Homosexuality

Apple chief Tim Cook slammed what he called a wave of "dangerous" laws in several US states that he said promote discrimination and erode equality, in an editorial published March 29.
      

Turkey?s media watchdog has fined two music channels for airing music videos with scenes of sexuality, citing Turkish Sexual Health Institute head Cem Keçe?s controversial recent remarks on homosexuality.

The Supreme Board of Radio and Television (RTÜK) fined Genç TV for the music video of Elliphant?s ?One More,? which features a scene of two women kissing.

Gay and lesbian employees in Greece have lower job satisfaction than heterosexual staff, a new study has found.

The European Union’s top court has ruled that tests to prove claims of homosexuality by asylum seekers were unlawful.

Authorities must refuse all offers by applicants to “demonstrate their homosexuality” either through sexual acts or videos, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) said.

Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook publicly came out as gay in an article penned for Bloomberg Businessweek.
  
Cook has never previously publicly acknowledged his sexual orientation.

"Let me be clear: I'm proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has given me," he wrote in the article.

Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook publicly came out as gay in an article he wrote in Bloomberg Businessweek.
  
 Cook has never previously acknowledged his sexual orientation.
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So let me be clear: I'm proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has given me," Cook said in the article.

Every third LGBT person in Montenegro has been a victim of homophobia in the workplace and almost half have experienced discrimination, a new survey suggests.

A Turkish LGBT association has launched a new campaign against self-help books describing homosexuality and transsexuality as a 'disease'

Egypt has arrested seven men accused of debauchery for taking part in a "gay marriage" video that spread on social media networks, state news agency MENA reported.
      
Homosexuality is not included in a list of sexual offences explicitly outlawed by Egyptian law, but it can be punished under several different statutes on morality.
      

A proposal by socialist MPs to open civil unions in Greece to same-sex couples sparked a racist rant from a conservative deputy on Friday as he compared homosexuality to pedophilia and bestiality.

“In the Netherlands there are parties that recognize pedophilia. Does that mean that we have to imitate them?,” New Democracy MP Tasos Neratzis said during a debate in Parliament.