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December 2009

  • The Treaty of Lisbon, has come into force on 1 December 2009
    the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union now has the same legal value as the Treaties see Press Release @ europa.eu /*EG

  • November 2009

  • Women bear the weight of climate change, 18 Nov. 2009
    CNN - Reuters

  • Buenos Aires: first marriage license to gays granted!
    Two men were granted a marriage license in Argentina’s capital on Monday, in a country banning gay marriage by law.
    Jose Maria Di Bello and Alex Freyre won the right to get married by a judge ruling that the gay marriage ban violates Argentina’s constitution. The marriage ceremony will take place on December 1st. Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri said the city will not appeal, thus inviting more same-sex couples to pursue their rights in court.
    By The Associated Press, 17 Nov.2009


  • October 2009

  • usa: the lgbt community is celebrating the fresh Matthew Shepard Act, validated on 28 Οctober.
    source: Equal Rights Trust

  • 27 Oct 2009: Elli Papa left this world in the early morning hours. Wishing her the best trip.

  • Uganda: Bill to ban 'promotion of Homosexuality', actually bans freedom of speach, all human rights supporters, and more.. in the country, also illegally expanding the countrie's jurisdiction abroad! Read the details:
    www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/10/15/uganda-anti-homosexuality-bill-threatens-liberties-and-human-rights-defenders
    http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2009/10/23/15873
    www.tips-q.com/news/msm/1553973-france-joins-us-denouncing-ugandan-anti-homosexuality-bill
    www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/ugandan-anti-homosexuality-bill-threatens-liberties-and-human-rights-defen
    the bill (in english): http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2009/10/15/15609
    http://www.examiner.com/.. -Ugandans-speak-out-against-antihomosexuality-bill

  • geocities webhosting is over, and a lot of the pages there were about womens' and lgbt issues used to be hosted there.
    The information about the omofylofilia mailing list have moved here: homepages.pathfinder.gr/omofylofilia
    For other pages, contact the relative groups, ngos and webmistresses, and/or search for relative announcements..
    If the Sapphites pages had links to your pages there, please inform our webmistress of your new address (see Contact).

  • The lesbian activists couple, Irina Fedotova-Fet and Irina Shipitko, that was denied marriage from Moscow courts last week, were married in Toronto on October 23rd!!! and are back to Moscow to claim recognition of their marriage.
    sources & photo here: http://www.sfbaytimes.com/?sec=article&article_id=11753

  • My greek fat homosexual marriage October 09 episode: the lesbian and gay couples of Tilos submited appeals against the Rodos court of first instance desision (May 2009) that claims their marriages are non-existent.
    Some previous episodes of this serial are missing here, we'll soon make up, we promice!

  • The 22nd of May is now the memorial day of usa politician Harvey Milk, after the republican governor of California Arnold Swartzeneger signed this law. Harvey Milk had fought for lgbt rights in usa. Now every year, on the day of his birthday, the schools of California will honour his memory.

  • 98.000 Italian women against Silvio Berluskoni.
    More than 98.000 Italian women signed a report about the falocratic views of their prime minister, in the context of a La Repubblica. daily paper initiative, after his comment to the left wing MP Rozi Binti "you're more beutiful than smart" on a tv show. The left wing ex-minister Tziovana Malantri commanted back that the italian prime minister is more tall than well-bread, exploiting hix complex about his limited height.

  • September 2009

  • Young people 'coming out earlier'
    By Anthony Baxter, BBC news Friday, 11 September 2009 - full story


  • There's a gap in our EG news here.. we'll try to update it asap .. meanwhile you may look in our Greek News..
    July 2009


    June 2009

  • Greece: lgbt Pride in Ioannena !!!
    .. and our love to the sweet soul that made it happen !
    source: www.agon.gr/news/121/ARTICLE/2091/2009-06-16.html

  • usa, 1June 2009: LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER PRIDE MONTH, 2009
    by the President of the usa: A PROCLAMATION, White House Press Release
    the full text: www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Presidential-Proclamation-LGBT-Pride-Month/

  • May 2009


    April 2009

  • We are enraged. Solidarity to Konstantina Kouneva * Konstantina you're not alone.
    Protest signatures for the deadly attack against Konstantina Kouneva
    Support bank account: 5012 019021 277 (greek) Pireus Bank, DECHEVA ELENA KUNEVA KOSTADINKA NIKOLOVA
    Jan.09 - www.femnetsalonica.gr/declaration-kuneva.pdf [gr]

  • March 2009

  • Athens, 31 March 2009. We read in the Athens daily press (Ta Nea - in greek) about the EU funtamental rights branch declaring how most member countries police is unable to respond to homophobic crimes and most schools failed to respond seriously to the problem.
    We would celebrate any signs of a local police that a. respects itself, b. is able to respond succesfuly to ONE full days local crimes, c. stops hiding behind its finger, and mostly d. stops being so proud about "not having any homosexuals in its ranks", ie. stops hunting any possibly homosexual people of their own. This would be a good starter for the local police..
    We would be gratefull at any real attempt to educate teachers and all education-related civil servants about what homophobia is and the funtamental rights of pupils, students and teachers that may be somewhat different than the compulsive heterosexual norm wants them to be. We strongly believe all civil servants and especially the ones related to education should take exams on funtamental rights, including special questions about the usual reasons of discrimination that are always forgaten in our country, like homosexuality, religion, disability.. before they become our officially appointed bulies.
    But before all this we need the EU to inform us seriously about the official local government branch supporting homosexuals in our country, especially since the supposed "general secretariat for equality" DOES NOT.
    Hermeia the Infosharer, for the greek sapphites
     
  • Athens, 7-14 March 2009: Homophobia at the Athens Opera house, before and during staging the Rusallka, directed by Marion Wasserman.
    The Opera orchestra members opposed the addition of a kiss between men to the presentation of the Rusalka Opera. They pressured the leading singer to refrain from the kiss, or they would not play at the premiere, and they circulated leaflets about how the director turned a fairytale to a degenerate homosexyal play. Their leaflet said.. "You may see for yourselves during the performance that this particular staging alters the libretto and adds homosexual tendencies to the central hero, with strong images. We have filed writen complains for this to the management on the National Opera." The lgbt friendly blogs stress the fact that the opera orchestra musicans are public servants paid by the taxpayers, and they should respect the constitutionaly protected human rights and facilitate their practice. Foreign media report that the kiss was finally staged in the premier, but the lcal media disagree, and there's a published statement of the leading singer saying he only gave a very etheral kiss in the last show, on the night of the kiss-in demonstration in front of the opera house, Sat. 14 March.
    more.. http://gayrightsgreece.blogspot.com/2009/03/homophobia-at-athens-opera-house.html

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  • South Africa hate crimes: Lesbian women in South Africa are being raped by men who believe it will “cure” them of their sexual orientation, according to a shocking new report by ActionAid. - Read the report (pdf)
    Local and international media report rising numbers of rapes of women and lesbians and killings of lesbians during the last years, with a total of about 5000 rapes a year lately. Lesbians are considered an easy target, and the government refuses to do anything about hate crimes and sauvinist crimes.
    guardian.co.uk/world/2009/mar/12/eudy-simelane-corrective-rape-south-africa
    South Africa betrays principles on gay rights

  • February 2009


     
  • Athens, Wed.25 Feb. 2009: A military granade was thrown to the window of the political and social rights network, during an event co-organised along with the ... ..

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  • Strasbourg, 9 February 2009 Contribution of the Commissioner for Human Rights to the work of the Committee of Experts on Discrimination on Grounds of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (DH-LGBT)
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