Posts tagged Hungary
Periodical Political Post *141
Dec 9th
Queer News
- Mexican Court ruling opens doors for marriage equality
- Marriage equality bill passes first vote in Colombia
- US Supreme Court ´will hear same-sex marriage cases
- Over 1,000 gender reassignment operations in Iran in 4 years
- Filipino people are ready for same-sex marriage, says pastor
Other News
- Oh no. Silvio Berlusconi wants to become Italy’s Prime Minister
- Thousands rally in Hungary protesting lawmaker’s call to screen Jews
- Dutch proposal to search and destroy foreign computers
- Denmark, Finland, Sweden, New Zealand least corrupt countries
0Periodical Political Post *115
Jul 12th
Queer News
- Homophobic bullying ‘a daily nightmare’ for over half of Scotland’s youth
- Australia: ACT bid to remove surgery requirement for trans recognition
- Vietnam’s government pondering legalisation of same-sex marriage
- Budapest pride in Hungary success despite threats of anti-gay violence
- Scottish Catholic church spends another £100k on war on gay marriage
- Russian right wants Facebook to get banned over gay propaganda
Other News
- The EU & Canada are using CETA as backdoor mechanism to revive ACTA
- Former employees of NSA talk about illegal U.S. mass surveillance program
- LIBOR info graphic: The largest corruption scandal in history explained
- Obama’s accomplishments: Most deportations, most drone strikes & more
- Melinda Gates challenges Vatican, pledges $560 million for contraception
- U.S. military forcibly injected Guantanamo detainees with mind altering drugs
0Periodical Political Post *100
Apr 20th
More than once people have complained that these Periodical Political Posts are mostly featuring bad news. And while this won’t change anytime soon since closing our eyes in view of the vast injustice all over the world would certainly be the wrong answer I do see where you’re coming from. We live in times of 24/7 news coverage and sometimes it would be nice to get away from these reports about war, death and corruption. So, without further ado: Have some upbeat stories :)
Good News
- New research enables engineered stem cells to seek out & kill HIV
- Violence is on decline worldwide & humans are more peaceful than ever
- UK same-sex couples have significantly lower divorce rates than straights
- Hungarian court overrules police, orders Budapest gay pride to proceed
- "Q High" school wants to give safe, bully-free alternative to queer teens
- Transsexual artist takes Angola (where homosexuality is illegal) by storm
- Swedes push ‘gender neutral’ toys to abolish out-dated gender roles
Do you have any good news to share? Let us know in the comments :)
0Periodical Political Post *99
Apr 16th
Queer News
- New laws could stop transgender Americans from voting in election
- Fears over new “gay disorder” bills by Hungary’s far-right government
- Saudi Arabia bans gays and tom-boys from schools & universities
- Anti-discrimination bill in Moldova being challenged by Orthodox Church
- Activists angry over Obama’s refusal to sign anti-discrimination order
Other News
- ACTA suffers major setback; European Parliament likely to reject it
- Tennessee is warning kids that hand-holding is a “gateway sexual activity”
- School rejecting HIV+ teenage boy leads to boycott against Hershey
- Abstinence isn’t working, teen births are down thanks to contraception
- School uses “riot gear”-like shields to handle its autistic students
0Periodical Political Post *98
Apr 10th
Queer News
- Yet another study finds homophobes often harbour same-sex attraction themselves
- Activists in St. Petersburg arrested for protesting law banning “gay propaganda”
- Budapest Pride 2012 banned, freedom of movement for commuters cited as reason
- European Union tells potential member nations: improve on queer rights or stay out
- Many gay actors still fear coming out of the closet will damage their careers
- Creators of Bully remove “strong language” from documentary to get PG-13 rating
- Principal ejects gay student from high school pageant for saying he’d like to marry
Other News
- Canada’s warrantless spying bill is coming back, and it’s worse than before
- Armed Neo-Nazis patrol Florida in case of “race riot” after death of teen boy
- “Kony 2012” inventor says his organisation is god’s “Trojan Horse” into schools
- Apple deems in-game teddy bear to be clandestine recruiting tool for paedophiles
- U.S. wants to ban sex offenders from games and social networks (reminder: Americans can be labelled sex offenders for peeing in public and the largest group on the list are 14-year-olds)
0Periodical Political Post *90
Feb 20th
Queer News
- Disgusting “don’t say gay” bill approved by Tennessee House Panel
- Bill to allow gay marriage introduced in Australian Parliament may fail
- Three men in UK have been jailed for distributing anti-gay leaflets
- European court says Sweden is right to ban homophobic leaflets
- Virginia school district wants to ban cross-dressing by students
- Poll finds 80% of China’s youth have no problem with homosexuality
Other News
- Every text, phone call, mail, visited website saved under UK spy plan
- Canada wants warrantless internet spying, says critics support child porn
