections keeps rising. Let’s hope this is just a passing fad – the faster it passes, the better… <br><br></p> <p align="justify"></p> <p align="justify"><strong><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3">Berlin-Barcelona</font></span></strong></p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-PxHhn4zRzEI/TfY0DwstGKI/AAAAAAAAIng/QTDZaHh4hNg/s1600-h/image9.png"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="image" border="0" alt="image" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-q0mGYtKKQW8/TfY0FfEOGLI/AAAAAAAAInk/mawPnJ32f40/image_thumb5.png?imgmax=800" width="187" height="392"></a> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-1PiogupyEjY/TfY0GqRgXYI/AAAAAAAAIno/JM3PthdNdbM/s1600-h/image8.png"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="image" border="0" alt="image" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-BLe1s7AaeSo/TfY0H7cl2aI/AAAAAAAAIns/cJ7skJkymxk/image_thumb4.png?imgmax=800" width="179" height="389"></a> <br>Cheap airfare from no-frills airlines and the tendency of greek gays to shed their inhibitions faster when they are abroad has meant that Europe’s twin B’s became the favourite destination of greek travellers for 5-day or even 3-day escapes leaving cities like London, Paris and Amsterdam in the dust. I wonder if we go there to find what we don't have at home or we don’t even find it necessary to reach up to their level since it’s so easy to drop in for a visit anyway… <br><br></p> <p align="justify"></p> <p align="justify"><strong><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3">Allan Hollinghurst</font></span></strong></p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-LmUwBKvuWOs/TfY0IiZUEhI/AAAAAAAAInw/7y8tfMpXVfk/s1600-h/thelineofbeauty4.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="the-line-of-beauty" border="0" alt="the-line-of-beauty" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-FYYkbEFMKl0/TfY0JZEIOyI/AAAAAAAAIn0/3NwFThXS8Uc/thelineofbeauty_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="307" height="454"></a> The man who won the 2004 Booker Prize (the highest accolade for an english-speaking writer) proved with <em>“The Line of Beauty”</em> that gay life and culture could provide the material for great literature and that he is one of the greatest writers alive today. Not only did he visit Greece on his book tour but we have the fortune of having access to all his works through greek translations. <br><br></p> <p align="justify"></p> <p align="justify"><strong><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3">Brazil</font></span></strong></p> <p align="justify"><strong><span style="font-size: 100%"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-J7dFP8czimw/TfY0LksQCPI/AAAAAAAAIn4/X4GR0QwoBow/s1600-h/gaybrazil4.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="gay brazil" border="0" alt="gay brazil" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-PEhNT8da3To/TfY0MYuugfI/AAAAAAAAIn8/v9YO_DGfjPQ/gaybrazil_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="343" height="454"></a> </span></strong>It was the decade that macho brazilians replaced eastern-european twinks as the hottest collective gay fantasy. Even if you don’t take a brazilian boyfriend (like Madonna did), men from Brazil became the hottest properties in international modelling with neighboring countries like Argentina and Cuba providing the only competition. Brazilian beauties, brazilian films, brazilian vacations, even brazilian flip-flops (the “havajanas”): it was the decade nobody could escape the cariocas’ sex-appeal. <br><br></p> <p align="justify"></p> <p align="justify"><strong><span style="font-size: 100%"><font size="3">Blood in the Middle East</font></span></strong></p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ht0DBeUK-sE/TfY0NsKuOfI/AAAAAAAAIoA/iD9y69e077k/s1600-h/sexyarabs7.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="sexy arabs" border="0" alt="sexy arabs" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Rg66idVmMRg/TfY0OqJRj7I/AAAAAAAAIoE/M3Jf4rlDkg4/sexyarabs_thumb5.jpg?imgmax=800" width="384" height="338"></a> Gays and lesbians in middle-eastern countries would rather forget the decade just past. Egypt, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Iran and Iraq provided a grim list of countries where gays could be trapped, arrested, tortured, judged in cangaroo-courts, murdered by death-squads or executed. Fundamentalists have decided to pick on the most vulnerable social group to punish what they see as “western decadence”. No matter that homosexuality is not a western import but has been part of middle-eastern cultures for centuries. Or that europeans used to travel in those parts to taste the freedoms they couldn’t enjoy at home. What would C.P Cavafy say if he were alive today? <br><br></p> <p align="justify"></p> <p align="justify"></p> <p align="justify">Well, since we can’t be ten years younger, maybe we have to settle with being ten years wiser :-)</p> <p align="justify">And what about you? What would you remember from the ‘00s?</p> gay super herohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18018793140513032793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315867298201289445.post-13990127130358255162009-12-30T02:40:00.000-08:002010-06-07T21:19:14.207-07:002009: A gay & lesbian review<p style="text-align: justify;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></span></p> <div style="font-family: times new roman;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div> <p style="text-align: justify;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong> </strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>January 7</strong> What do you know. Tin Tin is gay, according to the Times of London! </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></span></p> <div style="text-align: justify;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div> <p style="text-align: justify;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21Ha6m87pI/AAAAAAAAEL4/FDY4-Mt5Aec/s1600-h/TinTin5.jpg"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="TinTin" style="border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="TinTin" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21Hb1U24tI/AAAAAAAAEL8/mMjhDP_YMqk/TinTin_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="320" border="0" height="374" /></span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></span></p> <div style="text-align: justify;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div> <p style="text-align: justify;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>January 28</strong> Colombia’s constitutional court rules that same-sex couples should have the same rights as married heterosexuals. <br /> <br /></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21HcW-U5ZI/AAAAAAAAEMA/eNLchmw-ODE/s1600-h/colombia6.jpg"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="colombia" style="border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="colombia" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21HdozMOKI/AAAAAAAAEME/Zb_pmTYBmr4/colombia_thumb4.jpg?imgmax=800" width="300" border="0" height="374" /></span></a></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></p> <div style="text-align: justify;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div> <p style="text-align: justify;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /> <br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>February 1</strong> Iceland’s Johanna Sigurdardottir becomes the world’s first openly homosexual prime-minister. <br /> <br /></span><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21HeWId7FI/AAAAAAAAEMI/_yS9BNAqnMk/s1600-h/sigurdardottir35.jpg"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="sigurdardottir3" style="border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="sigurdardottir3" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21HexuSosI/AAAAAAAAEMM/kmaoxVgK2BM/sigurdardottir3_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="276" border="0" height="404" /></span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></span></p> <div style="text-align: justify;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div> <p style="text-align: justify;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong> <br /> <br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">February 14</span></strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"> On Valentine’s Day, gay and lesbian couples stage mock weddings for the television crews in downtown Beijing. <br /> <br /></span><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21HglMhRPI/AAAAAAAAEMQ/AsyNILzDwWc/s1600-h/image17.png"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="image" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline;" alt="image" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21Hhxc1TUI/AAAAAAAAEMY/GUym0Kujb9U/image_thumb11.png?imgmax=800" width="394" border="0" height="264" /></span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span><strong> <br /> <br /> <br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">February 20</span></strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"> Oscar-winning comedian Roberto Benini makes a heartfelt plea against homophobia during the televised San Remo festival in Italy. The song “Luca was gay” about a “cured” homosexual takes second place at the contest. <br /> <br /></span><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21Hig6OUBI/AAAAAAAAEMc/sNO235aw5hI/s1600-h/benigni5.jpg"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="benigni" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline;" alt="benigni" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21HjW8wHeI/AAAAAAAAEMg/2qLjOHsJdKw/benigni_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="394" border="0" height="297" /></span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></span></p> <div style="text-align: justify;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div> <p style="text-align: justify;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>February 22</strong> At the Academy Awards Sean Penn wins Best Actor for “Milk” but the kudos go to the movie’s scriptwriter Dustin Lance Black for his memorable acceptance speech. <br /> <br /></span><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21HkCnQ6LI/AAAAAAAAEMk/JZaRYTZI6mI/s1600-h/dustinblack3.jpg"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="dustin black" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline;" alt="dustin black" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21HkrxD5RI/AAAAAAAAEMo/VWi8JS5uj-0/dustinblack_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="394" border="0" height="325" /></span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></span></p> <div style="text-align: justify;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div> <p style="text-align: justify;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>February 25</strong> In Paris 374 million euros are raised for AIDS research during the auction of Yves-Saint Laurent’ and his partner Pierre Bergé’s famous art collection. <br /> <br /></span><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21HlADGtqI/AAAAAAAAEMs/zpLktWb2SF0/s1600-h/yvessaintlaurentpierreberg4.jpg"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="yves saint laurent - pierre bergé" style="border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="yves saint laurent - pierre bergé" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21Hl4eum6I/AAAAAAAAEMw/8r_euchzOLg/yvessaintlaurentpierreberg_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="251" border="0" height="484" /></span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"> <br /></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong> <br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">March 7</span></strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"> Clad in the national colours, Australia’s out olympic gold medallist Matthew Mitcham leads the Mardi Gras gay parade in Sydney. <br /> <br /></span><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21Hml2_O3I/AAAAAAAAEM0/G8hKD-cKygE/s1600-h/mitcham34.jpg"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="mitcham3" style="border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="mitcham3" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21HnDxAsqI/AAAAAAAAEM4/0y5Z_TbBXcQ/mitcham3_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="306" border="0" height="404" /></span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></span></p> <div style="text-align: justify;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div> <p style="text-align: justify;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>March 7</strong> Activists storm the Athens Opera House protesting an attempt to censor a gay kiss during the staging of Dvořák's “Rusalka”. <br /> <br /></span></span></p> <div style="text-align: justify;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21Hn8D1DcI/AAAAAAAAEM8/wLL7Rtc5UTU/s1600-h/Rusalka4.jpg"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="Rusalka" style="border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="Rusalka" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21Hoh2YkeI/AAAAAAAAENA/7x8fq2wHDcc/Rusalka_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="289" border="0" height="404" /></span></a></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></div> <p style="text-align: justify;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong> <br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">March 8</span></strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"> The U.S. Showtime network screens the last episode of lesbian tv show “The L Word”. <br /> <br /></span><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21HpRTJ2NI/AAAAAAAAENE/8EvbTzelMfk/s1600-h/theLword5.jpg"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="theLword" style="border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="theLword" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21Hp57C4RI/AAAAAAAAENI/IOCH41yrtVo/theLword_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" border="0" height="404" /></span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></span></p> <div style="text-align: justify;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div> <p style="text-align: justify;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>March 17</strong> Denmark lets same-sex couples adopt children. <br /> <br /></span><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21HqlPC-sI/AAAAAAAAENM/JmwxF3OsrWg/s1600-h/danemarkadoption3.jpg"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="danemarkadoption" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline;" alt="danemarkadoption" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21HrImgcjI/AAAAAAAAENQ/J4SPhEn8-r0/danemarkadoption_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="394" border="0" height="254" /></span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></span></p> <div style="text-align: justify;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div> <p style="text-align: justify;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>March 18</strong> The U.S. signs a U.N declaration calling for the international de-criminalisation of homosexuality. </span></span></p> <div style="text-align: justify;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div> <p style="text-align: justify;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21HsazLTeI/AAAAAAAAENU/2-3sq1K7ZJ8/s1600-h/image22.png"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="image" style="border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="image" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21HtvlkqjI/AAAAAAAAENY/tx2mMAy7eds/image_thumb14.png?imgmax=800" width="308" border="0" height="384" /></span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"> <br /></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong> <br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">March 18</span></strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"> Greece’s highest court rules in favour of a company that fired an HIV-positive man at the behest of his colleagues… <br /> <br /></span><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21Hu2onvuI/AAAAAAAAENc/ZOap9jldYiU/s1600-h/image41.png"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="image" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline;" alt="image" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21HwSn9yoI/AAAAAAAAENg/e1x-WgzzF1U/image_thumb25.png?imgmax=800" width="394" border="0" height="264" /></span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></span></p> <div style="text-align: justify;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div> <p style="text-align: justify;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>March 21</strong> The storming of a gay-friendly bar in Athens’ unruly Exarchia district by a group of punkish thugs leads to widespread damage and injuries… <br /> <br /></span><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21HyRNodjI/AAAAAAAAENk/MkevDGgu8qg/s1600-h/image37.png"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="image" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline;" alt="image" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21H0IGh0ZI/AAAAAAAAENo/oAJbIBSGTx8/image_thumb23.png?imgmax=800" width="394" border="0" height="296" /></span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></span></p> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div> <p style="text-align: justify;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong> <br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">March 23</span></strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"> The Pet Shop Boys return to center stage with their latest album “Yes”. <br /> <br /></span><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21H05fgE8I/AAAAAAAAENs/1EJX1wZL4mw/s1600-h/petshopboys15.jpg"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="pet shop boys1" style="border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="pet shop boys1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21H1X-pUkI/AAAAAAAAENw/xXCaZ3G7pao/petshopboys1_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="310" border="0" height="404" /></span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></span></p> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div> <p style="text-align: justify;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong> <br /> <br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">April 1 </span></strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">Not an April’s Fool joke! Sweden becomes the seventh country in the world to recognize same-sex marriage. <br /> <br /></span><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21H2E1ZBSI/AAAAAAAAEN0/hgHcny4AEeE/s1600-h/gaywedding24.jpg"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="gay wedding2" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline;" alt="gay wedding2" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21H28vdFRI/AAAAAAAAEN4/uZkTJUEv-mA/gaywedding2_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="394" border="0" height="266" /></span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"> <br /> <br /></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong> <br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">April 2</span></strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"> The Homo-caust in Iraq charts its grimly course: six presumed homosexuals are found murdered in Baghdad in little less than a week. <br /> <br /></span><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21H4b2qK9I/AAAAAAAAEN8/OdnrCDQcYmc/s1600-h/image51.png"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="image" style="border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="image" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21H6E4p7OI/AAAAAAAAEOA/yFl1DhP5z44/image_thumb31.png?imgmax=800" width="269" border="0" height="404" /></span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></span></p> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div> <p style="text-align: justify;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong> <br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">April 11</span></strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"> Neighboring Turkey is also hit by a wave of homophobic violence as three transexual women and a gay man are murdered in a single month. <br /> <br /></span><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21H7k9YZvI/AAAAAAAAEOE/8fcSjI7V6Nk/s1600-h/Turkeyflag4.gif"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="Turkey flag" style="border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="Turkey flag" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21H8HLpwZI/AAAAAAAAEOI/4lBKOFwBUxE/Turkeyflag_thumb2.gif?imgmax=800" width="394" border="0" height="264" /></span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></span></p> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div> <p