Day: May 18, 2011
50,000 Gays at Düsseldorf’s “Biggest Fun Fair on the Rhine”
Pink Monday in Düsseldorf. You know the gay community has arrived when the city’s 9-day outdoor spectacle suddenly turns the colour of cotton candy. It’s a sweet victory when gay and straight visitors party together for a whole day and night in July – for 21 years and counting.
LBGT Groups Urge Orbitz to Pull Ads from Fox News Over Anti-Gay Rhetoric
Media Matters kicked off its DropFox campaign 16th, May, 2011, by urging Orbitz (OWW), an online travel site, to pull its ads from the anti-LBGT Fox News network. Three high-profile gay rights organizations—GLAAD, Courage Campaign and Equality Matters—signed the letter to Orbitz CEO Barney Harford asking that the company no longer support Fox News through ad revenue.
Exhibition about same-sex families in the heart of the European
Yesterday was the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia. This year ILGA-Europe highlights the issues of same-sex families and the legal obstacles that they face due to the lack of legal recognition in Europe.