- Australian police spies on internet and phone usage without warrants
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Canadian universities let students pay to be spied on by copyright holders
- New law in Hungary says you’re a criminal if you become homeless
- Scientists say piracy causing entertainment industry no loss whatsoever
0Periodical Political Post *83
Dec 12th
Queer News
- HIV-positive Americans at risk of sex offender charges and imprisonment
- Hungarian civil rights groups protest “Family Defence” bill excluding queers
- Catholic group trying to sabotage anti-discrimination bill in the Philippines
- Black lesbians & transgender men live in terror in parts of South Africa says HRW
- School suspends teens who bullied Jamey Rodemeyer into committing suicide
- Californian Ranger bravely tazes harmless trans woman in the crotch
- Marvel Comics adds another queer character to its super hero line-up
Other News
- Secretive committee decides over indefinite detention without trial for U.S. citizens
- Pentagon offering free military hardware to every police department in America
- English riots were “a sort of revenge” against power abuse by the police survey finds
- U.S. agency supported Mexican drug war to make the case for gun regulations
- 5-year-old diagnosed with ADHD handcuffed and charged with battery on police officer
- Church in the state of Kentucky voted to ban interracial couples from church activities
- Facebook security flaw allowed access to Zuckerberg’s (and your) private photos
0Budapest Pride Banned
Feb 19th
This year’s Budapest Pride festival has been banned by police, ostensibly because it will cause too much traffic disruption. Gay rights campaigners in the Hungarian capital claimed that the decision was politically motivated and are planning to challenge it in court.
Permission had already been granted for the event and organisers applied for an extension to the usual route to march past parliament. They hoped to hold a rally to protest against Hungary’s new constitution, which includes a ban on gay marriage. But after agreeing to stop the march before reaching parliament, they were told that permission for Pride had been withdrawn entirely. The reason given – that traffic would be disrupted – was rejected by organisers. More at PinkNews…
Unlike those Danish kids, Queers in Hungary won’t get a chance to wave their rainbow flags
0Periodical Political Post *65
Dec 21st
Before we dig into the last Periodical Political Post of the year I’d like to note something about the comments regarding the article about cross dressing in Qatar. I guess it was inevitable that some would use the chance to bash Islam over it but as much as I despise all the big religions and would love to see a world free of them I’d like you to read this: 5 ridiculous things you probably believe about Islam. So, to quote this very article: “All right. Now we look forward to a completely civil and logical group of article comments.” 
Queer News
- Czech Republic stops measuring how hard gay refugees get by watching porn
- Hungary bans abortion and gay marriage in its new constitution
- Brazilian government says gay couples are entitled to pension benefits
- Gays have no right to children, says politician of Germany’s ruling party
- Italy’s PM & top criminal Silvio Berlusconi loves prostitutes but hates Lesbians
- Smithsonian museum under fire for gay portraiture exhibit
Other News
- UK police is considering ban of political protests in London
- FBI plants spy to incite terrorism in mosque, Muslims report him to FBI
- French government can censor the internet thanks to new law
- How the U.S. are spending billions of dollars to spy on their citizen
- Church youth group leader raped boy because the bible said it’s ok
- Priest tried paying $5000 to kill the teenage boy he raped at gunpoint
- U.S. airport security terrorises disabled 4 year-old with leg braces
- U.S. actor placed on terror list for opposing oil drilling method
- British police tries to scare kids to prevent them from protesting
- Court blocks U.S. govt. attempt to spy on cell phones without a warrant
- Violent clashes erupt in Italy after Berlusconi survives no-confidence vote
- U.S. Homeland Security shuts down dozens of Web sites without court order
- Black teen who filmed campus cop hitting a student faces years in prison
- Cop put 14 year-old boy in choke hold for blowing him a kiss
- Surprise, surprise: Fox News viewers are the most misinformed
WikiLeaks News
- WikiLeaks cables: India accused of systematic use of torture in Kashmir
- U.S. cooperated with China against Europe to sink Copenhagen climate summit
- WikiLeaks cables reveal that the U.S. wrote Spain’s proposed copyright law
- Vatican was offended that Ireland was investigating sex abuse by clergy
- WikiLeaks reveals U.S. tax dollars fund child sex slavery in Afghanistan
- Iceland considers banning Mastercard & Visa over their WikiLeaks ban
- Report about the inhumane conditions of Bradley Manning’s detention
- UK, not Sweden, behind efforts to keep Assange in jail according to report
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