https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHVCYSO5GBA Luxembourg’s prime minister married his civil partner on Friday, becoming the first serving leader in the European Union to wed someone of the same sex. Xavier Bettel, 42, and Belgian architect Gauthier Destenay were among the first men to …
‘East-West divide’ on LGBT rights in Europe
Zselyke Csaky is a Research Analyst at Freedom House. Public opinion on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) rights has undergone a significant shift in Europe in recent decades; however there is still substantial variation in terms of the way …
Strengthening democracy and civil society via LGBT
Omar G. Encarnación is Professor of Political Studies at Bard College, New York, where he teaches comparative politics and Iberian and Latin American studies. He is the author of Latin America’s Gay Rights Revolution, forthcoming from Oxford University Press. How …
The reaction to Conchita Wurst’s victory at Eurovision highlights the polarisation over LGBTI rights across Europe
The Eurovision Song Contest, held on 10 May, generated controversy in some countries in Europe over the victory of Austrian singer Conchita Wurst. Roch Dunin-Wąsowicz writes on the political dimension to the contest and the wider issues of lesbian, gay, …