style="text-align: justify;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></strong></span></p> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> <p><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></p> </span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <p><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>May 2</strong> Zurich’s lesbian mayor Corine Mauch opens the celebrations for Europride. <br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21H8gsOLOI/AAAAAAAAEOM/SobOi8PzRpI/s1600-h/Corine_Mauch_5.jpg"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="Corine_Mauch_" style="border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="Corine_Mauch_" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21H9fgl22I/AAAAAAAAEOQ/CKAhlSbAZsU/Corine_Mauch__thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="296" border="0" height="404" /></span></a></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"> <span style="font-size:100%;"></span></span></p> <p></p> </span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /> <br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <p><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>May 5</strong> A court in Rhodes rules that the weddings of two same-sex couples on the island of Tilos were null and void. <br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /></span></p> </span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21H-3cFWnI/AAAAAAAAEOU/QgjEttel0A8/s1600-h/rhodesharbour3.jpg"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="rhodes harbour" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline;" alt="rhodes harbour" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21H_hKT9sI/AAAAAAAAEOY/JUmqWHLhb9Q/rhodesharbour_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="394" border="0" height="296" /></span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></p> </span></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div> <p style="text-align: justify;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></strong></span></p> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div> <p style="text-align: justify;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong> <br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">May 8</span></strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"> World premiere of the film “Little Ashes” about the passionate affair between celebrated spanish poet Frederico Garcia Lorca and surrealist painter Salvador Dali. <br /> <br /></span><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21IAK4dWyI/AAAAAAAAEOc/lNjPAeofmzk/s1600-h/beltranpattinson3.jpg"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="beltran&pattinson" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline;" alt="beltran&pattinson" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21IA-E1VkI/AAAAAAAAEOg/YrA0sMw3j3U/beltranpattinson_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="394" border="0" height="308" /></span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></span></p> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div> <p style="text-align: justify;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></strong></span></p> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong> <p><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></p> </strong></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /> <br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <p><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>May 16</strong> 40 protesters who try to stage a gay rights parade to coincide with the Eurovision Song Contest are arrested in Moscow. <br /></span></p> </span><span style="font-size:100%;"></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21IBWyO-dI/AAAAAAAAEOk/fqeMCv5atFE/s1600-h/alexanderrybak35.jpg"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="alexander rybak 3" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline;" alt="alexander rybak 3" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21IB7dILmI/AAAAAAAAEOo/aCYIW6AFW1c/alexanderrybak3_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="394" border="0" height="305" /></span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></strong></span></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> <p><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></p> </span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <p><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>May 2</strong> Two of gay porn’s most recognizable stars, Francesco Di Macho and Damien Crosse, get married in Madrid. <br /></span></p> <span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21ICuPsOSI/AAAAAAAAEOs/LvijA5mHQPU/s1600-h/d_machocrosse7.jpg"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="d_macho crosse" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline;" alt="d_macho crosse" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21IDNMdXKI/AAAAAAAAEOw/xrzfwtsUPRU/d_machocrosse_thumb5.jpg?imgmax=800" width="394" border="0" height="293" /></span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></p> </span></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> <p><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></p> </span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <p><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>June 3</strong> New Hampshire becomes the 5th U.S. state to recognize same-sex marriage – and the third to do so since the beginning of the year <br /></span></p> <span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21IEOIsnfI/AAAAAAAAEO0/OaMk-dlsgq0/s1600-h/gaywedding34.jpg"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="gay wedding3" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline;" alt="gay wedding3" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21IEvpHc7I/AAAAAAAAEO4/wYo4Hr4CUOM/gaywedding3_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="394" border="0" height="302" /></span></a><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></strong></p> <strong> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></p> </strong></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>June 4</strong> Harvard University inaugurates a department of LGBT studies. <br /></span></p> </span><span style="font-size:100%;"></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21IFetiXpI/AAAAAAAAEO8/R001XbKf87M/s1600-h/harvard44.jpg"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="harvard4" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline;" alt="harvard4" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21IGLEI1GI/AAAAAAAAEPA/lBeypYt3d-4/harvard4_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="394" border="0" height="314" /></span></a><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></strong></strong></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><strong></strong></strong></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><strong></strong></strong></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>June 13</strong> The organizers of Athens Pride spread a 31-meter-long rainbow flag in front of the House of Parliament. </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21IG1MDX5I/AAAAAAAAEPE/DnsmBkkEIrw/s1600-h/athensprideflag4.jpg"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="athens pride flag" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline;" alt="athens pride flag" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21IHtMOm8I/AAAAAAAAEPI/PmNCjtIZlsA/athensprideflag_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="394" border="0" height="308" /></span></a><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></strong></strong></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><strong></strong></strong></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><strong></strong></strong></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>June 23</strong> Openly gay writer and filmaker Frederic Mitterand becomes France’s minister of Culture. </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21IISlOLOI/AAAAAAAAEPM/dYCQieAPO0E/s1600-h/mitterand14.jpg"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="mitterand1" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline;" alt="mitterand1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21IJDAvIWI/AAAAAAAAEPQ/ib4H7A1K8kA/mitterand1_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="394" border="0" height="316" /></span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><strong></strong></strong></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><strong></strong></strong></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>July 1</strong> A court in India rules that banning gay sex is uncostitutional. </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21IJz_L7GI/AAAAAAAAEPU/OlqxghgzTJw/s1600-h/india4.jpg"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="india" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline;" alt="india" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21IKpra2nI/AAAAAAAAEPY/P6CII3UXUyo/india_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="394" border="0" height="299" /></span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></strong></span></div> <p style="text-align: justify;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong> <br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">July 14</span></strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"> Michael Jackson was gay according to an unauthorised biography. <br /> <br /></span><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21ILtRthUI/AAAAAAAAEPc/rz1yZlpw-sM/s1600-h/michael_jackson4.jpg"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="michael_jackson" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline;" alt="michael_jackson" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21IMdWrwDI/AAAAAAAAEPg/_om_v8d6aIc/michael_jackson_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="394" border="0" height="313" /></span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"> <br /> <br /></span><strong> <br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">July 15</span></strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"> Sponsored by the socialist opposition, a domestic partnership bill that includes same-sex couples is rejected by a greek parliamentary commitee. <br /> <br /></span></span></p> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21INI8vDjI/AAAAAAAAEPk/qHsoZBJlfok/s1600-h/parliament24.jpg"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="parliament2" style="border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="parliament2" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21IN_wG63I/AAAAAAAAEPo/qoREFwiP5Eo/parliament2_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="271" border="0" height="404" /> </span></a></span></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div> <p style="text-align: justify;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /> <br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>July 24</strong> “A Monstrous Masterpiece”, the homoerotic work of leftist greek poet Yannis Ritsos is presented at the Epidavros theatre. </span></span></p> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21IOZaHcmI/AAAAAAAAEPs/ysU8xeEP48k/s1600-h/Ritsos4.jpg"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="Ritsos" style="border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="Ritsos" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21IO4IbpVI/AAAAAAAAEPw/PSSi8uTItIQ/Ritsos_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="271" border="0" height="404" /></span></a></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /> <br /></span></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div> <p style="text-align: justify;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>July 27</strong> The OutGames in Copenhagen are marred by two incidents of homophobic violence. <br /> <br /></span><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21IPoKrlDI/AAAAAAAAEP0/pChxGZ8xSdM/s1600-h/OutGames13.jpg"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="OutGames1" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline;" alt="OutGames1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21IQeK5fFI/AAAAAAAAEP4/Vz9vV7Cr0BU/OutGames1_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="384" border="0" height="384" /></span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></span></p> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> <p><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></p> </span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <p><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>July 27</strong> Modern dance revolutionary Merce Cunningham dies at the age of 90. </span></p> </span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21IRE8PWfI/AAAAAAAAEP8/zvPjtUiX5_8/s1600-h/mercecunningham5.jpg"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="merce cunningham" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline;" alt="merce cunningham" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21IR-R0BbI/AAAAAAAAEQA/2bAx0pP44ak/mercecunningham_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="394" border="0" height="332" /></span></a><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></strong></p> </span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <p><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>August 1</strong> A masked man shoots and kils two people and injures a dozen at an lgbt youth center in Tel Aviv. <br /></span></p> <span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <p><strong></strong><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21ISZDrpcI/AAAAAAAAEQE/NduaEsoHQ70/s1600-h/israelgayrally45.jpg"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="israel gay rally4" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline;" alt="israel gay rally4" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21IS5MmrII/AAAAAAAAEQI/VDpgADLZZQ0/israelgayrally4_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="394" border="0" height="308" /></span></a><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></strong></p> </span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <p><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>August 6</strong> Researchers at the University of North Carolina announce they have mapped the genome of the HIV virus. <br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /></span></p> </span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21IT4AGTVI/AAAAAAAAEQM/U-l8Z7ZgQ_M/s1600-h/virus24.gif"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="virus2" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline;" alt="virus2" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21IUtwgQyI/AAAAAAAAEQU/tupXZ8BedYc/virus2_thumb2.gif?imgmax=800" width="390" border="0" height="338" /></span></a></p> </span></div> <p style="text-align: justify;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong> <br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">August 7</span></strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"> The American Psychological Association rejects “reparative therapy” for homosexuals. <br /> <br /></span></span></p> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21IVe1unhI/AAAAAAAAEQY/L4tUfFm6Y2A/s1600-h/gaytherapy25.jpg"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="gay therapy 2" style="border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="gay therapy 2" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21IWL9f81I/AAAAAAAAEQc/nS_5lcTvps0/gaytherapy2_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="361" border="0" height="364" /></span></a></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> <p><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></p> </span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <p><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></p> </span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <p><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>August 8</strong> The israeli president talks at a 25.000-strong rally protesting Tel Aviv’s gay massacre. </span></p> </span></div> <p style="text-align: justify;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21IWrhJmCI/AAAAAAAAEQg/Pb3IFNOXWQ4/s1600-h/israelgayrally8.jpg"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="israel gay rally" style="border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="israel gay rally" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21IXQIjwHI/AAAAAAAAEQk/lRF2o50k6hI/israelgayrally_thumb4.jpg?imgmax=800" width="269" border="0" height="404" /></span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"> <br /> <br /><strong>August 14</strong> In a northern greek town domestic violence leads a 19-year-old gay man to take his own life. <br /> <br /></span><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21IYCayjKI/AAAAAAAAEQo/rud5d4blrdE/s1600-h/gaysuicide4.jpg"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="gay suicide" style="border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="gay suicide" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21IYqARaxI/AAAAAAAAEQs/4-mzbITaN0w/gaysuicide_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="297" border="0" height="404" /></span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></span></p> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div> <p style="text-align: justify;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /> <br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>August 16</strong> President Obama awards posthumously the Medal of Freedom to Harvey Milk. <br /> <br /></span><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21IZRBBkII/AAAAAAAAEQw/g8AHqI8ylIQ/s1600-h/HarveyMilk5.jpg"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="HarveyMilk" style="border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="HarveyMilk" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21IaJDl2JI/AAAAAAAAEQ0/eU-sQYoyuUQ/HarveyMilk_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="270" border="0" height="404" /> </span></a></span></p> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div> <p style="text-align: justify;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /> <br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></span></p> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div> <p style="text-align: justify;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64);"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>September 5</strong> New hopes for the development of an AIDS vaccine after researchers in California discover two antibodies that can fight the virus.</span></span></span></p> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21IartBq6I/AAAAAAAAEQ4/mR7rQ62KCd0/s1600-h/gaymedical4.jpg"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="gay medical" style="border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="gay medical" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21IbzpcftI/AAAAAAAAERA/R2M-u96662M/gaymedical_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="361" border="0" height="354" /></span></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>September 9</strong> Uruguay becomes the first country in Latin America to let same-sex couples adopt children. <br /></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21Icv9EvBI/AAAAAAAAERE/pZqjA9U-2jc/s1600-h/lesbianfamily4.jpg"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="lesbian family" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline;" alt="lesbian family" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21Ideq1wfI/AAAAAAAAERI/cFz3DeudPhE/lesbianfamily_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="394" border="0" height="298" /></span></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /><strong></strong> <br /><strong></strong> <br /><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">September 11</span></strong></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"> The UK government posthumously apologises to Alan Turing. The father of computer science took his own life in 1954 after being convicted for same-sex relations. </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21Id4GtWMI/AAAAAAAAERM/aZllKwTTy4c/s1600-h/AlanTuring24.jpg"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="Alan Turing 2" style="border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="Alan Turing 2" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21Iejc_QYI/AAAAAAAAERQ/6OA9ZeNMRGA/AlanTuring2_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="312" border="0" height="404" /> </span></a> <br /></span></div> <p><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64);"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>September 12</strong> Colin Firth wins the Best Actor award at the Venice Film Festival for his potrayal of a gay professor in Tom Ford’s “A Single Man”. <br /> <br /></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"></span><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21IfgJchvI/AAAAAAAAERU/FjWvW5GZyx4/s1600-h/SingleMan24.jpg"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="Single Man2" style="border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="Single Man2" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21IgNqL8YI/AAAAAAAAERY/C3s6_qbrddU/SingleMan2_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="272" border="0" height="404" /> </span> <p align="justify"></p> </a></p> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"> <br /></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>September 20</strong> Serbia’s Pride parade is called off after extremist groups threaten participants with violence. <br /></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21IhDBmMlI/AAAAAAAAERc/8UgfbbyKGcs/s1600-h/serbiahomophobia5.jpg"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="serbia-homophobia" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline;" alt="serbia-homophobia" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21Ih3e3-tI/AAAAAAAAERg/8o7KqGMVeg0/serbiahomophobia_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="394" border="0" height="301" /></span></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /><strong></strong> <br /><strong></strong> <br /><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">September 22</span></strong></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"> The Vatican’s UN envoy claims that homosexuals are to blame for pedophilia scandals in the Catholic Church. </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21IiqPfFrI/AAAAAAAAERk/YK9SfTe99nA/s1600-h/catholicpriests44.jpg"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="catholicpriests4" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline;" alt="catholicpriests4" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21IjK0UGWI/AAAAAAAAERo/GVYBkac4zsg/catholicpriests4_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="394" border="0" height="311" /></span></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></span> <p></p> <span style="font-size:100%;"> <p style="text-align: justify;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></p> </span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> </span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <p style="text-align: justify;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>September 23</strong> In an interview for a dutch gay magazine pop star Mika reveals he is bisexual. </span></p> <span style="font-size:100%;"></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <p style="text-align: justify;font-family:times new roman;"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21Ijw7XWpI/AAAAAAAAERs/btc6J7nqQCQ/s1600-h/mika4.jpg"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="mika" style="border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="mika" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21IkUCUg2I/AAAAAAAAERw/xtQhC-QeRsA/mika_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" border="0" height="404" /></span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></p> </span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <p style="text-align: justify;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></p> </span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"> <br /> <br /></div> </span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <p style="text-align: justify;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>September 24</strong> 10 thousand people take to the streets of Rome to protest a wave of homophobic violence in the Eternal City. <br /></span></p> <span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <p style="text-align: justify;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="Omofobia2" style="border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="Omofobia2" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21Il1l-U4I/AAAAAAAAER4/rbF26kQWSb4/Omofobia2_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="394" border="0" height="332" /> </span></p> <span style="font-size:100%;"></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <p style="text-align: justify;font-family:times new roman;" align="justify"><span style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64);"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>October 11</strong> Thousands of protesters -Lady Gaga among them- take to the streets of Washington, D.C. callling on president Obama not to renege on his promises for lgbt rights. <br /></span></span></p> <span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <p style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;" align="justify"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21ImnF67NI/AAAAAAAAER8/WgVV5uyCYeM/s1600-h/ladygaga43.jpg"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="lady gaga4" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline;" alt="lady gaga4" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21InTKCJlI/AAAAAAAAESA/gTX1dtucx08/ladygaga4_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="394" border="0" height="344" /></span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"> <br /> <br /></span></p> <span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <p style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;" align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>October 13</strong> Athens’ renovated National Theatre opens the new theatre season with the works of openly gay choreographer Dimitris Papaioannou and legendary gay writer Kostas Tachtsis. <br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /></span></p> </span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <p style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;" align="justify"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21IoFQtliI/AAAAAAAAESE/un9DyuFVH60/s1600-h/papaioannou14.jpg"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="papaioannou1" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline;" alt="papaioannou1" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21Io0jtSFI/AAAAAAAAESI/stAoRFflrAY/papaioannou1_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="394" border="0" height="303" /></span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></p> <span style="font-size:100%;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"></div> <span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong> <br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">October 14</span></strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"> A muslim team is banned from France’s amateur soccer league after refusing a match with a gay team. <br /> <br /></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"></span> <p></p> <span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21IpZf2zLI/AAAAAAAAESM/Gczo01UYNQg/s1600-h/cartonrouge4.jpg"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="carton rouge" style="border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="carton rouge" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21Ip0-1rgI/AAAAAAAAESQ/gUB-m4HvMDM/cartonrouge_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="350" border="0" height="354" /> </span></a></span></span></span> <br /><br /> <p align="justify"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64);"><strong>October 16</strong> </span><span style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64);">French president Nicola Sarkozy defends Frederic Mitterand from charges of sex tourism in Thailand insisting that “homosexuality cannot be mixed up with pedophilia</span></span>”.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"></span></p> <span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21IpZf2zLI/AAAAAAAAESM/Gczo01UYNQg/s1600-h/cartonrouge4.jpg"></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21IrDnfZEI/AAAAAAAAESU/AcwvFovh_nM/s1600-h/sarkozy2.png"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="sarkozy" style="border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="sarkozy" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21Isa2NtUI/AAAAAAAAESY/OKnJzbhYCPo/sarkozy_thumb2.png?imgmax=800" width="355" border="0" height="354" /> </span> <p align="justify"></p> </a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21IrDnfZEI/AAAAAAAAESU/AcwvFovh_nM/s1600-h/sarkozy2.png"> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></p> </a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <p align="justify"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#404040;"><strong>October 22</strong> The Lutheran Church of Sweden votes to allow church weddings for same-sex couples.</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21IrDnfZEI/AAAAAAAAESU/AcwvFovh_nM/s1600-h/sarkozy2.png"></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21ItbEWNuI/AAAAAAAAESc/t1njHpOXIX4/s1600-h/lesbianwedding4.jpg"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="115185_0308" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline;" alt="115185_0308" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21It4hBwnI/AAAAAAAAESg/dw40vtid2BM/lesbianwedding_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="394" border="0" height="304" /></span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></span></p> </span> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div> <p style="text-align: justify;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong> <br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">October 24</span></strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"> Guido Westerwelle, the openly gay leader of the Free Democrat party, becomes the new foreign minister of Germany. <br /> <br /></span><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21Iu_u6ScI/AAAAAAAAESk/gndWBCHfYCM/s1600-h/westerwellemronz5.jpg"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="westerwelle-mronz" style="border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="westerwelle-mronz" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21IvRYcobI/AAAAAAAAESo/Brpio2gPjG0/westerwellemronz_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="257" border="0" height="404" /></span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></span></p> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong> <p><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></p> </strong> <br /> <br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <p><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>October 28</strong> Barack Obama signs a bill named after murdered gay student Matthew Shepard that qualifies homophobic attacks as federal hate crimes.