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Greek court annuls gay marriages

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 05 May 2009 16:25:03 +0000

(Athens) A court Tuesday annulled the only two same-sex marriages performed in Greece.

In June, Mayor Tasos Aliferis, on the island of Rhodes, performed the weddings after LGBT rights group OLKE(...)

Greek gays demonstrate for marriage

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:43:37 +0000

(Athens) About a hundred gays and lesbians demonstrated Monday in front of the Greek Parliament to denounce a court challenge by the government to the country’s first same-sex marriages.

“These(...)

Sarah Warn: Give Lesbos back to the lesbians

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:23:36 +0000

Given the recent unsuccessful lawsuit filed by a few disgruntled heterosexual citizens of the Isle of Lesbos claiming that only they are allowed to call themselves “lesbians,” the next American Ambassador to Greece clearly needs to be Sapphically inclined in order to improve Greco-American relations. Why? 1) To avoid another Iraq. There are so many [...]

Lesbos Loses Lesbian Lawsuit

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:06:28 +0000

(Athens) A Greek court Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit accusing an LGBT rights group of demeaning the people of the Aegean island of Lesbos by purloining the word Lesbian, a term islanders have used to name themselves for centuries. The lawsuit was brought by three islanders from Lesbos, home of the ancient poet Sappho, who praised love between [...]