🇨🇿 Tsjechië
Czech MP comes out as gay after horrific Slovakia LGBTQ+ bar shooting
Czech Republic MPJiří Navrátil has come out as gay in the wake of an apparent anti-LGBTQ+ shooting in neighbouring Slovakia.
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🇸🇰 Slowakije
Slovakia shooting: Thousands attend vigil outside Bratislava bar
Thousands of LGBTQ+ activists and allies have attended a vigil outside of the Bratislava bar where two people were killed and one injured.
🇲🇹 Malta
Gender affirming surgery to be provided to trans people for free in Malta
Malta’s PM has promised reforms for the country's LGBTQ+ community, including free gender affirming surgery for trans people.
🇸🇪 Zweden
7 mind-blowing facts you probably never knew about the LGBTQ+ Pride movement
As Pride Month kicks off, we bring you seven fascinating things you probably never knew about its history and significance.
🇬🇷 Griekenland
Kate McKinnon and Ariana DeBose discover missing Sappho scrolls in SNL sketch
Kate McKinnon and Ariana DeBose brought all the lesbian laughs in a hilarious SNL in which they discovered missing scrolls by Sappho.
🇵🇱 Polen
Catholic church suggests 12-year-old enjoyed abuse because he's gay
A Catholic diocese in Poland has asked a court to decide whether a 12-year-old altar boy was "pleased" about being abused because he was gay.
🇲🇹 Malta
Priest charged with hate speech for homophobic rant about murder suspect
A rabble-rousing local priest known for his anti-LGBT outbursts is to be charged in court for hate speech in Malta.
🇲🇹 Malta
Archbishop apologises after priest's 'homophobic' rant about murder suspect
Malta's archbishop has joined criticism of David Muscat, the priest who went on a homophobic rant following the murder of Paulina Dembska.
🇭🇷 Kroatië
Croatia's first out MP kisses boyfriend in powerful display of love triumphing
The boyfriend of Domagoj Hajdukovic, Croatia's first openly gay MP, shared an adorable picture of the pair kissing.
🇩🇰 Denemarken
Lego launches first-ever LGBT+ set to show that ‘everyone is awesome’
Lego unveiled an LGBT-themed set named Everyone Is Awesome, with 11 figurings in the colour of the Progress Pride flag.
🇵🇱 Polen
Politiek
Polish minister defends cruel priest who says electroshock can ‘cure’ homosexuality
In an LGBT-free zone in Poland, a priest told children that being gay is a curable 'mental disorder' – and ministers defended him.
🇵🇱 Polen
Poland cracks down on loophole that let LGBT+ people adopt children in yet another hateful attack
Poland is set to close a legal loophole that allowed same-sex couples to adopt children in a further blow to LGBT+ rights.
🇪🇪 Estland
13-year-old neo-Nazi avoids jail despite vowing to hang gays and 'shoot up' Pride
A teen neo-Nazi white supremacist from Cornwall has evaded a custodial sentence after calling for a war against Jews and gay people.
🇵🇱 Polen
Politiek
Poland proposes social media ‘free speech’ law to make censoring hateful content illegal
The government of Poland has proposed a new law to stop social media platforms deleting posts or banning users who spread hateful content.
🇱🇹 Litouwen
Lithuanian MEP told to apologise for ‘despicable homophobic remarks’ after calling LGBT+ people ‘perverts’
Lithuanian MEP Viktor Uspaskich has been ordered to apologise for anti-LGBT+ remarks or face removal from his political grouping.
🇭🇺 Hongarije
Police who busted gay sex party attended by Hungarian MEP accused of hurling vile homophobia at orgy-goers
A Brussels orgy organiser behind the event attended by Hungarian MEP József Szájer has filed a complaint against police citing homophobia.
🇪🇸 Spanje
Trans woman sent to men’s prison ‘in retaliation’ for reporting rape shares the horror of her daily life
A trans woman in a men's prison claimed she was sent there after reporting a rape in her former facility, and shared the horror of her new life.
🇵🇱 Polen
Polish gay couple hand out hundreds of rainbow masks to fight both coronavirus and their country’s ‘LGBT-free’ zones
A gay couple in Poland have been distributing rainbow face masks in the "LGBT-free" zones, to fight both homophobia and the coronavirus.