</span></p> </span></div> <p face="times new roman" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21Iv52SIKI/AAAAAAAAESs/D2KPtYeBzBk/s1600-h/matthewshepard4.jpg"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="matthew shepard" style="border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="matthew shepard" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21Iwjf5DnI/AAAAAAAAESw/_GIfgT2T578/matthewshepard_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="247" border="0" height="404" /></span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"> <br /> <br /><strong>October 30</strong> Londoners protest homophobic violence after the murder of a 60-year-old man at Trafalgar Square. <br /> <br /></span><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21IyGBwy4I/AAAAAAAAES0/vkvr6Ts3yqc/s1600-h/image4.png"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="image" style="border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="image" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21IztQgFXI/AAAAAAAAES4/6SgAIiUrFnA/image_thumb2.png?imgmax=800" width="289" border="0" height="404" /></span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"> <br /> <br /><strong>November 2</strong> Authorities in the US lift the HIV travel ban. <br /> <br /></span><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21I0MW_O3I/AAAAAAAAES8/2QQTsVB8VHA/s1600-h/statueofliberty4.jpg"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="statue of liberty" style="border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="statue of liberty" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21I08QKmBI/AAAAAAAAETA/F9b-tRQsfPk/statueofliberty_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="276" border="0" height="404" /></span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"> <br /> <br /><strong>November 10</strong> The man who killed TV star Nikos Sergianopoulos during an apparent sex transaction gets 20 years in prison. <br /> <br /></span><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21I1e4bS5I/AAAAAAAAETE/6ZlR55AnP8k/s1600-h/sergianopoulos24.jpg"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="sergianopoulos2" style="border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="sergianopoulos2" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21I2HcisVI/AAAAAAAAETI/o9Bw46YFsyc/sergianopoulos2_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="352" border="0" height="384" /></span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"> <br /></span><strong> <br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">December 1</span></strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"> Sweden lifts the ban on blood donations for gay men provided they have abstained from sex for at least one year. <br /> <br /></span><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21I2mmlfZI/AAAAAAAAETM/VFJttDaBbRw/s1600-h/trueblood3.jpg"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="true blood" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline;" alt="true blood" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21I3iGqANI/AAAAAAAAETQ/iuHD9e6iX04/trueblood_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="394" border="0" height="296" /></span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"> <br /> <br /> <br /><strong>December 2</strong> France becomes the first country in the world that officially calls on iranian authorities to stop the executions of homosexuals. <br /> <br /></span><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21I4IKEAKI/AAAAAAAAETU/WaTEspmcAL0/s1600-h/noose4.jpg"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="noose" style="border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="noose" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21I4pKVLRI/AAAAAAAAETY/qqSFAOfuTKM/noose_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="271" border="0" height="404" /></span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"> <br /> <br /><strong>December 4</strong> Spain compensates a gay man who was imprisoned by the Franco regime. <br /> <br /></span><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21I5VMFBbI/AAAAAAAAETc/A0K-Al8eJUY/s1600-h/gayprison14.jpg"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="gay prison1" style="border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="gay prison1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21I6HH6oRI/AAAAAAAAETg/nYZbvUp5XTM/gayprison1_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="261" border="0" height="404" /></span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"> <br /></span><strong> <br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">December 10</span></strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"> The austrian parliament approves a domestic partnership scheme that offers limited rights to same-sex couples. <br /> <br /></span><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21I6x8ypzI/AAAAAAAAETk/bKYGW_lrCmg/s1600-h/meninthealps3.jpg"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="men in the alps" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline;" alt="men in the alps" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21I7sZKALI/AAAAAAAAETo/8EA5O8GkFD8/meninthealps_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="394" border="0" height="319" /></span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"> <br /> <br /> <br /><strong>December 10</strong> The depiction of sex and erotic love in ancient greek art is the subject of a landmark exhibition at Athens’ Museum of Cycladic Art. <br /> <br /></span><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21I8Fd0qAI/AAAAAAAAETs/g2lZQQA5xEo/s1600-h/greek%20phallus%5B4%5D.jpg"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="greek phallus" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline;" alt="greek phallus" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21I83UIbPI/AAAAAAAAETw/Ic11dtzdCpI/greek%20phallus_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="402" border="0" height="301" /></span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"> <br /> <br /><strong>December 17</strong> After making its mark representing Greece on the gay festival circuit “Strella”, the story of a transexual girl facing some tough choices, starts its succesful run in Athens cinemas. <br /> <br /></span><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21I-vDLffI/AAAAAAAAET0/h_8HA6NxHTs/s1600-h/strella%5B4%5D.png"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="strella" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline;" alt="strella" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21JAQmYnEI/AAAAAAAAET4/Na5XVhOhA4c/strella_thumb%5B2%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="402" border="0" height="293" /></span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"> <br /> <br /></span></span></p> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div> <p style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>December 17</strong> The homoerotic works of legendary painter Yannis Tsarouchis are at the epicenter of a massive retrospective in the Benaki museum. <br /> <br /></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21JBYwHmFI/AAAAAAAAET8/IaXKgxkmBsA/s1600-h/naftis%20ston%20ilio%20-%20%20tsarouxis%5B4%5D.jpg"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="naftis ston ilio - tsarouxis" style="border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="naftis ston ilio - tsarouxis" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21JB1BSwCI/AAAAAAAAEUA/YIGgjBkPeTU/naftis%20ston%20ilio%20-%20%20tsarouxis_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="199" border="0" height="424" /></span></a></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /> <br /></span></p> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div> <p style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>December 21</strong> Mexico’s capital becomes the first city in Latin America to recognize same-sex marriage…. <br /> <br /></span><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21JCSCk_BI/AAAAAAAAEUE/w1DYsKyewdw/s1600-h/lesbian%20wedding6%5B5%5D.jpg"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="lesbian wedding6" style="border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="lesbian wedding6" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21JDM_Y2oI/AAAAAAAAEUI/MME2tEXcfsQ/lesbian%20wedding6_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="259" border="0" height="404" /></span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></span></p> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div> <p style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong> <br /> <br />December 28</strong> …but a couple in Argentina’s Tierra del Fuego makes it past the mexicans to become the first same-sex couple in the continent to actually tie the knot!</span> </span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /> <br /><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21JD4mpgdI/AAAAAAAAEUM/tW6SwJtQloo/s1600-h/alejandro-jose%20maria%5B3%5D.jpg"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="alejandro-jose maria" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline;" alt="alejandro-jose maria" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S21JE2H7KEI/AAAAAAAAEUQ/BaK8X_RRe7E/alejandro-jose%20maria_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="394" border="0" height="316" /></span></a></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></p> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div> <p style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> <br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></span></p> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div> <p style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></span></p> <div style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div> <p style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></p>gay super herohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18018793140513032793noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315867298201289445.post-49475421455177501252009-07-21T08:30:00.000-07:002010-01-23T07:31:25.499-08:00Still no rights for greek same-sex couples / Toujours pas de droits pour les couples du même sexe grecs<p><font face="Arial"></font></p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S1sWSCAh0GI/AAAAAAAAEHA/rocXWrOh1-8/s1600-h/parliament2%5B5%5D.jpg"><img title="parliament2" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="454" alt="parliament2" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S1sWTLTUNeI/AAAAAAAAEHE/YOtEZKOyG-w/parliament2_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="307" border="0" /></a>                        <strong><font size="1">A same-sex couple outside Parliament</font></strong></p> <p align="justify"><font face="Arial">A committee convened during the summer recess of the greek parliament has rejected a bill sponsored by the socialist opposition that would equalize the rights of married and unmarried couples as well as extend them to same-sex couples. Joint adoption rights were explicitly excluded from the bill. </font></p> <p align="justify"><font face="Arial">The bill was supported by deputies of the socialist Pasok party and those from the Coalition of the Left, a party made up of former communists. Conservative deputies from the ruling New Democracy party as well as deputies from the communist party and the far-right Laos party voted against it.