Tag: Germany

France, Britain, and Germany say they fear the Iran 2015 nuclear deal is at risk of falling apart over escalating tensions in the Persian Gulf. In a joint statement, they called for a dialogue between all parties to resume: "The risks are such that it is necessary for all stakeholders to pause, and consider the possible consequences of their actions." "We believe that the time has come to act responsibly and to look for ways to stop the escalation of tension and...

A new ad for Burger King shows how they transformed a whopper into a diamond that was used for a ring in a gay couple’s wedding. Dima and Alvar are a couple who flew to Germany to get married. The country they’re from, which isn’t mentioned in the ad, does not legally recognize marriage equality, and the men said that they can’t hold hands in public there. Their marriage is already extraordinary, but what makes it just a bit weird? The diamonds...

Condor Airlines, the German-based leisure fleet that connects its home hub of Frankfurt with international capitals, doesn’t just fly to New Orleans regularly. This year it decided to show its commitment and (connecting flights) to The Big Easy by sponsoring a float in New Orleans Pride, becoming the first airline to ever do so. In case you missed the parade, here a few highlights… The fun started in Frankfurt with an all-female cockpit crew (hello, why didn’t we think of...

Hundreds protested this year’s Pride parade and Mr. Gay Europe competition in Poznan, Poland over the weekend, but regardless of their presence, the competition crowned its newest winner. 30-year-old German delegate, Enrique Doleschy, took home the title, beating out six other contestants—including the competitions very first trans contestant. GCN reports that protestors spoke out against the LGBTQ community in Poland where polls have suggested that up to 70 percent of the population believe gay relationships are unacceptable. Doleschy said: We need...

Richard Grennell's confirmation was held up over his history of sexist tweets. It took almost 16 months for the Senate to confirm Richard Grenell as U.S. Ambassador to Germany. It took considerably less time for Grenell, sworn in this month by Vice President Mike Pence to upset his host country. In a tweet Tuesday, the day he arrived in Germany, Grenell warning companies doing business in Iran to “wind down operations immediately.” https://twitter.com/RichardGrenell/status/993924107212394496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newnownext.com%2Frichard-grenell-germany-upset-ambassador%2F05%2F2018%2F The tweet came the same day Trump signaled he wanted...

Richard Grennell's confirmation was held up over his history of sexist tweets. It took almost 16 months for the Senate to confirm Richard Grenell as U.S. Ambassador to Germany. It took considerably less time for Grenell, sworn in this month by Vice President Mike Pence to upset his host country. In a tweet Tuesday, the day he arrived in Germany, Grenell warning companies doing business in Iran to “wind down operations immediately.” https://twitter.com/RichardGrenell/status/993924107212394496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newnownext.com%2Frichard-grenell-germany-upset-ambassador%2F05%2F2018%2F The tweet came the same day Trump signaled he wanted...

A refuge from Chechnya's gay purge says that he had to apologize for dishonoring the country on television. 28-year-old Movsar Eskarkhanov fled Chechnya for Germany. Then, Eskarkhanov spoke with Time about being kidnaped, blackmailed, sexually assaulted, and tortured. Afterwards, Eskarkhanov made the news again but this time in a negative light. Chechnya tv station Grozny TV presented him as mentally ill. Sadly, Eskarkhanov took part in this retelling of his story and said that he not only invented the tale of his...

'We bow before a wonderful person': LGBTI activists pay tribute to a hero A gay victim who became a hero against homophobia, anti-Semitism and the Nazis has died at 99 years old. Wolfgang Lauinger, who was imprisoned by the Nazi regime, was like many gay people locked up in concentration camps. Instead of being freed, he continued to be in prison for his sexuality until 1951. Lauinger was a tireless campaigner against Paragraph 175, which banned gay sex from 1871 to 1994. Arrested for...

A gay couple has become the first same-sex pairing to adopt a child in Germany. The two men from Berlin got married on October 2nd, the day after gay marriage was officially legal in the country, and have now earned the screening to adopt as well. Michael and Kai Korok are now happy to be the official parents of adopted two-year-old Maximilian. The two have known the child since birth as they took him in as his foster parents. Then, after Germany...

Awesome news for our LGBT people in Germany! Today, October 1st, makes it the first official day that German same-sex couples can marry! Congratulations! Germany became the 23rd country in the world to do so back in June, with 393 politicians voted in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage while 266 voted against. Per Pink News, Same-sex couples from October 1st will be able to have all the rights connected to existing marriage laws. This includes joint adoption. The German legal code now...

Same-sex marriage laws in the country come into effect from today Gay men Bodo Mende, 60, and Karl Kreile, 59, just became the first same-sex couple to marry in Germany. As of today (1 October) same-sex couples can tie the knot but Mende and Kreile didn’t waste any time. In a ceremony at the Schoeneberg town hall in Berlin, the couple exchanged vows and then cut into a fabulous rainbow cake with the words ‘Marriage Equality’ written on top. Speaking at a press...

The first gay couples in Germany will begin marrying this weekend, reports say. Back on June 30th, lawmakers voted on whether the country should legalize marriage equality and same-sex couples were happy to see the vote pass in favor of it. The law now reads "marriage binds two people of different sexes or the same sex for life,” and that change allowed an estimated 94,000 couples the right to marry each other. As you can imagine, several of those couples have been...

The German government has made a major error in processing same-sex marriage. Despite a swift and clear vote in favour of introducing the equality legislation earlier this year, the new law could take much longer to be fully introduced. A major technical glitch in Germany’s systems means happy same-sex couples will have to register as ‘man and woman’ to acquire their marriage license. Couples will be able to wed from October, after Germany’s President Frank-Walter Steinmeier signed the equal marriage law back...

We think this small German web series could be a big hit. And with hot cast members like this… https://www.instagram.com/p/BVjgoIblN5N/ ..it’s easy to see why. Set in Cologne – Germany’s gay capital – the online web series of the moment released its second season in April, and it’s now making its way into the hearts of gays all around the world. So far, the series has amounted more than 1.5 million YouTube views. “In Kuntergrau”, the synopsis reads, “coming out is a thing of the...