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Deported Nigerian athlete goes into hiding.

logointern2 — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 19:00:35 +0000

Gay Nigerian soccer player Cletus U, who was deported from Austria last May, has gone into hiding, LGBT Asylum News reported.

The 25-year-old athlete lived illegally in Austria for 6 years,(...)

Court: Gay marriage is not universal right

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:29:35 +0000

(Brussels) The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that countries are not obliged to allow gay marriage, rejecting a bid by an Austrian couple to force the state to let them wed.

The court(...)

Austrian parliament OKs gay civil unions

Jennifer Vanasco — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:30:49 +0000

(Vienna) Austria’s parliament passed legislation Thursday allowing homosexual couples to enter into civil unions, a move hailed by proponents as a historic win for gay rights in the country.

The(...)

Bummed about Bruno? Austrians ‘get ueber it’

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:57:52 +0000

(Vienna) Austrians could be forgiven for bristling at “Bruno.”

After all, the film character boasts that his fame is second only to Hitler’s and says he just wants “to achieve zee Austrian(...)

Celebs attend Austrian AIDS gala

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Mon, 18 May 2009 16:06:44 +0000

(Vienna) “Desperate Housewives” star Eva Longoria Parker, former U.S. President Bill Clinton and singer Katy Perry attended a flamboyant Austrian charity gala on the weekend dedicated to raising(...)

Anti-gay bishop withdraws name

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:05:43 +0000

(Vienna) An Austrian priest who has been quoted as calling Hurricane Katrina God’s punishment for sin in New Orleans has withdrawn his nomination to become auxiliary bishop, saying he had(...)

Gay affair rocks Austrian far-right political party

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:25:31 +0000

(Vienna) Austria’s far-right Alliance for the Future of Austria Party fired its leader Thursday, a day after he said he had a longterm affair with the former head of the party.

Stefan Petzner(...)