Day: October 11, 2012

New EU accession reports: LGBT rights in South-Eastern Europe, Turkey and Iceland
The European Commission’s annual reports on accession countries were published yesterday, and include important information on the situation of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in those 9 countries. Both positive and negative developments are noted.

Hilarious Holiday Play, The Gayest Christmas Pageant Ever
Off-Off Broadway theatre company, The AlphaNYC is offering performances of the hilarious Christmas play, The Gayest Christmas Pageant Ever by Joe Marshall this November in Midtown, New York City.

National Coming Out Day report finds openly LGBT youth happier
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth who are out to their immediate family or at school report higher levels of happiness, optimism, acceptance and support, according to a new report on LGBT youth released today, National Coming Out Day (NCOD) by the Human Rights Campaign – the America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organisation.