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No one ever accused Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of being a liberal. After all, this is the man who has assiduously courted President Trump, going so far as to name a (probably imaginary) development in Israeli-occupied territory “Trump Heights.”  But there’s one big difference between the two: When it came time for Netanyahu to appoint a new Minister of Justice, he turned to Amir Ohana, a political ally with impeccably conservative credentials. Ohana is also gay. Israel’s Minister of Justice,...

He also called one of the men a 'n*gro' People are calling for the resignation of Austrian politician Bruno Weber after he used homphobic and racial slurs. Weber made the remarks on a Facebook post showing an advertisement from ÖBB, the country’s nationalised railway service. The photo shows an interracial gay couple with a child. Weber is a member of the far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ). His fellow member, Manfred Pühringer, made the initial post, asking: ‘It’s not nice, is it?’ Weber commented: ‘That’s...

He has since been approved, after LGBTQ rights group Queer Base advocated on his behalf A gay Iranian man seeking asylum in Austria was denied because he couldn’t identify the meaning of all the Pride flag’s colored stripes. Navid escaped persecution in Iran, where he feared for his life because of his sexuality, and settled in Vienna. But in June his application was denied by the Federal Office for Aliens and Asylum because he was unable to identify what each color...

We are majorly digging on the most recent season of Eastsiders, which was just released to Netflix. Two of its super sexy stars, Kit Williamson & John Halbach, are actually married in real life (and are major couple's goals as well), and they recently went all the way to Europe for a gorgeous honeymoon in the beautiful country of Austria. The guys show Vienna through lovers’ eyes as they stroll the beautiful and culturally rich city hand-in-hand. With Valentine's Day...

But they have to wait until 2019 to be able to tie the knot Same-sex couples will be soon be able to marry in Austria. The Austrian Supreme Court yesterday lifted legal restraints that prevented same-sex couples from marrying. Marriage equality from 2019 The old regulation will end on 31 December 2018. This means that same-sex couples will have to wait until 2019 before they’re able to get married. Previously marriage was defined as for ‘different sex’ partners. The Court examined and repealed the phrase ‘different...

'Let's see who's going to beat me up for this.' A leading Austrian politician has posted a picture of himself kissing another man to make a point. Mario Lindner, current president of the Federal Council, the upper house of the Austrian Parliament, posted a picture of himself kissing another man on Saturday (3 December). ‘I have always been vocal about being against violence, no matter where it happens,’ the openly gay politician’s caption read. ‘When a friend had his face based in tonight,...