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font face="Arial">As a result of scandals, a fiscal crisis and dismal results in last June’s european election, Greece’s conservative government hangs by a thread. It faces an early election next spring as it lacks the increased majority required to pick the country’s next president. </font></p> <p align="justify"><font face="Arial">Even though the bill was tabled last fall, socialist deputies chose to postpone the debate until the summer recess, presumably to avoid controversy. This move brings into question the socialist party’s willingness to prioritize lgbt rights in case they return to power.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font face="Arial">Last November the conservative majority in parliament voted to create a domestic partnership status for unmarried heterosexuals, explicitly excluding same-sex couples. Couples entering into domestic partnership contracts enjoy certain basic protections which remain clearly inferior to those of full-blown marriage so as not to “antagonize” it. </font></p> <p align="justify"><font face="Arial">LGBT organisations are demanding full marriage rights after the Court of First Instance in Rhodes decided on May 5th that the two same-sex weddings performed on the island of Tilos in June 2008 were null and void.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font face="Arial">-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</font></p> <p align="justify"><font face="Arial">Les gays et les lesbiennes resteront exclu(e)s de la nouvelle loi qui mettra sur pied d'égalité les couples qui contracteront un contrat d'union civile et les couples mariés. De cette manière la <em>Nea Demokratia</em>, le parti de droite au pouvoir en Grèce, maintiendra les couples gays et lesbiennes au ban de la société grecque. Le <em>Pasok</em>, parti socialiste d'opposition, avait en effet présenté un amendement qui aurait étendu aux couples homosexuels les effets de la loi passée ces derniers mois. L'amendement a été repoussé par une commission ad hoc du Parlement. </font></p> <p align="justify"><font face="Arial">En mai dernier, un tribunal grec avait déjà annulé les premiers mariages homosexuels, qui avaient été officiellement contractés sur l'île de Tilos, en profitant du fait que la loi sur le mariage en Grèce ne comporte pas de spécification de sexe pour les personnes qui souhaitent se marier. Cette décision de justice avait été dénoncée avec virulence par les associations LGBT qui ont annoncé un recours près la Cour européenne de Justice.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font face="Arial">Lors de cette annulation, le tribunal avait cependant invité le parlement grec à réglementer le vide juridique qui avait permis la controverse.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font face="Arial">La proposition du <em>Pasok</em> sur les couples de fait a été soutenue par le parti des ex-communistes, le <em>Syriza</em>. Le ministre de la justice, Nikos Dendias, a toutefois fait savoir qu'il examinerait plus à fond la question parce qu'il ne désire pas “<em>rester sourd”</em> aux droits des gays et des lesbiennes. </font></p> <p align="justify"><font face="Arial">La <em>Nea Demokratia</em> ne semble se maintenir que péniblement au pouvoir. Une crise de pouvoir peut conduire, autour de la question de l'élection présidentielle au printemps prochain, à des élections pour avril 2010. Ces élections pourraient ramener la gauche au pouvoir, pour le plus grand bien des personnes LGBT, si tant est que la gauche -dans l'hypothèse du pouvoir retrouvé- tient ses promesses...</font></p> <p align="justify"><font face="Arial">(texte en francais par </font><a href="http://luclebelge.skynetblogs.be/post/7148869/grece-les-gays-et-les-lesbiennes-sont-exclus-"><strong><font face="Arial">Luc Le Belge</font></strong></a><font face="Arial">)</font></p> gay super herohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18018793140513032793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315867298201289445.post-45998794021649746392009-03-24T07:04:00.000-07:002010-01-23T07:14:20.911-08:00Violent homophobic attack in the centre of Athens / Attaque homophobe violente au centre d' Athènes<p> <br /><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S1sRdFSd62I/AAAAAAAAEGU/Y9DDu31csqk/s1600-h/image%5B5%5D.png"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img title="image" style="border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="image" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S1sRewyiheI/AAAAAAAAEGc/cSKLVyySv-I/image_thumb%5B2%5D.png?imgmax=800" border="0" height="304" width="404" /></span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>A street in Exarchia, central Athens / Rue d'Exarchia au centre d Athènes</strong> <br /></span></span></p> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S1sP7HP6-tI/AAAAAAAAEF0/zJgvKmCIKho/s1600-h/image%5B4%5D.png"> <br /></a> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;">A vicious homophobic attack took place in the centre of Athens last Saturday when a group of punkish thugs with mohican haircuts stormed a bar on Exarchia square. The youths shouted homophobic abuse at the people inside with slogans such as "faggots no place for you here, this is Exarchia", "we're here to fuck your faggot asses" and "enough with your faggot music". They proceeded in beating people up and wrecking the place, resulting in three reported injuries. Over the past few weekends a gay-themed play had been staged inside the bar. <br /></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"> <br />A bohemian and artistic enclave in the centre of Athens, Exarchia has long been the focus of extreme left-wing activism and youth nihilism as well as rampant drug use and is considered a "no-go" area for local police, unless heavily armed. It had also been the focus of the week-long riots that convulsed Athens last December following the murder of a teenager by an armed policeman. According to victims of the attack, neither the police nor ambulance services arrived at the scene, despite their frantic calls.</span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Next Saturday, a demonstration against homophobic violence will take place at the square. <br /> <br /></span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S1sP-y0AKNI/AAAAAAAAEF8/RzFkiEWMv78/s1600-h/image%5B9%5D.png"><img title="image" style="border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="image" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S1sQATCe6WI/AAAAAAAAEGA/gG-qPFgXLns/image_thumb%5B5%5D.png?imgmax=800" border="0" height="404" width="287" /></a> <strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;">A poster for the show that became a target / Une affiche de la pièce representée dans l'établissement attaqué</span></strong></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Samedi dernier, une attaque homophobe brutale a eu lieu au centre d'Athenes quand une bande des jeunes nihilistes coiffés à la mohican ont envahi un bar sur la place d'Exarchia. Les voyous hurlaient des slogans homophobes comme "pas de place pour des pédés dans notre quartier", "sales pédés, on va vous faire enculer" et "basta avec votre musique pédé". Ils ont ensuite saccagé le bar et tabassé les clients, une attaque qui a laissé trois blessés. Précisons que récemment, une pièce de théâtre à thématique homosexuelle avait été représentée dans l'établissement.</span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Quartier artistique et bohème au centre d'Athènes, Exarchia est depuis longtemps le haut-lieu d'une culture nihiliste et ultra-gauchiste ainsi que de toxicomanie endémique, et consideré comme une "zone interdite" pour la police régulière. On se rappelera qu'en Décembre 2008 le quartier fut l'épicentre des émeutes violentes qui ont convulsé la capitale grecque a la suite du meurtre d'un adolescent par un policier armé. Selon les victimes de l'attaque, ni la police ni les équipes d'ambulance ne sont arrivées sur les lieux de l'incident malgré leurs appels.</span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Samedi prochain, une protestation contre la violence homophobe aura lieu sur la place. <br /> <br /></span><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S1sSEzIXRCI/AAAAAAAAEG0/rMBs3euWttQ/s1600-h/image14.png"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S1sSEzIXRCI/AAAAAAAAEG4/hIpT6Li9IKM/s1600-h/image15.png"><img title="image" style="border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="image" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S1sQESs5EoI/AAAAAAAAEGQ/XlwwlbV8zaQ/image_thumb%5B9%5D.png?imgmax=800" border="0" height="291" width="404" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"> <strong>Exarchia after the riots, December 2008 / Exarchia après les émeutes, Décembre 2008</strong></span></span></p>gay super herohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18018793140513032793noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315867298201289445.post-58759855508317607672009-03-17T06:46:00.000-07:002010-01-23T06:52:40.154-08:00HIV+ man denied compensation by greek court / Les déboires d'un séropositif grec licencié abusivement<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;"> <br /></span></p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S1sLq99C9tI/AAAAAAAAEFk/nml_M__1xHk/s1600-h/image%5B10%5D.png"><img title="image" style="border: 0px none ; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="image" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S1sLsazyegI/AAAAAAAAEFs/h1uMnvbN7qA/image_thumb%5B6%5D.png?imgmax=800" border="0" height="271" width="404" /></a> </p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;"> <br />The Areopagus, Greece’s highest court, has decided today to accept the partial annulment of a €7.539 fine that was imposed by the Court of Appeals against a clothing goods company as back wages and moral compensation to an HIV-positive man who was fired after his employers learned of his HIV status. The annulment was recommended by Justice Irini Athanasiou who was in charge of the case.