Rainbow flag

After a two-day parliamentary debate that began on Valentine's Day, and following an occasionally fired-up political discussion that lasted for months, Greece has finally approved a landmark bill that legalizes same-sex marriage and grants adoption rights to same-sex couples.

Turkish police detained 113 people including protesters, activists and journalists at Istanbul's 21st Pride Parade on Sunday, which was banned like many other LGBT Pride month events across the country.

The organisers of the annual Pride Parade in Ljubljana have criticised police handling of reports of violence against the LGBTIQ+ community and tepid government response after what they described as the worst hostility against the community in years.

For the third time, the building of the National Palace of Culture will shine in the colors of the rainbow on the occasion of the International Day of Tolerance, reported the Bulgarian National Television.

Thousands of people took to the streets to support LGBT rights in cities across Europe on Saturday, with marchers waving rainbow flags and condemning discrimination in all its forms.

Russia unveiled its ‘answer’ to the LTGB movement’s famous rainbow flag. According to Moscow Times the United Russia party, which is in power in the country, presented the traditional heterosexual flag that extolls the traditional values of a heterosexual family.