Greece’s only LGBTQI helpline has re-opened after being closed for nearly a year. Gay Star News reports that 11528-By Your Side is a critical and unique helpline for Greece’s LGBTQI people with people from all over the country accessing its service. ‘Transphobia and homophobia of Greek society isn’t to be underestimated,’ 11528-By Your Side’s project…
Lawmakers in Greece legalized same-sex civil unions Tuesday voting 193 in favor versus 56 against. The measure passed despite opposition from the Church and a rebellion by some right-wing members of the ruling coalition, reported Politico. “The relationship between two people is about love, and this bill recognizes the possibility for two people to live…
ATHENS, Greece – Following weeks of protests by priests and right-wing groups, including members of Parliament (MP) from the ultra-nationalist Golden Dawn Party, a production of Terrence McNally’s Corpus Christi in Athens was forced to close earlier this month. Now, actors and the producer and director of the play have been charged with blasphemy. RTE…
Looper I love the idea of time travel. I fantasize about it a great deal: going back and stopping 9/11; going forward and finding out the right lottery numbers; visiting ancient Greece to see the Parthenon in its original form; or to 1970s San Francisco to visit pre-AIDS Castro. I’m always excited by time travel…
ATHENS, Greece – A member of the Greek parliament (MP) has been filmed shouting racist and homophobic insults at the director of a play and his actors as they cowered inside a theater in Athens. Ilias Panagiotaros, one of 18 far-right Golden Dawn MPs elected in June’s general election, was part of a recent demonstration…
VALLETTA, Malta – A study of discrimination in Malta has revealed widespread ignorance of anti- discrimination agencies and legislation and significant victim discomfort in reporting incidences of discrimination. The Times of Malta reported that the survey tackled discrimination of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals and described several forms of discrimination. Sixty percent of respondents…
