Archbishop Ieronymos cautious on gay couple rights

Archbishop Ieronymos, the head of the Church of Greece, on Thursday failed to back a government bill giving greater rights to gay couples, although he did not directly criticize the draft law either.

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Quartz Daily Brief—Americas edition—Irish gay marriage, Expedia quits China, Greece still stuck ...

Ireland votes to allow gay marriage. The majority-Catholic country holds a referendum on whether to change the constitution to allow people to marry ...

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U.S. Treasury Officials Expected in Greece

A mission of U.S. Treasury officials is expected to visit Athens soon for talks with the Greek government, as part of a series of missions on debt crisis issues, according to sources in Washington, DC. The Treasury members are experienced in missions abroad with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Jack Lew. Their visit was decided in consultation with the White House and they are expected to visit other European capitals as well. Greece’s loan issue and the overall Eurozone situation is expected to be part of the agenda in the meeting between U.S. President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the White House next week. (source: ana-mpa)

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Greek justice minister denounces gay marriage

Haralambos Athanasiou accused of homophobia after saying same-sex unions pose dangers to societyGreece’s justice minister has been accused of homophobia after unequivocally denouncing gay marriage.In an outburst that startled human rights defenders and activists in the country’s increasingly visible LGBT community, the minister, Haralambos Athanasiou, said he was virulently opposed to same-sex marriage as it posed dangers to a society that “respected traditions”. Continue reading...

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BROTHERHOOD OF MAN Frat Boy Dishes On What It's Like To Be Gay And Greek

388f445 “People assume that gay individuals would be completely disinterested in the prospect of joining a fraternity,” Kohlman Harshbarger ...

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Brian Golden looks to help Greek LGBT students as DFSL liaison

If Golden didn't help other LGBT members of Greek life then, he is now as the Department of Fraternity and Sorority Life's LGBT liaison, a title he ...

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World's Most Gay-Friendly Travel Destinations, As Ranked By Lonely Planet

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) travelers will have an extra special reason to pack their bags for Copenhagen in 2015, as the Danish capital tops Lonely Planet's list of the world's most gay-friendly destinations. Copenhagen edged out New Zealand, Toronto and Palm Springs for the top spot, which was released as part of Lonely Planet's "Best in Travel 2015" series. The gay-friendly list, like the rest of the series, was compiled "based on topicality, unique experiences and that 'wow' factor," according to Lonely Planet's Chris Zeiher, who created the list. "I also considered if the destination demonstrated inclusiveness & tolerant behavior toward our community, has progressive equal rights laws and, finally, how safe the selection is for the LGBTIQ traveler," Zeiher told The Huffington Post in an email. The list, he added, is both "consciously diverse and, in some cases, a little unexpected," with less obvious destinations like Reykjavik, Iceland and Skiathos, Greece included. Take a look at Lonely Planet's list of the 10 most gay-friendly places on the planet. Meanwhile, check out the rest of their "Best in Travel 2015" series here.

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Education, church, Cyprus issue on Demetrios agenda

The Cyprus problem and the contribution of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America to efforts to promote the issue in Washington as well as ...

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Greek hate speech law extended to cover gender identity

Results of the EU-wide LGBT survey carried out by the FRA show that 74 percent of Greek transgender people report hate speech towards LGBT ...

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Benedict Cumberbatch Wants The U.S. To Elect A Female President Next, Followed By A Gay One

Benedict Cumberbatch would like to see an openly gay president in the White House. "You need to have a female president next, and then after that, a gay president. That’s the full journey from Obama’s legacy onwards," the Emmy-winning "Sherlock" star tells Daily Beast writer Marlow Stern. "There’s a great Morrissey lyric from 'America Is Not the World' from 'You Are the Quarry' that goes, “In America, the land of the free, they said/And of opportunity, in a just and truthful way/But where the president is never black, female or gay, and until that day/You’ve got nothing to say to me, to help me believe.'" He went on to note, "It’s quite an old song from before Obama took office, but you’ve done black, then you need to do female, then the next, gay." Cumberbatch, 38, returns to the big screen as Alan Turing, the British mathematician and World War II codebreaker who was convicted of "gross indecency" after engaging in a same-sex relationship, in the highly anticipated new film, "The Imitation Game." The movie, which debuted at the 2014 Toronto Film Festival, has already been hailed as "the best British film of the year" and is currently slated for a November release. One of the film's most noteworthy sequences depicts Turing's chemical castration, which the mathematician accepted in lieu of a custodial sentence before committing suicide in 1954. Cumberbatch, who says he witnessed "incredible homophobia" while attending an all-boys' boarding school as an adolescent, compared Turing's sentence to the types of reparative, or "ex-gay," therapy methods which still exist today. "There are courses and doctors and meds handed out to 'cure' people of their homosexuality, and it’s shocking that it still goes on," he noted. "It’s also shocking that any time there’s any kind of hardship, the minorities are immediately scapegoated—and that includes homosexuals in Russia, the Golden Dawn in Greece ... it's terrifying." Read the full Daily Beast interview with Cumberbatch here. Watch the trailer for "The Imitation Game" below:

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Greece gay civil union delay draws protests

About 500 gay rights activists protested outside the Greek parliament in Athens on Friday evening after legislation on civil unions for gay couples was ...

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Greece: Gay partnership delay draws protests

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Gay rights protesters have gathered outside Greece's parliament after the government said it would delay legislation allowing civil unions for same-sex couples, despite a recent European court ruling against the country on the issue.

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