LGBT

Organisers of the Pride parade said it will be held on September 28, if permitted by the authorities, after being postponed earlier this year due to the heavy floods that hit the country in May and banned altogether in previous years.

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Openly gay men and lesbians in Cyprus are about 40 percent less likely to secure interviews for jobs they’ve applied for online than heterosexuals, a bigger gap than in other European countries, a UK study shows.

Around 300 activists led a colorful parade through Hanoi Aug. 3 in the nation’s largest ever gay pride event, as communist Vietnam shows signs of increasing tolerance of sexual difference.

A judge in the western province of Aydın has applied to the Constitutional Court to remove the definition of homosexuality as an “unnatural relationship” from an article of the Turkish Penal code, daily Milliyet reported July 8.

Diplomats encourage people and institutions in Bulgaria to stand up for and support open-mindedness and tolerance towards the LGBTI people. 

On 3 July, Ambassadors of a series of Sofia-based embassies issued a statement of support for Sofia Pride. The statement, published on the website of the British embassy in Sofia, reads:

Thousands of activists attended the LGBTI Gay Parade held on Istanbul’s İstiklal Avenue on June 29, capping this year’s Pride Week.

As in every year, the event was marked by colorful chants and slogans that defied both the political order and social discrimination that the LGBTI community regularly faces.

BELGRADE - Commissioner for Protection of Equality Nevena Petrusic wished all the best to the LGBT population in Serbia for the International Pride Day, noting that discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation is still widespread in Serbia and that the LGBT population is one of the most discriminated against.

The legislation allowing gay couples the right to civil partnerships will be put to parliament before its summer break, meaning that the first same-sex partnerships could be registered by the end of July.

BELGRADE - The Pride Week will be held from September 22-29, and the Parade down the central streets of Belgrade will take place on September 28, the Pride Parade Organizing Committee stated on Wednesday.

Pride Parade now scheduled for September

BELGRADE -- Pride Week will be held September 22-29, while a walk through central Belgrade is scheduled for September 28, Pride Parade's organizing committee has announced.