The Lesbian News Stack 2011 - February 16th

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By maxime68 on Wednesday, February 16, 2011 - 22:47

Get ready for another fresh pile of political news with a focus on European LGBT content, with news from Austria, Poland, Belarus, France, the UK and more.

 

Europe

A bi-national lesbian couple with children submitted a petition to the European Union, urging it to act on the still non-existing mutual recognition of same-sex civil unions in its member countries. The Finnish/French couple lives in France and is unfortunately a model example to lacking legislation, as ILGA-Europe points out.

 

Austria

A list of pros and cons of registered partnerships after one year of its existence was published by dieStandard.at.

 

Belarus

Capital Minsk was the stage for the first official gay Pride in Belarus. ILGA-Europe linked to video and pictures of the march.

 

France

L’Autre Cercle (national federation fighting against homophobia and discrimination) presented the results of the study 'La vie des LGBT au travail en 2011' ('The Life of LGBTs at Their Workplace in 2011') which shows that French employers still have a long way to go if they want to be called 'gay-friendly'.

 

Germany

Homosexuality and Church will be a central topic at this year’s Protestant Church Day, taking place from June 1-5 in Dresden.

Federal Government: An initiative by the opposition parties to include sexual identity (as one of the attributes protected against discrimination) in the constitution has been rejected by the majority of the governing parties CDU & FDP.

Saarland: the governing parties CDU & FDP & Greens (which is called a ‘Jamaican coalition’ in Germany) presented a draft which will include the protection of LGBTs against discrimination in the state's constitution.

Baden-Württemberg: despite upcoming elections this March, despite the catastrophical results for the current governing parties CDU & FDP and despite rulings by various German courts, incl. the Federal Constitutional Court, the state of Baden-Württemberg still refuses to consider public officers in registered partnerships as equal to ‘traditionally’ married couples.

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