</span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;">The company claims that the man was fired at the insistence of his colleagues who considered him a health risk. The fine had been imposed by two lower courts, the Court of First Instance and the Court of Appeals. They had both ruled that the man’s dismissal was abusive and unlawful under the greek Civil Code.</span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;">According to Justice Athanasiou however, the appelate court’s decision had to be partially overturned, effectively denying the man the right for moral compensation. According to the Justice the company cannot be held responsible for unlawful dismissal so moral compensation should be out of the question. </span></p> <p align="justify"><em><span style="font-family:Arial;">(translation in english from <a href="http://portal.kathimerini.gr/4dcgi/_w_articles_kathbreak_1_17/03/2009_271572">kathimerini.gr</a><strong></strong>) </span></em></p> <p align="justify"><em><span style="font-family:Arial;">------------------------------------------------------------</span></em><em> <br /></em> <br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">La Cour de Cassation grecque a décidé aujourd’hui d’annuler partiellement une amende de €7.539 qui avait été imposée par la Cour d’Appel contre une entreprise d’ habillement comme dommages et intérêts en faveur d’un homme séropositif qui avait été licencié alors que ses employeurs étaient au courant de son statut sérologique. L’annulation de l'amende avait été recommandée par le magistrat en charge du dossier, Mme Irini Athanasiou. <br /> <br />L’entreprise avait avancé que l’homme avait été licencié suite à la demande pressante de ses collègues qui le considéraient comme un risque pour leur propre santé. L’ amende avait été imposée par deux tribunaux : la Cour de la Première Instance et la Cour d’Appel. Elles avaient toutes deux décidé que le licenciement était abusif et illicite selon le Code Civil grec. <br /> <br />Mais, suivant l'avis de Mme Athanasiou, la décision de la Cour d’Appel a dû être partiellement renversée et l’obligation de l’entreprise accusée de dédommager l'homme pour préjudice moral a dû être abandonnée. Selon le magistrat, l’entreprise ne peut pas etre considérée responsable d’un licenciement illicite, et donc un dédommagement pour préjudice moral est hors de question.</span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;">(<em>traduction en français par <a href="http://portal.kathimerini.gr/4dcgi/_w_articles_kathbreak_1_17/03/2009_271572">kathimerini.gr</a><strong></strong></em>) <br /> <br /><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S1sLt53VbFI/AAAAAAAAEFc/ljNwQAYNrAA/s1600-h/image%5B9%5D.png"><img title="image" style="border: 0px none ; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="image" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S1sLvb9uQmI/AAAAAAAAEFg/CplnYOAMA-4/image_thumb%5B5%5D.png?imgmax=800" border="0" height="404" width="299" /></a> </span></p>gay super herohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18018793140513032793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315867298201289445.post-89901627987900469042009-03-08T06:36:00.000-07:002010-01-23T06:53:04.175-08:00Homophobia at the Athens Opera: Rusalka / Homophobie chez l'Opéra d'Athènes<p align="justify"> </p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S1sJgtCzMLI/AAAAAAAAEFE/_lprMmTv_bU/s1600-h/image%5B11%5D.png"><img title="image" style="border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="image" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_e18sKBRg7g8/S1sJiLTCZ6I/AAAAAAAAEFM/us8Z-yueuFM/image_thumb%5B7%5D.png?imgmax=800" border="0" height="404" width="287" /></a> </p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;"> <br />Last Friday the greek premiere of czech composer Antonín Dvořák's opera "Rusalka" was staged by the Athens Opera House in a co-production with the Opera de Nice. The french director Marion Wasserman decided to give a homosexual undertone to the play, depicting Rusalka (a siren of the streams and lakes in slavic mythology) as a representation of the repressed homosexual desires of the prince that she falls in love with - in direct parallel with the real story of king Ludwig II of Bavaria. In one scene the prince is seen kissing a male extra - who is really just his mirror image. </span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;">During rehearsals, elements in the AOH orchestra (which is funded by the greek government) reacted strongly to the homosexual scene and used their influence to try to suppress it. During the general rehearsal the scene was cut and the excuse cited was that a group of schoolchildren were invited to watch. </span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;">During the premiere on Friday, members of the orchestra distributed flyers to the audience signed by the orchestra's administration board in which they expressed their "frustration" that "an innocent fairy-tale" was corrupted by "extreme homosexual imagery". The premiere took place without problems with the male kiss featuring as planned, and was watched among others by former President of the Republic mr. Stefanopoulos. After the end of the performance however, when the french director appeared on stage members of the audience started hissing and booing so loudly that, when she tried to address the crowd, she was drowned out by the noise. </span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;">On Saturday night a group of lgbt activists stormed the Athens Opera House and demanded to read a text protesting the orchestra's homophobia and attempted censorship before the start of the performance. They were manhandled by the opera staff and, once inside the hall, a fight broke out between them and members of the orchestra with some members of the audience shouting at them to get out and let them enjoy the performance. After the end of the play the french director gave media interviews claiming there was an attempt at censhorship which is unacceptable in a european country. </span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;">You can watch an interview with the director as well as the fight inside the opera on Saturday night here: </span><a href="http://www.tvxs.gr/v6901"><span style="font-family:Arial;">http://www.tvxs.gr/v6901</span></a> <br /> <br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">------------------------------------------------------------ <br /></span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Vendredi dernier, l'opéra d'Athènes a donné la première de "Rusalka" d' Antonin Dvořák mise en scène par Marion Wassermann. Il s'agit d'une coproduction entre l' opéra d'Athènes et l'opéra de Nice. La metteur en scène -inspirée par l'histoire vraie du roi Ludwig II de Baviére- avait choisi d'y introduire une tonalité homosexuelle: la Rusalka d'Athènes (une nymphe des rivières et des lacs dans la mythologie slave) est représentée comme l'incarnation des désirs homosexuels réprimés du prince, dont elle tombe amoureuse. Dans l'une des scènes on voit le prince embrasser un figurant masculin- qui est en fait son propre reflet dans un miroir.</span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Lors des répétitions, des musiciens de l'orchestre de l'opéra, qui est subventionné par le gouvernement grec, ont vigoureusement réagi à la scène homosexuelle et ont tenté de la faire supprimer. Lors de la générale, la scène fut supprimée sous le prétexte de la présence d'écoliers dans la salle.</span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Lors de la première vendredi passé, des musiciens de l'orchestre ont distribué des tracts au public, signés par le Conseil d'administration de l'orchestre, dans lesquels ils exprimaient leur frustration de voir un "conte de fées innocent" corrompu par une "imagerie homosexuelle extrême".</span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Il n'y eut pas d'incident pendant la représentation de la première, à laquelle assistait M. Stefanopoulos, l'ex Président de la République. Mais à la fin de la représentation, lorsque la metteur en scène vint saluer le public, des spectateurs se mirent à huer et à siffler de manière si véhémente que, lorsqu'elle essaya de s'adresser au public, sa voix fut couverte par les huées. </span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Samedi soir un groupe d'activistes gays et lesbiennes a envahi l'opéra et à demandé à pouvoir lire un texte dénoncant l'homophobie de l'orchestre et la tentative de censure avant la représentation. Ils furent appréhendés par le staff de l'opéra et conspués par une partie du public qui les enjoignait à sortir de la salle et de le laisser voir la représentation en paix. A la fin du spectacle, la metteur en scène a donné une interview aux medias dans laquelle elle dénonce la tentative de censure dans un pays européen. </span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Vous pouvez voir l'interview et lés incidents qui ont eu lieu à l'opéra en cliquant sur: <a href="http://tvxs.gr/news/%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%AC%CE%B4%CE%B1/%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%83%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%BF%CE%AF-%CF%87%CF%84%CF%85%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%BD-gay-%CE%B1%CE%BA%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%B2%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CE%AD%CF%82-%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B7-%CE%BB%CF%85%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE">http://www.tvxs.gr/v6901</a></span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;">(Traduit en francais par </span><a href="http://luclebelge.skynetblogs.be/post/6793263/grece-lopera-d-athenes-homophobe">Luc le Belge )</a></p>gay super herohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18018793140513032793noreply@blogger.com0