Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin met Friday during the G20 summit in Germany. While Russian President Putin denies any attacks on LGBTQ men in Chechnya, President Trump has simply ignored it all together. In fact, his staff even confirmed a couple weeks ago that they aren’t sure if the president was even “aware” of…
BERLIN — Today, the Bundestag, the lower house of Germany’s parliament, voted to make marriage equality the law of the land. Once the legislation is approved by Bundesrat, the upper house, – which is expected to be a formality – and signed into law by the president, Germany will become the 22nd country to secure…
GENEVA —The Government of Germany has announced that it will double its funding to UNAIDS in 2017-2018, to €5 million per year. Germany made the announcement at the 40th Meeting of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board, being held in Geneva, Switzerland. “With Germany, we have a common goal of ending AIDS and a shared commitment…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — More than two weeks after GLAAD called on President Trump to condemn the horrific attacks on LGBTQ men in Chechnya, the White House could not confirm if the president had been briefed on the attacks and the reported concentration camps created by the Chechen government. The White House’s statement is the latest…
Today, Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to “ensure the rights” of LGBTQ men following the attacks and reported concentration camps happening in Chechnya. Following this breaking news, GLAAD issued the following tweets calling on President Donald Trump to publicly condemn these attacks on the LGBTQ community in Chechnya. Trump has…
Sales of a special edition of Hitler’s Mein Kampf have soared in Germany. The book which outlines Hitler’s ideology that formed the basis for Nazism and sets out his hatred of Jews, which led to the Holocaust went on sale a year ago. The Huffington Post reports that the new edition is the first reprint…
According to a new poll, the majority of Germans are ready for same-sex marriage to be the law of the land. The survey by YouGov published on Thursday shows over two-thirds of Germans want gay marriage to be legalized, reports The Local de. Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative Union said they were for legalization and with…
LOS ANGELES — Out Traveler (www.outtraveler.com), has partnered with Gay Europe, Inside & OUT, a collaboration of gay-friendly destinations redefining gay travel to Europe, for The Out Traveler Ambassador Contest Presented by Gay Europe, Inside & OUT. The contest will run from May 12 to May 18 . One lucky reader will win a nine-day…
(CNN) — Four walls, a bed and a slop bowl. If prison represents physical confinement and a loss of every personal freedom, what does imprisonment of the mind feel like? “Unbearable” according to Marcus Urban, a German footballer who gave up his chosen profession — his “first love” — because of homophobia in the game….
In what doctors are hoping will be the second time in recorded medical history that a patient is cured of both leukemia and HIV, specialists at the University of Minnesota’s Amplatz Children’s Hospital are using a highly experimental transplant to rid the young patient of his diseases. A similar procedure, which was tried once before…
