Coming out

A 15-year-old boy in a village outside of Patra on the western coast of the Peloponnese was attacked by his father and uncle and sent to the hospital because he admitted to them that he was gay.

What a courageous young man! To come out to your Greek father in rural Greece, and many other places for that matter, requires an extraordinary dose of courage.

Some 15 percent of Türkiye's population was made up of young people in the 15-24 age group in 2023, with more than half of its 12.8 million young people expressing satisfaction with their lives, shows data by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK).

"Given the current civil protests throughout Serbia, which indicate the need for a serious and concrete approach to important environmental issues, I decided to address the public, convinced of the great importance of these topics for all of us," Djokovic wrote, adding:

Pride Week has passed, and once again, we are faced with efforts to increase awareness about queer and transgender culture. It is possible to see many projects during and before the Pride Week in Istanbul, questioning if we are aware of the stories, memories and pain of transsexual people seeking to raise awareness about this issue. 

Prior to founding his own firm, John spent several years as a professional athlete, becoming the first Brit to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA). In 2007, John Amaechi also became the first former NBA player to publicly announce he was gay.

The first openly gay contestant will compete on Sunday in the 95th national beauty contest that will be held in Atlantic City.
Miss Misouri, Erin O’Flaherty, wants fans to know a few things about her. She was raised on a farm; she is a trained livestock judge; and she supports suicide-prevention programs.

The world is discussing robots. It is a discussion covering all the dimensions of the subject, from how they will affect employment to robot rights and ethical matters.

Giant companies and states have confined themselves inside laboratories designing the future world. 

The Greek homosexual community are responding to the negative blog post against them by Greek Orthodox Bishop Ambrosios Kalavryta and Aigialeia with a kissing protest outside Athens cathedral (Mitropoli). The high-level church representative had called on people to “spit” and “blacken” gays and atheists with violence, stating that they are “freaks of nature”, “scum” and “faulty”.

If you are part of the LGBT community then you should look to the North of Europe. A gay dating and information network called Planet Romeo published a very interesting report this week, ranking the happiness levels of gay men across the world. The “Gay Happiness Index” showed Iceland in first place, and Uganda in last.

A Turkish referee who was dropped by the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) after coming out as gay has received the Respect Award, given Nov. 24 annually by the Berlin-based LGBT rights nongovernmental organization Alliance Against Homophobia.